19.10 Gnome Settings and Tweak Tools Window Bar Bug

[Richard Kmausenberger]

I upgraded from 19.04 to 19.10 and now there are some strange bugs with the Gnome Settings and the Tweak Tool:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PpxTRKOqrrPfNLC_0fLSXNZTrsOIWDxg/view?usp=sharing

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. Do you have an xorg or wayland session? Could you add your 'journactl -b 0' log after triggering the issue?

[Richard Kmausenberger (liemaeu)]

I use xorg.

journactl -b 0 log (gnome-settings):
Okt 28 10:23:04 Gilbert gnome-control-c[10998]: gtk_widget_draw: assertion '!widget->priv->alloc_needed' failed
Okt 28 10:23:10 Gilbert gnome-control-c[10998]: gtk_widget_draw: assertion '!widget->priv->alloc_needed' failed
Okt 28 10:23:20 Gilbert gnome-control-c[10998]: gtk_widget_draw: assertion '!widget->priv->alloc_needed' failed

journactl -b 0 log (tweak-tool):
Okt 28 10:25:01 Gilbert CRON[11220]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Okt 28 10:25:01 Gilbert CRON[11221]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1)
Okt 28 10:25:01 Gilbert CRON[11220]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Okt 28 10:25:19 Gilbert gnome-shell[3099]: Usage of object.actor is deprecated for LockKeysIndicator
                                           get@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/environment.js:242:29
                                           displayState@/<email address hidden>/extension.js:212:3
                                           _updateState@/<email address hidden>/extension.js:139:3
                                           wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82:22
                                           _handleStateChange@/<email address hidden>/extension.js:132:3
                                           wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82:22
Okt 28 10:25:19 Gilbert gnome-shell[3099]: Usage of object.actor is deprecated for LockKeysIndicator
                                           get@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/environment.js:242:29
                                           displayState@/<email address hidden>/extension.js:212:3
                                           _updateState@/<email address hidden>/extension.js:139:3
                                           wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82:22
                                           _handleStateChange@/<email address hidden>/extension.js:132:3
                                           wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82:22
Okt 28 10:25:20 Gilbert dbus-daemon[2851]: [session uid=1000 pid=2851] Activating service name='org.gnome.Calculator.SearchProvider' requested by ':1.43' (uid=1000 pid=3099 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-shell " label="unconfined")
Okt 28 10:25:20 Gilbert dbus-daemon[2851]: [session uid=1000 pid=2851] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Calculator.SearchProvider'
Okt 28 10:25:22 Gilbert gnome-tweaks[11254]: gtk_widget_draw: assertion '!widget->priv->alloc_needed' failed
Okt 28 10:25:22 Gilbert gnome-tweaks[11254]: Negative content width -12 (allocation 12, extents 12x12) while allocating gadget (node label, owner GtkLabel)
Okt 28 10:25:22 Gilbert gnome-tweaks[11254]: Negative content width -12 (allocation 12, extents 12x12) while allocating gadget (node label, owner GtkLabel)
Okt 28 10:25:25 Gilbert ...

[Richard Kmausenberger (liemaeu)]

By the way: I can temporarily fix these issues by maximizing the windows.

[Richard Kmausenberger (liemaeu)]

I think this is a bug of this new feature: https://youtu.be/rIQHPgVYR3I?t=118

(I have a normal 1920x1080p screen, 100% scale)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[John Smith (jds10)]

I too have this behaviour, making gnome-tweaks very hard to use. I have had it for some months, presumably since installing 19.10. It is still there in 20.04. Could something be done to fix it?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

@jds10, could you add a 'journalctl -b 0' log from the system after triggering the issue?

The log attached in previous comment shows issues with the LockKeysIndicator extension, could be due to it

the gnome-control-center situation shouldn't trigger again in focal since the dynamic layout mode and the hidding of the sidebar has been disabled now

[John Smith (jds10)]

Here is the output from journalctl -b 0 as requested.

[Peter Buck (pbuck)]

Simply moving the left margin of gnome-tweaks to the left exposes the category list, making it seem more likely that the window has not been given a size.