computertemp applet unusable without hddtemp installed and running

[edam]

Binary package hint: computertemp

Without hddtemp installed and running, the computer temp gnome panel applet is unusable. It displays a red cross in the panel and the tooltip reads, "No thermal monitor support".

If I start the hddtemp daemon, the applet works as intended and I can then switch to using the hwmon sensors, not hddtemp. So, in summary, even though I have hwmon installed, I am unable to use the computertemp applet with this package without having also installed the hddtemp daemon and started it (even though it is not used).

I am using lucid beta 2.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: computertemp 0.9.6.1-1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr 22 06:56:26 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/gnome-applets/computertemp
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 PATH=(custom, user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: computertemp

[Adolfo González Blázquez (infinito)]

Could you please test if latest code from SVN fixes this bug? Thanks!
Repository is in http://svn.infinicode.org/computertemp/trunk/computertemp

To build and install:

$ sudo apt-get remove computertemp
$ sudo apt-get build-dep computertemp
$ sudo apt-get install gnome-common subversion
$ svn co http://svn.infinicode.org/computertemp/trunk/computertemp
$ cd computertemp
$ sh autogen.sh --prefix /usr
$ make
$ sudo make install

[edam (edam)]

I'm afraid that hasn't quite fixed the bug.

When hddtemp isn't running, adding the computertemp applet to the panel causes something completely unusable to be added to the panel! I'm seeing 1 black pixel appear on the panel (against the new transparent background - nice!), or sometimes a vertical line of black pixels! it doesn't appear to be selectable and I have to kill it via a terminal! This is arguably worse than before. :oP

Once hddtemp is running, I am able to add computertemp. I am then able to get to it's preferences and select that I want to use hwmon instead of hddtemp. This is as it was before.

Having got computertemp started and using hwmon, I can then also stop hddtemp without affecting computertemp. So computertemp is clearly capable of running without hddtemp, even though having hddtemp running is currently a requirement of running computertemp.

Let me know if you need any more testing doing - I'm happy to help.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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