Mail Applet 0.4.1 not checking for new mail

[Ben Kirkley]

I received an update to AWN and AWN Extras this morning. With the update I now have a problem with the Mail Applet (0.4.1). I am using it with Gmail and I have left the update interval at the default 2 minutes. However, I never get any new mail notifications. If I do a manual update then new mail comes in fine, but the auto-update does not work.

I have tried adjusting the update interval to 1, 3 and 5 minutes, but these do not work either. Previous to this morning I had no problems with the Mail Applet.

According to About AWN, I am running AWN 0.4.1-rewrite-bzr820+201101220038.
According to About Mail Applet I am running 0.4.1
My OS is Ubuntu 10.10.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/avant-window-navigator/applets/mail/mail.py", line 581, in onsubmit
    self.callback["callback"](self.callback["widgets"]))
  File "/usr/share/avant-window-navigator/applets/mail/mail.py", line 264, in login
    self.save_key(data)
  File "/usr/share/avant-window-navigator/applets/mail/mail.py", line 222, in save_key
    type='generic')
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/awn/extras/awnlib.py", line 1023, in new
    k = self.Key(keyring)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/awn/extras/awnlib.py", line 1066, in __init__
    raise KeyringError("No default keyring set")
awn.extras.awnlib.KeyringError: No default keyring set

[Gabor Karsay (gabor-karsay)]

Thanks for your bug report. I can't reproduce it here. First, please make sure all awn related packages are updated. Then log out from your session and login again.

Does the problem then still exist? If yes: Is this only about the notification, or about the applet's icon that doesn't change and the list with new mails?

[Ben Kirkley (bakirkley)]

The applet's icon doesn't change and there are no new messages shown in the list when I left click the tray icon. However, clicking the Refresh button pulls in new messages as expected.

I have removed AWN, rebooted, then reinstalled it from the awn-testing PPA. Here is a list of the packages I have installed (please excuse any formatting issues, I've just done a copy and paste):

ben-desktop:~$ dpkg -l | grep avant
ii avant-window-navigator-data-trunk 0.4.1~bzr820+201101220038~maverick1 Common files for avant-window-navigator
ii avant-window-navigator-trunk 0.4.1~bzr820+201101220038~maverick1 A MacOS X like panel for GNOME
ii awn-applets-c-core-trunk 0.4.1~bzr1504+201101250009~maverick1 A collection of applets for avant-window-navigator
ii awn-applets-c-extras-trunk 0.4.1~bzr1504+201101250009~maverick1 A collection of applets for avant-window-navigator
ii awn-applets-common-trunk 0.4.1~bzr1504+201101250009~maverick1 A collection of applets for avant-window-navigator - debug symbols
ii awn-applets-python-core-trunk 0.4.1~bzr1504+201101250009~maverick1 A collection of applets for avant-window-navigator
ii awn-applets-python-extras-trunk 0.4.1~bzr1504+201101250009~maverick1 A collection of applets for avant-window-navigator
ii awn-settings-trunk 0.4.1~bzr820+201101220038~maverick1 A preferences manager for avant-window-navigator
rc libawn1 0.4.0-2ubuntu1 library for avant-window-navigator
ii libawn1-trunk 0.4.1~bzr820+201101220038~maverick1 library for avant-window-navigator
ii python-awn-extras-trunk 0.4.1~bzr1504+201101250009~maverick1 Python functions used by avant-window-navigator's applets
ii python-awn-trunk 0.4.1~bzr820+201101220038~maverick1 Python bindings for avant-window-navigator library

[Gabor Karsay (gabor-karsay)]

Seems o.k. If you start it from command line (avant-window-navigator), are there any error messages? And do I understand right, the applet logs in to your Gmail account? You don't have to type your username and password?

[Ben Kirkley (bakirkley)]

I do get an error message, yes:

  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/awn/extras/awnlib.py", line 1066, in __init__
    raise KeyringError("No default keyring set")
awn.extras.awnlib.KeyringError: No default keyring set

When I first start AWN, the mail applet doesn't automatically login. It asks for my username/password and then uses those details whenever I lift-click -> Open Webmail. Each time I restart AWN, however, I have to enter my login credentials again. All of this was not the case before yesterday. Mail Applet remembered these details and would log in automatically after a restart.

[Ben Kirkley (bakirkley)]

EDIT: Sorry, I made a mistake in the comment above. I meant to say that Mail Applet uses my login credentials during a Left Click -> Refresh.

[Gabor Karsay (gabor-karsay)]

Thanks, I see the problem. It will work as usual if you start seahorse (seems like it's not in Maverick's menu, start it from terminal), select any keyring (probably you have only "login"), right click on it and set it as default. Mail applet will remember credentials if you enter them after that.

[Ben Kirkley (bakirkley)]

Yes, that's fixed it. Thank you very much :-)

[Gabor Karsay (gabor-karsay)]

Fix committed in rev. 1505.