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indicator-session (power-cog) icon is sometimes missing

Bug #834445 reported by Ngassam Nkwenga on 2011-08-26

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #854292: indicator-session power menu disappears after running update-manager or apt-get. Edit Remove

This bug affects 6 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Session Menu	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

sometimes randomly The power icon on the panel disappear.
I have this problem on regular basis . attched is a picture of the panel

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.10.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.14-generic 3.0.3
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.agp.gpu:
Fast Writes: Supported
SBA: Supported
AGP Rates: 8x 4x
Registers: 0xff000e1b:0x1f004302
.proc.driver.nvidia.agp.host.bridge:
Host Bridge: PCI device 8086:2570
Fast Writes: Supported
SBA: Supported
AGP Rates: 8x 4x
Registers: 0x1f004a1b:0x00000b02
.proc.driver.nvidia.agp.status:
Status: Enabled
Driver: AGPGART
AGP Rate: 8x
Fast Writes: Disabled
SBA: Enabled
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 280.13 Wed Jul 27 16:55:43 PDT 2011
GCC version: gcc version 4.6.1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.1-7ubuntu1)
Architecture: i386
BootLog:
fsck from util-linux 2.19.1

/dev/sda1: clean, 319809/655360 files, 2051651/2621440 blocks (check in 2 mounts)
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Fri Aug 26 08:50:30 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-06-27 10:49:22.000177
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
nvidia-current-updates, 280.13, 3.0.0-8-generic, i686: installed
nvidia-current-updates, 280.13, 3.0.0-9-generic, i686: installed
GraphicsCard:
nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] [10de:0221] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Device [196e:02f3]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
MachineType: Sony Corporation PCV-RSM22(CE)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-9-generic root=UUID=f81d0b0c-5911-46f4-99cb-6be48618e226 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-19 (6 days ago)
XorgConf:
Section "Device"
  Identifier "Default Device"
  Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection
dmi.bios.date: 06/26/2003
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1006
dmi.board.name: P4SD-VX
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: RS
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1006:bd06/26/2003:svnSonyCorporation:pnPCV-RSM22(CE):pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASUSTekComputerInc.:rnP4SD-VX:rvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrRS:
dmi.product.name: PCV-RSM22(CE)
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.5.92+bzr2791-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

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Ngassam Nkwenga (cyrildz) wrote on 2011-08-26:

panelbug.png Edit (7.7 KiB, image/png)
.proc.driver.nvidia.params.txt Edit (455 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (49.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (18.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (5.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgLog.txt Edit (2.4 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (36.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog.txt Edit (249 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog1.txt Edit (12.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog2.txt Edit (45.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmDisplayLog.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmGreeterLog.txt Edit (6.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmLog.txt Edit (5.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (10.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (626 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (107.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (230.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UnitySupportTest.txt Edit (585 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (23.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (24.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (9.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
dmidecode.txt.txt Edit (15.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
locale.txt Edit (327 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
nvidia-settings.txt Edit (71.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
peripherals.txt Edit (513 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (233 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (30.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xinput.txt Edit (682 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (57.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Paul Sladen (sladen) wrote on 2011-08-26: Re: indicator-power (battery) icon is sometimes missing

Ngassam: does the icon "just go" in the middle of a session, and then come back again?

Or is it always missing from the start of a login session?

description:	updated
summary:	- power icon sometimes missing + indicator-power (battery) icon is sometimes missing

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Ngassam Nkwenga (cyrildz) wrote on 2011-08-26:

the icon just go in the middle of the session and doesn't come back again. I have to logout and login again if I want it to come back.
Yet it just goes again, after login out since I reported this bug.
No it is not missing from the start. just in the middle of the session it gets missing.

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Ngassam Nkwenga (cyrildz) wrote on 2011-09-23:

This bug is still actual

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-09-23:

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

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Ngassam Nkwenga (cyrildz) on 2011-09-24

summary:	- indicator-power (battery) icon is sometimes missing + indicator-session (power-rog) icon is sometimes missing
affects:	unity (Ubuntu) → indicator-session

GonzO (gonzo) on 2011-09-24

summary:

- indicator-session (power-rog) icon is sometimes missing
+ indicator-session (power-cog) icon is sometimes missing

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GonzO (gonzo) wrote on 2011-09-24:

One way to reliably cause this: Use Update Manager to install updates that require a restart to complete. I think something about changing the text of the menu from "Updates Available" to "Restart to Complete Updates" crashes the indicator.

It doesn't appear to be the ONLY thing that causes it, but it does cause it for me almost always. (Perhaps the other thing that kills it is when the scan for new packages reveals updates, and tries to change the text from "Software Up to Date" to "Updates Available"? I haven't been watching closely enough to confirm that, but it stands to reason).

BEST WORKAROUND: "killall unity-panel-service". This reloads the top panel only. One *can* issue a "unity --replace &", but that can cause issues with already-running apps.

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GonzO (gonzo) wrote on 2011-09-24:

Many of the duplicates seem to include indicator-session, so...