Cheese does not display images in buttons

[Frederik Elwert]

Cheese does not display any images in the buttons of its main interface.

First, I though this was by design, but then I noticed this output in a terminal window running cheese:

(cheese:4657): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to add a widget with type GtkImage to a GtkToggleButton, but as a GtkBin subclass a GtkToggleButton can only contain one widget at a time; it already contains a widget of type GtkLabel

(cheese:4657): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to add a widget with type GtkImage to a GtkToggleButton, but as a GtkBin subclass a GtkToggleButton can only contain one widget at a time; it already contains a widget of type GtkLabel

(cheese:4657): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to add a widget with type GtkImage to a GtkToggleButton, but as a GtkBin subclass a GtkToggleButton can only contain one widget at a time; it already contains a widget of type GtkLabel

(cheese:4657): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to add a widget with type GtkHBox to a GtkButton, but as a GtkBin subclass a GtkButton can only contain one widget at a time; it already contains a widget of type GtkLabel

(cheese:4657): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to add a widget with type GtkImage to a GtkButton, but as a GtkBin subclass a GtkButton can only contain one widget at a time; it already contains a widget of type GtkLabel

(cheese:4657): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to add a widget with type GtkHBox to a GtkToggleButton, but as a GtkBin subclass a GtkToggleButton can only contain one widget at a time; it already contains a widget of type GtkLabel

(cheese:4657): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to add a widget with type GtkImage to a GtkButton, but as a GtkBin subclass a GtkButton can only contain one widget at a time; it already contains a widget of type GtkLabel

I think the outcome is really bad, as now you only get a series of buttons next to each other. It is difficult to understand their function and their relation to each other. In fact, you have a series of toggles (image, video, image series), the record button, and the effect buttons (with previous and next at the left and right of the main effects buttons).

From the output, it looks like it is intended to display images inside of the buttons, but there is a programming error. And also from a design point of view, it seems to make sense to make the function of the buttons clearer. Additionally, the buttons with labels on them are very wide, and I guess they would take much less horizontal space with images.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: cheese 3.2.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 10 23:03:10 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110803.1)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP 625
RelatedPackageVersions:
 cheese 3.2.0-0ubuntu2
 cheese-common 3.2.0-0ubuntu2
SourcePackage: cheese
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 05/24/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68DVA Ver. F.01
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 1475
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 72.0E
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68DVAVer.F.01:bd05/24/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHP625:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1475:rvrKBCVersion72.0E:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP 625
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[John O'Brien (jdobrien)]

I get all of these errors (11.10 amd64) and cheese never opens

[Ben Beuttenmueller (beeenb)]

I have the same problem, cheese worked for me until the other day when I tried to use it and got that message.