Activity log for bug #742143

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2011-03-24 23:40:05 Eliah Kagan bug added bug
2011-03-24 23:40:05 Eliah Kagan attachment added .xsession-errors after panel relaunch https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/742143/+attachment/1938326/+files/xsession-errors-after-panel-relaunch.txt
2011-03-25 00:03:50 Eliah Kagan description Binary package hint: gnome-panel In the Natty i386 24-Mar-2011 daily-live CD environment (natty-desktop-i386.iso, md5sum 2337d865ac77319c082fd4753789c90b) with gnome-panel 1:2.32.1-0ubuntu6, when I click Try Ubuntu and the desktop comes up, neither the top nor the bottom panels appear. However, gnome-panel is running: ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ps ax | grep -v grep | grep panel 4435 ? Ss 0:00 /bin/sh -c gnome-panel 4437 ? Sl 0:02 gnome-panel 4471 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-panel/wnck-applet 4478 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-panel/notification-area-applet Here's a screenshot showing the absence of panels (this screenshot shows a different bug being reported, which turned not to likely be related to this problem): https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gconf/+bug/741458/+attachment/1935316/+files/desktop-without-panels.png Windows are able to occupy the parts of the screen where the top and bottom panels would be. But when I kill gnome-panel with SIGTERM, windows are automatically moved upward in the screen. Killing gnome-panel does not cause it to be automatically relaunched. When I relaunch gnome-panel manually from the Terminal, both the top and bottom panels appear and are functional, but I get: ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ gnome-panel ** (gnome-panel:4967): WARNING **: Failed to load applet NotificationAreaAppletFactory::NotificationArea: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface `org.gnome.panel.applet.AppletFactory' on object at path /org/gnome/panel/applet/NotificationAreaAppletFactory And the corresponding error message dialog box appears on the screen. I know there is a bug (or bugs) that cause these sorts of errors; perhaps this error is not actually related to whatever problem is preventing gnome-panel from displaying. This also occurred with the 23-Mar-2011 daily-live. I had not used the last few daily-lives before that, so I don't know at what point this bug was introduced. I've attached a copy of .xsession-errors, from after I relaunched gnome-panel. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: gnome-panel 1:2.32.1-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.38-generic 2.6.38 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Mar 24 09:35:44 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-panel GConfNonDefault: /apps/panel/general/applet_id_list=[indicator_appmenu_screen0,trashapplet_screen0,workspace_switcher_screen0,window_list_screen0,show_desktop_button_screen0,indicator_applet_screen0,notification_area_screen0] /apps/panel/general/object_id_list=[menu_bar_screen0] /apps/panel/general/toplevel_id_list=[bottom_panel_screen0,top_panel_screen0] /apps/panel/global/disable_lock_screen=true LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110324) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-panel UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) XsessionErrors: (nautilus:4434): Gtk-WARNING **: Change Desktop Background: missing action Change Desktop Background (nautilus:4434): Gtk-WARNING **: Ubuntu Documentation: missing action Ubuntu Documentation (nautilus:4434): Gtk-WARNING **: Change Desktop Background: missing action Change Desktop Background (nautilus:4434): Gtk-WARNING **: Ubuntu Documentation: missing action Ubuntu Documentation (nautilus:4434): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed Binary package hint: gnome-panel In the Natty i386 24-Mar-2011 daily-live CD environment (natty-desktop-i386.iso, md5sum 2337d865ac77319c082fd4753789c90b) with gnome-panel 1:2.32.1-0ubuntu6, when I click Try Ubuntu and the desktop comes up, neither the top nor the bottom panels appear. However, gnome-panel is running: ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ps ax | grep -v grep | grep panel  4435 ? Ss 0:00 /bin/sh -c gnome-panel  4437 ? Sl 0:02 gnome-panel  4471 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-panel/wnck-applet  4478 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-panel/notification-area-applet Here's a screenshot showing the absence of panels (this screenshot shows a different bug being reported, which turned not to likely be related to this problem): https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gconf/+bug/741458/+attachment/1935316/+files/desktop-without-panels.png Windows are able to occupy the parts of the screen where the top and bottom panels would be. But when I kill gnome-panel with SIGTERM, windows are automatically moved upward in the screen. Killing gnome-panel does not cause it to be automatically relaunched. When I relaunch gnome-panel manually from the Terminal, both the top and bottom panels appear and are functional, but I get: ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ gnome-panel ** (gnome-panel:4967): WARNING **: Failed to load applet NotificationAreaAppletFactory::NotificationArea: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface `org.gnome.panel.applet.AppletFactory' on object at path /org/gnome/panel/applet/NotificationAreaAppletFactory And the corresponding error message dialog box appears on the screen. I know there is a bug (or bugs) that cause these sorts of errors; perhaps this error is not actually related to whatever problem is preventing gnome-panel from displaying. This also occurred with the 23-Mar-2011 daily-live. I had not used the last few daily-lives before that, so I don't know at what point this bug was introduced. I've attached a copy of .xsession-errors, from after I relaunched gnome-panel. This is in a classic desktop (not Unity), since the machine running the live CD system is a VMware Workstation 7.1.3 build-324285 virtual machine without graphics acceleration enabled. (The host machine, in case that's relevant, runs Maverick amd64.) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: gnome-panel 1:2.32.1-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.38-generic 2.6.38 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Mar 24 09:35:44 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-panel GConfNonDefault:  /apps/panel/general/applet_id_list=[indicator_appmenu_screen0,trashapplet_screen0,workspace_switcher_screen0,window_list_screen0,show_desktop_button_screen0,indicator_applet_screen0,notification_area_screen0]  /apps/panel/general/object_id_list=[menu_bar_screen0]  /apps/panel/general/toplevel_id_list=[bottom_panel_screen0,top_panel_screen0]  /apps/panel/global/disable_lock_screen=true LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110324) ProcEnviron:  LANGUAGE=en_US:en  LANG=en_US.UTF-8  SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-panel UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) XsessionErrors:  (nautilus:4434): Gtk-WARNING **: Change Desktop Background: missing action Change Desktop Background  (nautilus:4434): Gtk-WARNING **: Ubuntu Documentation: missing action Ubuntu Documentation  (nautilus:4434): Gtk-WARNING **: Change Desktop Background: missing action Change Desktop Background  (nautilus:4434): Gtk-WARNING **: Ubuntu Documentation: missing action Ubuntu Documentation  (nautilus:4434): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed
2011-03-25 00:11:24 Eliah Kagan marked as duplicate 642877
2011-04-01 01:56:39 Eliah Kagan changed duplicate marker 642877 711378
2011-08-18 04:42:17 Launchpad Janitor gnome-panel (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed