Power Statistics window blank

[andrer]

[Summary]

Patch: https://code.launchpad.net/~ossug-hychen/ubuntu/precise/gnome-power-manager/fix-951827

bzr branch: lp:~ossug-hychen/ubuntu/precise/gnome-power-manager/fix-951827

[IMPACT]

 * To precise users, their Power Statistics often gets completely
   blank. No buttons, no information, nothing! It doesn't fix itself by closing the window and reopen it.

[TESTCASE]

 1. open power statics window from power indicator
 2. close and reopen power statics window several times
 3. after step2, the power statics window displays information correctly

[Regression Potential]

 * the patch is from upstream git repository and already include in
   quntal gnome-power-manager package, so the risk should be low.

[Original Report]

The Power Statistics often gets completely blank. No buttons, no information, nothing!

It doesn't fix itself by closing the window and reopen it.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open the Power Statistics dialog from the power indicator. The windows appears normal.
2. Close using the close button in the lower right.
3. Reopen the window. The window appears normal.
4. Close using either the Launcher item or the title bar close button.
5. Reopen the window. The window is blank.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Tim Rawlinson (tim-r)]

This only happens when the window is closed by means other than the close button in the lower right, e.g., from the launcher item or the title bar.

Killing gnome-power-statistics and reopening fixes it until next time.

[Tim Rawlinson (tim-r)]

Patch attached.

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[menthurae (menthurae)]

This also affects me on a 12.04 AMD64 install with the latest updates.

[Dr. Amr Osman (dr3mro)]

please someone apply the patch so it reaches ubuntu users before final release

[Chris (cmavr8)]

Still exists in 12.04 final, fully updated today...
Any news from the ubuntu-reviewers team?

[Chris (cmavr8)]

BTW proposed fix woks.

Mini Howto:
- Download latest source from here http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-power-manager/3.4/
- untar
- cd to the unpacked directory
$ ./configure
(if it complains about missing packages, install their -dev versions and retry ./configure)
$ make
# make install

[Chris (cmavr8)]

Sorry, forgot to mention that after
"- cd to the unpacked directory"
one should change line 1817 of file src/gpm-statistics.c from "return FALSE;" to "return TRUE;"
and then continue with "./configure" etc...

[Ivica Ico Bukvic (ico-o)]

Confirming bug on Ubuntu 12.04 x86_64 with latest updates.

[ONEEB Ahmad (oneeb.magpie)]

I cant find any solution after google this bug so i decided to do it myself

rename the original file "gnome-power-statistics" to "power-statistics"

$ sudo mv /usr/bin/gnome-power-statistics /usr/bin/power-statistics

create a new file with name "gnome-power-statistics" having following code

#!/bin/bash

if [ "$(pidof power-statistics)" ]
then
  kill `pidof power-statistics`
fi
power-statistics
exit

and copy it to /usr/bin
allow it execution
and change owner to root

I m new to bash coding if any good suggestion i appreciate.

[Ivan Sagalaev (isagalaev)]

Another ticket that was just marked as a duplicate of this one has a URL to the upstream bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=674395

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-power-manager - 3.5.90-0ubuntu2

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gnome-power-manager (3.5.90-0ubuntu2) quantal; urgency=low

  * Add running-after-close.patch: Stop gnome-power-statistics from keeping
    running after closing it. Thanks Tim Rawlinson! (LP: #951827)
 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:15:01 +0200

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

For the record, I just committed the fix upstream as well:

  http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-power-manager/commit/?id=5093dbdc5df0b62550219509483a31dda73b6033

Thanks Tim! Unfortunately I don't have an email address from you, so I couldn't commit it under your name.

[Hsin-Yi, Chen (hychen) (ossug-hychen)]

[Summary]

Patch: https://code.launchpad.net/~ossug-hychen/ubuntu/precise/gnome-power-manager/fix-951827

bzr branch: lp:~ossug-hychen/ubuntu/precise/gnome-power-manager/fix-951827

[IMPACT]

 * To precise users, their Power Statistics often gets completely
   blank. No buttons, no information, nothing! It doesn't fix itself by closing the window and reopen it.

[TESTCASE]

 1. open power statics window from power indicator
 2. close and reopen power statics window several times
 3. after step2, the power statics window displays information correctly

[Regression Potential]

 * the patch is from upstream git repository and already include in
   quntal gnome-power-manager package, so the risk should be low.

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

ACK on the branch. Looks good. I've uploaded it to -proposed with a slightly modified, but more appropriate version number for processing by the SRU team.

Thanks!

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello andrer, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-power-manager into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/3.4.0-0ubuntu1.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please change the bug tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not, change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[James M. Leddy (jm-leddy)]

Hi Kent, Please make sure that this bug is satisfactory for the OEM by testing the package in -proposed.

[Nara Huang (narahuang)]

Using gnome-network-manager 3.4.0-0ubuntu1.1, this issue is fixed.

[Kent Lin (kent-jclin)]

Hi James,

Please see the comment #19. Nara has tested it and confirm it is fixed.

[tekstr1der (tekstr1der)]

This issue is fixed for me as well.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-power-manager - 3.4.0-0ubuntu1.1

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gnome-power-manager (3.4.0-0ubuntu1.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/git_terminate-gpm-when-closing-the-window.patch
    - fix Power Statistics window blank (LP: #951827)
 -- Hsin-Yi Chen (hychen) <email address hidden> Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:11:33 +0800