libappindicator falls back on log in because the indicator-application-service isn't (always) loaded fast enough

Bug #528088 reported by Kjell L.
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Application Indicators
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indicator-application (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: indicator-application

Transmission (Torrent client) does not fall back to the old notification when there are no indicator service.

Step to reproduce is to install trayer and do not let gnome-panel start on login and then start transmission.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8882226&postcount=4

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Feb 25 23:24:38 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
Package: indicator-application 0.0.13-0ubuntu8
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-14.20-generic
SourcePackage: indicator-application
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-14-generic x86_64

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Kjell L. (lkjell) wrote :
tags: added: indicator-application
Omer Akram (om26er)
affects: indicator-application (Ubuntu) → transmission (Ubuntu)
Omer Akram (om26er)
Changed in transmission (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Charles Kerr (charlesk)
Changed in transmission (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

The fallback mechanism is handled internally by libappindicator, so I'm not convinced this is a transmission issue

Charles Kerr (charlesk)
Changed in transmission (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Confirmed
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Sense Egbert Hofstede (sense) wrote :

Marking this as affecting Indicator Application since that's where the bug lies.

affects: transmission (Ubuntu) → indicator-application (Ubuntu)
summary: - Transmission applet does not show when there are no indicator applet
+ libappindicator falls back on log in because the indicator-application-
+ service isn't (always) loaded fast enough
Changed in indicator-application (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Kjell L. (lkjell) wrote :

Looks like it only happens when autologin is turn on. Otherwise the service is able to load fast enought.

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Sense Egbert Hofstede (sense) wrote :

It turns out this is a duplicate of bug #526499 so I'm marking it as such. From now on, please discuss this issue there. Thanks!

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