Applet fails to load if pid file present in /tmp

[Ken Sharp]

indicator-weather refuses to start claiming that "Another instance of this program is already running" when run in a terminal.

/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gobject/constants.py:24: Warning: g_boxed_type_register_static: assertion `g_type_from_name (name) == 0' failed
  import gobject._gobject
Another instance of this program is already running

It isn't running.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: indicator-weather 11.11.28-0ubuntu1.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-33.48~precise1-generic 3.8.13.11
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-33-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Nov 20 21:47:58 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: indicator-weather
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ken Sharp (kennybobs)]

Clearly the application is crashing, possibly during a suspend/resume, and it is leaving its "presence" somewhere. The application simply is not running.

$ pgrep weather
$ indicator-weather
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gobject/constants.py:24: Warning: g_boxed_type_register_static: assertion `g_type_from_name (name) == 0' failed
  import gobject._gobject
Another instance of this program is already running

[Ken Sharp (kennybobs)]

Finally worked out the workaround:

$ rm /tmp/indicator-weather-1000.pid

So it is crashing and leaving behind its .pid file, and simply cannot recover.

[Ken Sharp (kennybobs)]

indicator-weath[2255]: segfault at 7f94c07e1918 ip 00007f94ccb90f08 sp 00007fff418252c0 error 7 in libglib-2.0.so.0.3200.4[7f94ccb74000+f2000]

Probably has something to do with it.

[Ken Sharp (kennybobs)]

Okay so this applet will fail after every reboot if you have a machine that doesn't clear /tmp on every boot. The application doesn't have the sense to remove this file itself it would appear.

[Ken Sharp (kennybobs)]

This is fixed in 13.8.0 from the PPA.
https://launchpad.net/~weather-indicator-team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa?field.series_filter=precise

[Ken Sharp (kennybobs)]

Package doesn't even exist in Xenial.