istanbul does not start - no program window

[Sasa Paporovic]

Well, the summary is program.

When I start istanbul it appears in the system monitor, but no program window is shown.

Ive catched it with apport on itś PID.

Additional: It keeps running in that windowsless state until I kill it manually over the system monitor.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: istanbul 0.2.2-8.1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-7.13-generic 3.2.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-7-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jan 1 14:59:36 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/istanbul
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no User Name)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: istanbul
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-31 (0 days ago)

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

That's a problem when running under Unity, the developers of unity decided it would be a good idea to only allow some closed-source software to access the new status area and have all other opensource software be patched. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/istanbul/+bug/738551/comments/5 for a workaround.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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