lock to launcher / unlock from launcher not working...

[Peter Knowles]

When I either click on "Lock to Launcher" or "Unlock from Launcher" nothing happens.

Ubuntu Version: 13.10
Unity Version: 7

Steps Taken:

- reinstall unity / ubuntu-desktop
- reset unity icons

Other Info:

The only way I'm able to change the icons currently is manually through "gconf" which often requires me to logout and login to take effect.

-Peter

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-9.16-generic 3.11.2
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-9-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDmesg: [ 48.845411] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
Date: Mon Sep 30 07:16:12 2013
DistUpgraded: 2013-09-02 00:45:43,852 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: saucy
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0152] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:d000]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-20 (40 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H61N-USB3
MarkForUpload: True
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-9-generic root=UUID=227939ab-2f00-4536-87e2-e2c048aac315 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-09-02 (28 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 05/15/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F8
dmi.board.name: H61N-USB3
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF8:bd05/15/2012:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnH61N-USB3:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnH61N-USB3:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: H61N-USB3
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20130927.1-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.46-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.2-1ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental 9.2-1ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.2.901-2ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.2.0-0ubuntu9
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.21.14-4ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.9-2ubuntu1
xserver.bootTime: Mon Sep 30 00:36:18 2013
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.devices:
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7
 input USB Optical Mouse MOUSE, id 8
 input Dell Dell USB Keyboard KEYBOARD, id 9
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
 product id 723
 vendor ACR
xserver.version: 2:1.14.2.901-2ubuntu6

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Brian Smith (wormling)]

Ok, it looks like this happenes when some of the files used by the launcher are not accessable by the current user. Check the permissions.

[Jakob Mühldorfer (jmuehldorfer)]

Same for me.
@Brian: which files do I need permission for?

[disabled (assault64-googlemail)]

I have the same problem after updating from 13.04 to 13.10.
Problems with permissions looks like most possible cause of this problem (as i can't neither lock/unlock nor reorder items).
Any ideas where to look?
Thanks

[disabled (assault64-googlemail)]

Got some time to investigate this issue. In my case that was is problem with zeitgeist-daemon which was unable to start:
[13:40:12.608448 WARNING] zeitgeist-daemon.vala:504: Can't create database: 1, there is already another table or index with this name: interpretation_old

Problem was solved by deleting it's cache db - ~/.local/share/zeitgeist/activity.sqlite

Hope this might help.

[Andreas Jonsson (sonofjon)]

The solution in #6 worked for me. Thanks!

[Stefano Bagnatica (thepisu)]

Solution in comment #6 worked also me

[Niels Hoppe (hielsnoppe)]

#6 did the trick for me, too.

[fissledizzle (fissledizzle)]

#6 is not woring for me. Are there other permissions which could be a problem?

[fissledizzle (fissledizzle)]

Ok, having a problem with starting gedit I found
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1245589
Removing the whole zeitgeist folder resolved also the bug in this thread for me
'sudo rm ~/.local/share/zeitgeist -R'

[Tom Close (snapstaldo)]

Also works for me with 14.04, thanks!

[Gergely Katona (gkatona)]

#11 worked for me as well (14.04, upgraded from 12.04)

[Omar (omar-ortiz-65)]

14.04 upgraded from 12.04: at some point this problem started. I could not apply #6 or #11 because it would not allow me to delete "activity.squile" file (not even as sudo) . But I could move, however, the whole directory zeitgeist to zeitgeist.0 and that did the trick.

[Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug. We have tried to recreate this on the latest release of Ubuntu and cannot reproduce it. This bug is being marked as Invalid. If you believe the problem to still exist in the latest version of Ubuntu please comment on why that is the case and change the bug status to NEW