/usr/bin/compiz:11:sigc::internal::slot_rep::slot_rep:sigc::internal::typed_slot_rep:sigc::slot1:sigc::slot:unity::launcher::Options::Options

Bug #1622995 reported by errors.ubuntu.com bug bridge
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
unity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
Nominated for Xenial by Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
Xenial
Fix Released
Undecided
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Bug Description

[Impact]

Unity crashes when unloaded or on toggling lowgfx

[Test case]

Unfortunately this can be pretty random and there's no easy way to reproduce.
Just try to brute-force load/unload unityshell plugin from compiz

[Regression potential]

Launcher settings won't be updated correctly when changed by the user (using UCC or ccsm)

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The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding compiz. This problem was most recently seen with version 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160801.3-0ubuntu1, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/7d78295256659d36c642ab6aac011ef57bc48fe9 contains more details.

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Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → Low
assignee: nobody → Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)
affects: compiz (Ubuntu) → unity (Ubuntu)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
description: updated
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Ensuring that the new version of the package does not appear in the bucket on the Error Tracker is a fine way to verify this.

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello errors.ubuntu.com, or anyone else affected,

Accepted unity into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/7.4.5+16.04.20171116 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 on 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 add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-xenial to verification-done-xenial. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-xenial. 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!

Changed in unity (Ubuntu Xenial):
status: New → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed verification-needed-xenial
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Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote :

Hello errors.ubuntu.com, or anyone else affected,

Accepted unity into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/7.4.5+16.04.20171201.3 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 on 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 add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-xenial to verification-done-xenial. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-xenial. 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!

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Ads20000 (ads20000) wrote :

It's not entirely clear how to reproduce this bug and so I'm unable to do so. Please could someone explain exactly what 'brute-force load/unload unityshell plugin from compiz' means? What Terminal commands do people wanting to reproduce the bug need to run? :)

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Bartosz Kosiorek (gang65) wrote :
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Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0) wrote :

This specific crash is fixed to me (lp:1748330 is different and will be fixed in a different landing).

apt-cache policy unity
unity:
  Installed: 7.4.5+16.04.20171201.3
  Candidate: 7.4.5+16.04.20171201.3

tags: added: verification-done verification-done-xenial
removed: verification-needed verification-needed-xenial
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package unity - 7.4.5+16.04.20171201.3

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unity (7.4.5+16.04.20171201.3) xenial; urgency=medium

  [ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ]
  * InputMonitor: add an unity class that monitors XInput2 events and
    converts them to XEvent
  * EdgeBarrierController: use InputMonitor to get the barrier events
    instead of relying on its implementation
  * DecorationsMenuLayout: use input monitor for menu scrubbing (LP:
    #1614597)
  * PanelView: use InputMonitor to track menu events
  * LockScreenPanel: use InputMonitor events instead of mouse polling
    for menu scrubbing
  * MenuManager: add support for mouse trackers with triangle algorithm
    support (LP: #1618405)
  * PanelView: scale gradient refinement properly
  * PanelService: don't allow to deactivate menus if they've been opened
    too shortly
  * LockScreenController: ignore icon_paths_changed signal in
    menumanager for Lockscreen
  * LockScreenController: use InputMonitor to get all the events and
    hide the Blank Window (LP: #1321075)
  * LockScreenController: use input monitor to get the events to switch
    monitor (LP: #1316862)
  * LauncherOptions: use track_obj to manage option changes (LP:
    #1622995)
  * UnityScreen: toggle gestures recognition on lock (LP: #1645507)
  * GnomeSessionManager: add gcancellable to instance and use it for
    calls with temporary proxies
  * BackgroundSettings: use gnome-bg to generate textures with proper
    scaling (LP: #1666359)
  * UnityWindow: safely check validity of UnityWindow from scaled one
    (LP: #1659847)
  * Panel: ensure the menu-manager tracker is updated to match monitor
    (LP: #1671432)
  * compiz-profile-setter: tool to update the current profile and use in
    systemd and Unity settings (LP: #1668950)
  * BGHash, UnityScreen: get desktop averageColor from compiz
  * Launcher: disable or reduce most icon effects on lowgfx (LP:
    #1700859)
  * PanelController: ensure we disconnect from signals on destruction
    (LP: #1504870)
  * tools: add migration script to set the default values for unity-
    lowgfx profile

  [ Andrea Azzarone ]
  * Properly handle the file manager copy dialog in
    FileManagerLauncherIcon and in StorageLauncherIcon. (LP: #1575452,
    LP: #1609845)
  * Correctly position the force quit dialog when scaling is different
    than 1.0 (LP: #1637991)
  * GnomeSession: Retrieve the session id using dbus if $XDG_SESSION_ID
    is not set
  * Round gtk scaling factor to closest integer. (LP: #1649736)
  * Keep the screen locked if rebooting with autologin. (LP: #1600389)
  * Use g_mkdir_with_parents instead of mkdir.
  * Lockscreen: always draw the background-color in the lockscreen (LP:
    #1702701)
  * Refactor the way UserAuthenticator is created and passed around.
    Handle failures to create new threads and fallback to a "Switch to
    greeter..." button in case of failure. (LP: #1311316)
  * Wait until the color buffer is cleared before suspending. (LP:
    #1532508)

  [ Kai-Heng Feng ]
  * UnitySettings: If scale-factor is not set, find and set right scale
    for HiDPI displays.

  [ Eleni Maria Stea ]
  * shouldn't create blur rectangles when there's ...

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Changed in unity (Ubuntu Xenial):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : Update Released

The verification of the Stable Release Update for unity has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

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