** Changed in: weather-indicator/3.0
Status: Incomplete => Won't Fix
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/926433
Title:
indicator-weather refuses to start, saying "Another instance of this
program is already running" when that is not true.
Status in Indicator-Weather:
Incomplete
Status in Weather Indicator 2.0 series:
Fix Released
Status in Weather Indicator 3.0 series:
Won't Fix
Status in “indicator-weather” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in “indicator-weather” source package in Precise:
Fix Released
Status in Baltix GNU/Linux:
New
Bug description:
--- SRU Justification ---
[IMPACT]
When indicator-weather crashes (which is unfortunately fairly often
for some users), it sometimes leaves behind a pid file in /tmp. The
current pid file checking can sometimes match pids that match part of
some other process number. This can cause users to not be able to
restart the program after a crash. This fix requires that the pid
number matches exactly.
[TESTCASE]
Run indicator-weather and wait for a crash.
Restart indicator-weather.
With the version in precise, it can sometimes not be restarted with
this error:
/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
With the version in precise-proposed, it will always restart.
For extra points, try to start a second instance of indicator-weather.
With both versions, this should fail.
[Regression Potential]
Very little. It is a one line change. If there was an issue, it would
only display in the same circumstances as this bug, trying to restart
after a crash.
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Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
indicator-weather:
Installed: 11.05.31-0ubuntu2.1
Candidate: 11.05.31-0ubuntu2.1
Version table:
*** 11.05.31-0ubuntu2.1 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/universe
amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
11.05.31-0ubuntu2 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe amd64
Packages
Expect the indicator to start when run, but it does not but gives the
following error message:
/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
At some stage I assume the indicator crashed and left a file in /tmp
called indicator-weather-500.pid. The log file ~/.cache/indicator-
weather.log shows extra messages, just that another instances is
running. I checked the process list and no instance was running.
Once the .pid file had been deleted, the indicator started and ran as
normal.
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