Re: [Bug 317864] Re: libaubio.a (amd64) built without -fPIC
Paul, You're quite right -- this appears to be fine with the 0.3.2-2ubuntu3 shipped in 9.04. I can only assume it changed during the last couple of updates. Chris -- libaubio.a (amd64) built without -fPIC https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/317864 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 249373] Re: gnome-session storing broken since intrepid
This works somewhat better, but not entirely, for me in 9.04 (upgraded from 8.10). For example: start a new session, then run up Firefox, Emacs, Inkscape, Scribus and gnome-terminal, open documents in all of them (where applicable), replace metacity with my preferred window manager (which is not metacity or compiz). Then select Restart, reboot, and log in again. The restarted session contains Firefox with all of the correct tabs open (though none of them load, as network-manager has not yet reestablished the network connection). It also has Emacs and gnome-terminal. So that's a definite improvement. But it does not restart Scribus or Inkscape at all, and it has the wrong window manager. Reading .xsession-errors it looks like gnome-session tries to run my preferred window manager, but it has already started metacity before that, so the right window manager then fails to start. There are also some weird random errors -- once it started Emacs with a window only a few pixels large, and it often seems to open an additional window from some program that I did not have open at all before (a Nautilus window on some arbitrary directory, or a Tomboy index window). It doesn't seem to make any difference whether I Restart or Log Out, both work equally (i.e. partially). Altogether, better than 8.10 but still a regression from 8.04. I haven't established yet whether the programs that were not restarted had been given a chance to save their documents before exit or not -- that's quite important. Chris -- gnome-session storing broken since intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249373 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 249373] Re: gnome-session storing broken since intrepid
My understanding from the GNOME bugtracker is that a fix exists, but is not included in 2.26.0 (hopefully in 2.26.1). This presumably means the fix will not be in 9.04, but is likely to appear in a subsequent update -- is that right? I see no mention of it in the known issues section of the notes at http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/jaunty/beta (not sure whether I would expect to see issues reported there that are not regressions new to this particular release), but this seems consistent with Christoph's comment above and Sebastien's change to the summary. In the mean time, has anyone had a go at using gnome-session 2.22 with the rest of gnome 2.26? I currently have gnome-session and gnome-panel 2.22 packages on hold while using 2.24 for everything else, and I'd like to get an idea of whether it will be possible to leave them held while upgrading the rest of the distro from 8.10 to 9.04. -- gnome-session storing broken since intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249373 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 317864] [NEW] libaubio.a (amd64) built without -fPIC
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libaubio-dev Attempting to link a dynamic object statically against libaubio on an amd64 install gives the following error: /usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux- gnu/4.3.2/../../../../lib/libaubio.a(phasevoc.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC This is libaubio-dev 0.3.2-2ubuntu1 installed from the 8.10 repositories. I assume the proper solution is just to ensure that the library is compiled with -fPIC as per the message. ** Affects: aubio (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- libaubio.a (amd64) built without -fPIC https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/317864 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 249373] Re: gnome session does not restore the previous session
Per Sebastien's comment, I have added a couple of sentences about this to the Intrepid release notes. I trust that's OK. I think Martin Soto's assessment is spot on. It _is_ worrying that Ubuntu should (as a matter of policy) be so sanguine about this. It's also surprising that GNOME developers should have been happy to take a broadly working session manager, remove much of its session management support on the basis of some concerns about architecture and code quality, and push the result as if it were a stable point update. Would it be so hard (this is just an aside about Gnome, not about Ubuntu) to temporarily revert any changes elsewhere in Gnome that depend on the new DBUS session API, pull the new gnome-session back out to a branch until it works properly, and revert to the 2.22 session manager? I suppose that would feel like a backward step and make few friends among developers. Chris -- gnome session does not restore the previous session https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249373 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 249373] Re: gnome session does not restore the previous session
At the risk of asking a really stupid question, does anyone have an idea whether there's any likelihood of a workaround such as installing and using the Gnome 2.22 session manager with 2.24? Or using a different session manager entirely? I don't mind hacking my system to get this to work, but if anyone can warn me that I'd be wasting my time, I'd appreciate that. (I ran straight into this on the first machine I upgraded, and I don't want to upgrade any others unless I can find a fix. This regression in something I thought was one of the main functions of the desktop makes me feel extremely gloomy, but I won't vent any further here.) Chris -- gnome session does not restore the previous session https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249373 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 249373] Re: gnome session does not restore the previous session
I ended up downgrading gnome-session and gnome-panel to 2.22 as a workaround. It appears to be working OK so far. (You can't just downgrade gnome-session, because gnome-panel depends on the newer version to support essentials such as log out.) This is what worked for me. Start by adding the Hardy main repository back to sources.list, then: $ sudo apt-get install gnome-session/hardy gnome-panel/hardy gnome- panel-data/hardy $ for x in session panel panel-data; do echo gnome-$x hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections; done I'm sure this will cause all sorts of trouble down the line, but it makes me happy for now and turns Intrepid into a genuinely pleasing system. Of course I'm missing any improvements made to gnome-panel since 2.22, but I'd be very surprised if it has anything significant enough to be worth losing this feature for. One problem is that the quit dialog now lacks the icons for some of its options -- I'm not sure how to restore those without losing any icons that are needed for newer Gnome features. Chris -- gnome session does not restore the previous session https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249373 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 279450] Re: After intrepid upgrade, gnome session won't start unless logging into failsafe gnome
I had this problem exactly as described in the original report, after an upgrade from 8.04 to 8.10. I eventually tracked it down to a dangling link from /etc/alternatives/x -session-manager. It was pointing to a nonexistent KDE4 startkde script, which presumably used to exist in 8.04. I had never actually used KDE4 seriously, but I must have installed it at some point in the old system and run it before reverting to gnome. I guess that means the old KDE4 start script was equally capable of restoring a gnome session, or something. Anyway, sudo update-alternatives --auto x-session-manager seems to fix it. (The workaround described in an earlier comment, of explicitly running the GNOME session type, also worked. But I wanted to find a fix that would work for the X client script option as well, because I was also trying to investigate the session script to work out why my session was not being restored properly. Unfortunately, then I ran into bug 249373, gnome session does not restore the previous session -- which answers that one. I would never have upgraded to 8.10 if I had known about that absolutely amazing regression. But that's another matter.) Chris -- After intrepid upgrade, gnome session won't start unless logging into failsafe gnome https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/279450 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
