[Bug 220899] Re: [Hardy] Xfce4 xinitrc script not executed on login
Dear All, I am using Xfce on Ubuntu Server 8.04 and whenever i open a image file, GIMP Image editor opens up? How do i change the default Image Viewer to Ristretto Image viewer or any other image viewer application? I have lots of LTSP users and this is a bit crucial. I searched for the xubuntu-default-settings file on my server, but it doesnt exists, is it a tool that i can use? Please help Thanks Avinash -- [Hardy] Xfce4 xinitrc script not executed on login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220899 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 220899] Re: [Hardy] Xfce4 xinitrc script not executed on login
Avinash.Rao, please use e.g http://ubuntuforums.org/ for these kind if questions, and mention which way you use to open image files. -- [Hardy] Xfce4 xinitrc script not executed on login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220899 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
Re: [Bug 220899] Re: [Hardy] Xfce4 xinitrc script not executed on login
Thanks On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Jarno Suni8...@iki.fi wrote: Avinash.Rao, please use e.g http://ubuntuforums.org/ for these kind if questions, and mention which way you use to open image files. -- [Hardy] Xfce4 xinitrc script not executed on login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220899 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in “xubuntu-default-settings” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in xubuntu-default-settings in Ubuntu Hardy: Fix Released Bug description: A regression has developed in the xubuntu-default-settings package when the gdm settings was inappropriately re-synced with Ubuntu's which results in the proper xinitrc script not being executed by default which consequentially resulted in a number of bugs such as the screen saver not properly starting and improper/unexpected session settings. This is a serious regression. A work around is available that involves the user clicking the session button at the login screen and specifically selecting Xfce4 before logging in. This will result in the proper login process taking place. Users can make Xfce4 their default session so that they are no longer affected by this regression. As expected, users who had installed Ubuntu previously before installing Xubuntu will not have experienced this problem since they would have to take this action to login to the xfce4 desktop in the first place (or users who have selected the Xfce4 session specifically for whatever reason). To determine if a user is affected, they will meet the following criteria: 1) They most likely will have installed Xubuntu first or have no other Ubuntu derivative installed; 2) The contents of ~/.dmrc will most likely be as follows (as enclosed by [File ...] ... [/File]): [File ~/.dmrc] [Desktop] Session=default [/File] To confirm, output of ~/.xsession-errors can be examined. Users whose ~/.dmrc file read Session=xfce4 will experience the normal login process and are not affected. The fix for this bug is to update the gdm config file shipped in xubuntu-default-settings to use the xfce4.desktop session file instead of default.desktop and to notify users of the existing install the possible need to follow the workaround procedure. TEST: 1. Install Xubuntu vanilla. 2. Login 3. Determine that /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc did not execute on login (a good indicator would be that gnome-screensaver is not running) 4. Install updated package 5. Login again, /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc should have executed on login (or at least for new users) -- [Hardy] Xfce4 xinitrc script not executed on login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220899 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 220899] Re: [Hardy] Xfce4 xinitrc script not executed on login
Copied to hardy-updates. ** Changed in: xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu Hardy) Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- [Hardy] Xfce4 xinitrc script not executed on login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220899 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 220899] Re: [Hardy] Xfce4 xinitrc script not executed on login
I've tested this and had a user in #xubuntu last evening do the same. Marking as verification-done. ** Tags added: verification-done ** Tags removed: verification-needed -- [Hardy] Xfce4 xinitrc script not executed on login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220899 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 220899] Re: [Hardy] Xfce4 xinitrc script not executed on login
Accepted into -proposed, please test and give feedback here. Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance! ** Changed in: xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu Hardy) Status: Triaged = Fix Committed Target: ubuntu-8.04.1 = None ** Tags added: verification-needed -- [Hardy] Xfce4 xinitrc script not executed on login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220899 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 220899] Re: [Hardy] Xfce4 xinitrc script not executed on login
** Summary changed: - [Hardy] Wrong default image browser + [Hardy] Xfce4 xinitrc script not executed on login ** Description changed: - Binary package hint: xubuntu-default-settings + A regression has developed in the xubuntu-default-settings package when + the gdm settings was inappropriately re-synced with Ubuntu's which + results in the proper xinitrc script not being executed by default which + consequentially resulted in a number of bugs such as the screen saver + not properly starting and improper/unexpected session settings. This is + a serious regression. - 1. I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron RC with all the updates available - installed. + A work around is available that involves the user clicking the session + button at the login screen and specifically selecting Xfce4 before + logging in. This will result in the proper login process taking place. + Users can make Xfce4 their default session so that they are no longer + affected by this regression. As expected, users who had installed Ubuntu + previously before installing Xubuntu will not have experienced this + problem since they would have to take this action to login to the xfce4 + desktop in the first place (or users who have selected the Xfce4 session + specifically for whatever reason). - 2. Packages important in this case are as follows: Xfce 4 Desktop Environment - version 4.4.2 (Xfce 4.4), GIMP 2.4.5, ristretto 0.0.18. + To determine if a user is affected, they will meet the following + criteria: - 3. After fresh install and updating the system I wanted to view some of my photos. - It is obvious that if someone wants to browse some pictures/photos/wallpapers etc. the image viewer should be used to open this type of files as a default app. Users wants most often to VIEW the image file, not to EDIT them. + 1) They most likely will have installed Xubuntu first or have no other Ubuntu derivative installed; + 2) The contents of ~/.dmrc will most likely be as follows (as enclosed by [File ...] ... [/File]): + [File ~/.dmrc] - 4. When I tried to open a first photo (JPG) in the folder the photo was opened with the GIMP Image Editor, not with the ristretto 0.0.18 the image viewer. I don't know if such a bug exist also for other graphic file formats but it definitely takes place for JPG files. + [Desktop] + Session=default + [/File] - This bug is very annoying especially when you want to browse a folder - with a lot of pictures. A picture is opened with the gimp image EDITOR, - you have to wait when all the GIMP extensions are loaded and waste your - time. Every single image has to be opened manually, you can't easy open - the next image with the GIMP. + To confirm, output of ~/.xsession-errors can be examined. - Solution: - Immediately replace default application to open images with the image VIEWER not with the image EDITOR. + Users whose ~/.dmrc file read Session=xfce4 will experience the normal + login process and are not affected. + The fix for this bug is to update the gdm config file shipped in + xubuntu-default-settings to use the xfce4.desktop session file instead + of default.desktop and to notify users of the existing install the + possible need to follow the workaround procedure. - BTW: - Ristretto 0.0.18 - a fast and lightweight picture-viewer for the Xfce desktop environment seems to be in early stage of the development. When I browsed a folder containing 31 photos with Ristretto the memory usage reached up to 111,5 MB (!) when browsing files very fast. Is this really LIGHTWEIGHT picture-viewer? - - I decided to download GPicView 0.1.9 from GetDeb.net to take a deeper look at the problem. - ( http://www.getdeb.net/search.php?keywords=GPicView ) - - It is said at the GetDeb.net website: GPicView is a simple and fast image viewer with low memory usage. This little program is not aimed to be powerful or feature-rich. It's aimed to replace the default image viewer of current desktop systems. Fast-startup, low memory usage, and simple user interface make it a good choice for default viewer. In addition this image browser has minimal lib dependency: only pure GTK+ is used - (have a look at: http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php/GPicView ). - - While browsing the same folder of photos with GPicView the average - memory usage was about 21.4 MB (started from 19 MB and sometimes reached - 36 MB). How can you compare 111,5 MB with 36 MB? - - I think these bugs should be fixed BEFORE the final Hardy LTS (!) - release. - - Thanks. + TEST: + 1. Install Xubuntu vanilla. + 2. Login + 3. Determine that /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc did not execute on login (a good indicator would be that gnome-screensaver is not running) + 4. Install updated package + 5. Login again, /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc should have executed on login (or at least for new users) -- [Hardy] Xfce4 xinitrc script not executed on login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220899 You received this bug notification because you are a
