Public bug reported: I have a Tcl/Tk application that ran just fine on Maverick, Lucid, and before, and has been running just fine on Natty (Unity and Classic) until today. The application is not packaged for Ubuntu, but I'm concerned that if this simple Tcl/Tk application has problems on Natty then others will also. (And, I'm utterly dependent on this application for doing anything--it's my encrypted password database--which turns it into a critical blocker for me.) The change in Natty that caused the problem was made sometime between March 13th (when this netbook was last updated) and March 27th (when I fully updated it again).
The application is Gorilla (https://github.com/zdia/gorilla), and I have reported the issue upstream at: https://github.com/zdia/gorilla/issues/37 To summarise, running the Gorilla application from GNOME Terminal command-line (on either Unity or Classic) results in: - The screen flashes to the desktop background (no windows, launcher, panel, indicators, or files that are usually on the desktop) - Then returns to the full desktop display - The command-line shows that Gorilla is running (does not return to terminal prompt), and 'ps auxww' shows that the application is running - But, no window is displayed for the application, in any workspace. Steps to repeat the issue: - Install the Ubuntu tcl8.5 package - Download the latest version of Gorilla at https://github.com/downloads/zdia/gorilla/gorilla1534.bin - Make gorilla1534.bin executable - Run ./gorilla1534.bin I suspected this might be a version-default/upgrade issue, as I noticed that /usr/bin/tclsh is currently aliased to /usr/bin/tclsh8.4 (through 3 layers of indirection) instead of /usr/bin/tclsh8.5. But, changing the /usr/bin/tclsh symlink to point at /usr/bin/tclsh8.5 has no effect (the screen still flashes to blank background then back to regular desktop display, and the application runs with no window displayed). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: tcl 8.4.16-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Mar 27 13:50:00 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: tcltk-defaults UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-26 (1 days ago) ** Affects: tcltk-defaults (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/743615 Title: Tcl/Tk application can't display window on Ubuntu Natty (Unity or Classic) -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
