** Summary changed: - Libindicate support in 'clipit' causes complete freeze in X + Generic Libindicate fallback support breaks applications (such as clipit) on non-Unity WMs/DEs
** Description changed: Clipit is a clipboard manager. The user interacts with Clipit by clicking on an icon/menu shown either in the notification area, or more if compiled with support enabled, via libindicate. Indicator support - has been enabled since version 1.3.6-1ubuntu1 (December 2010). + has been enabled in Ubuntu since version 1.3.6-1ubuntu1 (December 2010). - To reproduce the bug: + Libindicate has fallback support meaning that if Indicator support is + not provided by the Window Manager or Desktop Environment then the + design is fallback and draw the indicator using the Notification Area + direct-drawing support. This fallback support appears to be mis- + functioning on some WMs/DEs. - 1. sudo apt-get install clipit - 2. clipit & (an new indicator appears) - 3. click 1-2 times on on the new indicator icon + To reproduce the bug; switch to a WM such as Fluxbox; then: + + 1. sudo apt-get install clipit + 2. clipit & (an new indicator appears) + 3. click 1-2 times on on the new indicator icon What happens: - a. (clipit:32253): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_event: assertion `WIDGET_REALIZED_FOR_EVENT (widget, event)' failed - b. The graphical session cannot continue to be used, having crashed the window manager. (note: complete freeze under fluxbox 1.1.1) + a. (clipit:32253): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_event: assertion `WIDGET_REALIZED_FOR_EVENT (widget, event)' failed + b. The graphical session cannot continue to be used, having crashed the window manager. (note: complete freeze under fluxbox 1.1.1) What should happen: - a. A menu should appear - b. Everything should work + a. A menu should appear + b. Everything should work Workaround: - 1. Ctrl + Alt + F1 - 2. killall clipit - 3. sudo apt-get remove clipit + 1. Ctrl + Alt + F1 + 2. killall clipit + 3. sudo apt-get remove clipit "conflicts with Parcellite and hangs immediately." --- please expand. DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: clipit (not installed) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/702316 Title: Generic Libindicate fallback support breaks applications (such as clipit) on non-Unity WMs/DEs -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
