** Description changed: + [Impact] + This bug is quite disruptive, in fact, if this extension is installed - and active, it renders Gnome-Shell almost unusable. + and active, it renders gnome-shell almost unusable. Anytime you open + gnome-shell's overview (using the super/win-key) or you just press on + the "Show Applications" button on the panel, instead of opening the + overlay correctly something weird happens and you cannot close it back + in any way. The only workaround I found is to press Alt+F2 and press R + to restart the shell (using Xorg). - This package used to work until recent Gnome-shell updates, which - changed some API. + This package used to work until a recent gnome-shell update to 3.36.5 as + part of 20.04.1, which changed some API related to setting geometries + (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/1119). + Probably nobody tested gnome-shell with this extension, I'm not sure + about the QA procedure. - I suggest either backporting the current Groovy package or cherry- - picking the fix to focal. + This package is clearly broken in its current status, so I suggest + backporting the latest version from groovy (38-2), which has an update + that fixes the issue. I'm using it for three days now and it works + perfectly like it used to do before this bug arose. - This package is clearly broken in this status, so my opinion is that - backporting the Groovy package can not worsen the situation. I'm using - it for some days and it works perfectly like before the breaking gnome- - shell update. + The fix is likely this one-liner https://github.com/home-sweet-gnome + /dash-to-panel/commit/ed00ae61ba5c81ceec6e5bb9f04afa8272fac13a which + checks for the available API instead of checking the package version. + + + [Test Case] + + What happens? + + 1. Install this package, and enable it (e.g. from the Extensions app) if it's not already enabled upon install. + 2. With this extension enabled, try to open the overview (e.g. by pressing the super button). + 3. The overview appears corrupted, from now on it's no longer possible to close it and the windows are stuck in their position. + + A screencast of the bug is available in comment #2 + https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-dash-to- + panel/+bug/1892245/comments/2 + + What should happen instead? + At step 3 the overview to work normally and be able to switch applications as usual + + [Regression Potential] + + As the bug the current version is very disruptive, there is little risk + of regression. It may introduce instabilities to gnome-shell which have + not been discovered yet. I'm personally using the groovy 38-2 version + for 3 days on my main device and I didn't detect any problematic + behaviour. + + [Other Info] + + An alternative could be to cherry-pick the single fixing commit, but I did not test it, nor have been tested by upstream, hence I suggest to directly backport version 38-2 from groovy. + --- Original Description --- - - Since the last boot, few minutes ago, anytime I open the gnome-shell's overview (using the super/win-key) or I just press on the "Show Applications" button on the panel, instead of opening the overlay correctly something weird happens and I cannot close it back in any way. The only workaround I found is to press Alt+F2 and press R to restart the shell (using Xorg). + Since the last boot, few minutes ago, anytime I open the gnome-shell's + overview (using the super/win-key) or I just press on the "Show + Applications" button on the panel, instead of opening the overlay + correctly something weird happens and I cannot close it back in any way. + The only workaround I found is to press Alt+F2 and press R to restart + the shell (using Xorg). If I disable the extension, everything works correctly, so I think it to be culprit. What happens when I try to get the overlay and it gets stuck? You can see the attached screenshot. Note the name of the window on the top right, it appears as soon as I trigger the overview, like if the overlay was open but the window was not getting resized. If I try to drag the window, an animation shows like if the overview was correctly working, but nothing works. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gnome-shell-extension-dash-to-panel 31-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.6 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Wed Aug 19 23:01:35 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-03 (137 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta amd64 (20200401) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: gnome-shell-extension-dash-to-panel UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2020-05-04T10:26:46.106768
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