Ubuntu
unity8-desktop-session package

Blank default scope in unity8-deb

Bug #1668700 reported by Victor gonzalez
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Canonical System Image
Fix Released
Critical
Michał Sawicz
Canonical System Image u8c-z "Unity8 on Zesty final"
unity-scope-mediascanner (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Critical
Alejandro J. Cura
unity8-desktop-session (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Environment:
unity8-deb on a fresh zesty installation in kvm

Steps:

1º Install zesty on kvm image
2º Enter unity8-deb
3º Check the default scope

Expected result: some scopes should be marked by default as favorite, unity-scope-mediascanner2 wasn't installed along with zesty so some scopes are missing

Current result: default scope is blank and only 3rd party scopes are available

Add info: Bug #1668701

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Victor gonzalez (victor-gonzalez-0) wrote :
Michał Sawicz (saviq)
affects: unity8 (Ubuntu) → unity8-desktop-session (Ubuntu)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity-scope-mediascanner (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity8-desktop-session (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Michał Sawicz (saviq) wrote :

Related: bug #1668701

Victor gonzalez (victor-gonzalez-0)
affects: unity8-desktop-session → canonical-devices-system-image
description: updated
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Michael Terry (mterry) wrote :

I've filed FFe bug 1669543 to fix this for zesty, since we're post feature freeze.

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Stephen M. Webb (bregma) wrote :

How does unity-scope-mediascanner2 have anything to do with an empty dash in Unity 8? Adding it does not make the Dash have any content, so it does not appear to be a relevant for for this bug.

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Michael Terry (mterry) wrote :

I believe we'd also need to ship a config piece to make the mediascanner scope a default favorite scope, like it is in Touch.

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Michael Terry (mterry) wrote :

Oh looking into it, we already ship that config piece. The default gschema setting for favorite-scopes is in unity-schemas, part of the unity7 source.

Michael Terry (mterry)
tags: added: unity8-desktop
Michael Terry (mterry)
no longer affects: unity-scope-mediascanner (Ubuntu)
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Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan) wrote :

We should do whatever we can to avoid a blank window, including hiding this completely, and do not display at login.

Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
assignee: nobody → Michał Sawicz (saviq)
importance: Undecided → Critical
milestone: none → u8c-1
status: New → In Progress
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Michael Terry (mterry) wrote :

@Pat, with the branch we have in the pipeline that adds mediascanner scopes by default, it won't be a blank window. It will only be a *mostly* blank window. You'll see the header "Music" and, if you are connected to the internet, a few album covers from 7digital.

Still could be improved, but a big step up from a completely white rectangle.

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Michał Sawicz (saviq) wrote :

Bug #1669543 Fix released, so this one is, too.

Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Changed in unity8-desktop-session (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Bill Filler (bfiller) wrote :

This is not really fixed. Seems an MIR is needed for the unity-scope-mediascanner otherwise it will not be seeded on the image (currently it's in universe)

Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
status: Fix Released → Confirmed
milestone: u8c-1 → u8c-z
Changed in unity-scope-mediascanner (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Critical
assignee: nobody → Alejandro J. Cura (alecu)
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Dave Morley (davmor2) wrote :

unity-scope-mediascanner2 please don't MIR the wrong package

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Michael Terry (mterry) wrote :

@bfiller, MIRs are already approved for unity-scope-mediascanner2 and mediascanner2.

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Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan) wrote :

The media scopes will not have a very good experience as I am pretty sure things will not play by default.

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Michał Sawicz (saviq) wrote :

So what do we want to do with this?

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Michał Sawicz (saviq) wrote :

FWIW ubiquity does offer to install the Fluendo codecs, so that should solve at least the "will not play" issue?

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Michael Terry (mterry) wrote :

Yeah it might not play in "Try Ubuntu" mode, but it should in "Install Ubuntu" mode if you have codecs. But I haven't verified that. Pat, are you saying there are additional (non-codec) issues with playing sound in u8?

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Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan) wrote :

For me the music scope crashes when I try to refresh it and the video scope doesn't find anything.
Trying to play anything from a file manager window I get there is no app installed.
Any of this work for you?

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Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan) wrote :

We decided to hide the dash by default and make it launchable

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Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan) wrote :

I should have said not start it by default

Michał Sawicz (saviq)
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Michał Sawicz (saviq)
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Changed in unity-scope-mediascanner (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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