Ubuntu
plasma-netbook package

Missing applications on desktop launcher

Bug #446905 reported by David Wonderly
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
kde4libs (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Unassigned
Ubuntu ubuntu-9.10
Karmic
Fix Released
High
Unassigned
Ubuntu ubuntu-9.10
plasma-netbook (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Jonathan Riddell
Ubuntu ubuntu-9.10
Karmic
Won't Fix
High
Jonathan Riddell
Ubuntu ubuntu-9.10

Bug Description

Binary package hint: plasma-netbook

After updating on October 6, 2009 I discovered that the icons for the applications was missing.

Using Kubuntu 9.10 Netbook with Plasma-Netbook.

Did a fresh install today October 7, 2009 to ensure that it wasn't my system. Worked find until I ran the updates. Rebooted and problem returned.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 8 20:29:11 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: plasma-netbook 0.0~svn1016996-0ubuntu5
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-12.41-generic
SourcePackage: plasma-netbook
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic i686

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/lucid/kde4libs
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David Wonderly (david.wonderly) wrote :
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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote :

Same problem here. Toggling desktop affects off and on causes the missing application icons on the current screen to reappear. Once you click to a different set of applications and switch back, they are gone again. DarkwingDuck confirmed the same behavior on his system.

Marking hight because this is a major blocker on the usability of the application launcher.

Changed in plasma-netbook (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → High
milestone: none → ubuntu-9.10
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David Wonderly (david.wonderly) wrote :

Starting with a fresh install of Karmic Netbook BETA in a VM, I installed one package at a time until I tracked down the source of the bug. I have narrowed it down to a group of 5 packages/dependencies.

The bug lies somewhere within the kdelibs. When I upgraded the following 5 packages the bug showed up.

kdelibs5
kdelibs-bin
kdelibs5-data
libplasma3
libxml2

These 5 are all dependent on each other otherwise I would have been able to push it down further.

Hope this can help in tracking it down.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Jonathan, can you please look into this or delegate? Release blockers need an assignee. Thanks!

Changed in plasma-netbook (Ubuntu Karmic):
assignee: nobody → Jonathan Riddell (jr)
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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote : Re: [Bug 446905] Re: Missing applications on desktop launcher

I've been working through this one and having narrowed it down to kdelibs,
upstream had some hints about which files to review changes for the 4.3.1
to 4.3.2 upgrade. Any help is welcome. We are making progress.

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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote :

http://websvn.kde.org/branches/KDE/4.3/kdelibs/plasma/widgets/scrollwidget.cpp?r1=1002240&r2=1030139 is the deadly commit. Need to look at if we should revert this change in kde4libs or make a change in plasma-netbook.

Changed in kde4libs (Ubuntu Karmic):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → High
milestone: none → ubuntu-9.10
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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote :

Discussed with notmart and he suggested reverting the kde4libs change and seeing how that goes.

Changed in kde4libs (Ubuntu Karmic):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Changed in plasma-netbook (Ubuntu Karmic):
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package kde4libs - 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu7

---------------
kde4libs (4:4.3.2-0ubuntu7) karmic; urgency=low

  * Add kubuntu_81_revert_scrollwidget.diff to revert plasma/applet back to
    4.3.1 and fix the Kubuntu Netbook application launcher (LP: #446905)

 -- Scott Kitterman <email address hidden> Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:35:26 -0400

Changed in kde4libs (Ubuntu Karmic):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Scott Kitterman (kitterman)
Changed in plasma-netbook (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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