Duplicate Broadcast Icons in Indicator Applet

This bug was fixed in the package indicator-messages - 0.3.6-0ubuntu2

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indicator-messages (0.3.6-0ubuntu2) lucid; urgency=low

  * Upstream Merge
    * When loading desktop files check to see if they've
      already been eclipsed by an app. (LP: #549096)
    * Track better application shortcuts and ensure that they
      get removed when the application is. (LP: #539167)
 -- Ted Gould <email address hidden> Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:10:42 -0500

I still have this issue, even with an updated system..

When not running Gwibber, the messaging indicator shows only one "Broadcast" icon. But in case I open it, I get two.

gwibber: 2.30.0.1-0ubuntu1
indicator-applet: 0.3.6-0ubuntu2
indicator-messages: 0.3.6-0ubuntu2

"ps -e | grep gwibber" outputs the following:
 1668 ? 00:00:06 gwibber
 1705 ? 00:00:01 gwibber-service

I've attached a screenshot of the messaging indicator.

I'll also note I have removed and reinstalled Gwibber, don't know if that's of any help (can't remember the behaviour of the messaging indicator before the removal, though).

Hi!
I still had this issue, but now I can't reproduce it anymore..

I clicked on "Broadcast" for the first time (I had already configured Facebook and Twitter) from the indicator applet, and then Broadcast account became "activated".
Then, I clicked on "Broadcast accounts" from my user menu on the right edge of the screen, I don't know how it is called, maybe meMenu, where you could see your picture and set your chat status and click on "Chat accounts", "Broadcast accounts" and "Ubuntu One". After that I clicked there on "Broadcast accounts", nothing happened and a second "Broadcast" icon appeared.
Apparently, they both bring up Gwibber interface when clicked. I also had two gwibber-service when typing "ps -e | grep gwibber".

But I cannot reproduce anymore the bug, I killed both gwibber-services but now the behaviour is always what I expect, when clicking on "Broadcast accounts" from the meMenu I can configure my accounts, and when clicking on Broadcast I launch Gwibber.

I have this issue as well.

I have:
gwibber: 2.30.0.1-0ubuntu1
indicator-applet: 0.3.6-0ubuntu2
indicator-messages: 0.3.6-0ubuntu2
- checked in Synaptic package manager.

When I start, there is only 1 Broadcast Messages item on the Mail indicator.
When I click it, it starts the Gwibber interface.
When I click on the Mail indicator, there are now two entries for Broadcast Messages.

Clicking on either will start the Gwibber interface again.

ps -aef | grep gwibber | grep -v grep
tw 1453 1 0 09:59 ? 00:00:03 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/gwibber-service
tw 1566 1173 0 09:59 ? 00:00:03 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/gwibber-service

This is vanilla Lucid, installed from the release on 30th April. No updates have yet been installed through the update manager, although I can see that there are no pending updates on any of the three packages listed above anyway.

OK I just did the latest Lucid updates from the Update Manager (no proposed, just important) and it seems that the problem has now gone away - when I click on the broadcast messages menu item, Gwibber starts and there's only one menu item and only one gwibber-service in the ps listing.

I assume it can't be related to the packages being listed in this bug list, as they remain the same versions after the update.

Anyhoo, fixed for me - thanks.

I still have this issue. I can recreate it just about every time; when Ubuntu starts, only one Broadcast shows up but when I click it, it creates another.

Nevermind the above. I've now been unable to recreate it the last 10 times I rebooted. Weird stuff.

Maverick Netbook Edition RC an still have this bug :(

I also still have this bug using the daily builds.

Maverick, 32-bit Desktop Edition.

On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 02:05 +0000, Antonio Sanchez wrote:
> I also still have this bug using the daily builds.
>
> Maverick, 32-bit Desktop Edition.

@Antonio, do you have perchance more than one Gwibber installed? Could
you run the indicator-messages-service from the command line and attach
the output please?

(it's hard to kill, so you'll need to do this)

  $ killall indicator-messages-service ; killall
indicator-messages-service ; killall
indicator-messages-service ; /usr/lib/indicator-messages/indicator-messages-service

Thanks!

Output of running indicator-messages-service

Output of running > /usr/bin/gwibber -o

I should also mention that the previous indicator-messages-service log includes results from when I ran gwibber, then quit.

Also, I do not have more than one gwibber installed. I've purged gwibber through synaptic, searched for any remaining binaries related to gwibber, then re-installed it. Still, every time gwibber runs, I get

------------------------------------------
> Broadcast
           Messages
           Replies
           Private
------------------------------------------
> Set Up Broadcast Account ...
------------------------------------------

I've tried removing all accounts, then adding some. No dice.

One final thing: when checking ps -A | grep gwib, I always get 5 gwibber-service's running:
 3728 pts/0 00:00:02 gwibber
 3737 ? 00:00:00 gwibber-service
 3747 ? 00:00:00 gwibber-service
 3748 ? 00:00:00 gwibber-service
 3749 ? 00:00:00 gwibber-service
 3750 ? 00:00:00 gwibber-service

If I kill them all, then re-run gwibber, I again get 5 services running.

... forgot to attach gwibber log

Antonio,

You have a local gwibber.desktop file in your home directory that is
getting confused. This is a problem because we're not doing the XDG
directories correctly, and that is bug 634968.

  --Ted

@Ted
Thanks!! That was an easy fix!
Cheers,
Antonio

I seem to have a duplicate broadcast icon in my messenger menu also, although my system is entirely up to date. I'm loathed to file another bug until I'm certain this isn't an local issue with my set-up, but I lack the qualifications to properly interpret the terminal output of indicator-messages-services. I'd appreciate it if someone with the requisite know-how would take a peak (log attached) and see what's going on under the hood as it were.

Also, apologies if this *is* an inappropriate request for a fixed bug. Though I'd rather flout launchpad netiquette and make an inappropriate request, than file an inappropriate bug. :-)