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gnome-session package

"You do not have the hardware requirement to run unity" is a lie

Bug #704883 reported by Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 on 2011-01-19

This bug affects 3 people

	Status	Importance	Assigned to
Nux	Fix Released	Medium	Jay Taoko
Unity	Fix Released	Medium	Unassigned
gnome-session (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Medium	Didier Roche-Tolomelli
Natty	Fix Released	Medium	Didier Roche-Tolomelli
nux (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Medium	Unassigned
Natty	Fix Released	Medium	Unassigned
unity (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned
Natty	Won't Fix	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: unity

Upgraded from 10.10 to Natty. Upon login it claims I do not have the "hardware requirement" to run Unity. This is untrue. I then click "Change user session" and it starts Unity anyway, although with a lovely retro lower panel. See screenshot.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.2.12-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 260.19.29 Wed Dec 8 12:08:56 PST 2010
GCC version: gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-1ubuntu6)
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jan 19 13:00:29 2011
DistUpgraded: Yes, recently upgraded Log time: 2011-01-19 12:33:17.207056
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
nvidia-current, 260.19.29, 2.6.37-12-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-current, 260.19.29, 2.6.35-24-generic, x86_64: installed
vboxhost, 3.2.12, 2.6.37-12-generic, x86_64: installed
vboxhost, 3.2.12, 2.6.35-24-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard: Subsystem: LeadTek Research Inc. Device [107d:2a62]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-12-generic root=UUID=fb22b4e1-1576-4bf8-8272-15300bc7de38 ro vt.handoff=7 quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
SourcePackage: unity
UnitySupportTest:

dmi.bios.date: 04/24/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: ASUS P5N32-E SLI ACPI BIOS Revision 1801
dmi.board.name: P5N32-E SLI
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.XX
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 123456789000
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvrASUSP5N32-ESLIACPIBIOSRevision1801:bd04/24/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5N32-ESLI:rvr1.XX:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.22-2ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.9+repack-1ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.13.901-2ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20100805+b96170a-0ubuntu1

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lp:~ubuntu-desktop/gnome-session/ubuntu

lp:ubuntu/natty/gnome-session

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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) wrote on 2011-01-19:

Screenshot.png Edit (592.8 KiB, image/png)
.proc.driver.nvidia.cards.0.txt Edit (164 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry.txt Edit (418 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (59.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (3.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (4.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog.txt Edit (8.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog1.txt Edit (8.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog2.txt Edit (9.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (17.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (619 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (2.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (159.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (323.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (14.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (14.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (8.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
nvidia-settings.txt Edit (25.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (30.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) wrote on 2011-01-19:

Known issue: /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test is sometime timeouting (1s isn't enough).
I would be interested in knowing how much time it takes for you, can you try going to the ubuntu classic session (after a reboot: cold cache) and run: $ time /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test

thanks!

Changed in unity:
status:	New → Triaged
assignee:	nobody → Didier Roche (didrocks)
importance:	Undecided → Medium
affects:	unity (Ubuntu) → gnome-session (Ubuntu)
Changed in gnome-session (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Triaged
importance:	Undecided → Medium
assignee:	nobody → Didier Roche (didrocks)

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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) wrote on 2011-01-19:

It only happened the first time after upgrade and reboot. It no longer happens.

alan@wopr:~$ time /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test

real 0m0.219s
user 0m0.150s
sys 0m0.040s

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Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) wrote on 2011-01-19:

are you giving those value with a cold cache (so after a reboot), in the Ubuntu classic (no effect) session?
It's so fast that's it's hard to believe :)

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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) wrote on 2011-01-19:

Heh. You're so polite. Yeah, I'm an idiot.
:)
real 0m2.202s
user 0m0.110s
sys 0m0.080s

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Paul Sladen (sladen) wrote on 2011-01-19:

Hardly surprising:

$ ldd /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test | awk '{print$3}' | grep ^/ | du -sch
15M total

yup, that's 15MB of libraries for a 300-line program that

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Paul Sladen (sladen) wrote on 2011-01-19:

Hardly surprising:

$ ldd /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test | awk '{print$3}' | grep ^/ | du -sch
15M total

yup, that's 15MB of libraries for a 300-line program that includes tests such as:

popen ("lspci -nn | grep VGA", "r")

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Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) wrote on 2011-01-25:

Ok, I'm increasing the timeout for alpha2 as a workaround. Jay needs to work on the other point still

Changed in nux:
status:	New → Triaged
importance:	Undecided → Medium
assignee:	nobody → Jay Taoko (jaytaoko)
Changed in nux (Ubuntu Natty):
status:	New → Triaged
importance:	Undecided → Medium
Changed in unity:
assignee:	Didier Roche (didrocks) → nobody

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-01-26:

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-session - 2.32.1-0ubuntu13

---------------
gnome-session (2.32.1-0ubuntu13) natty; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/04_increase_helper_timeout.patch:
    - increase the timeout to the insane value of 5s to avoid false positive.
      The unity detection plugin needs a real fix to lower its deps
      (LP: #704883)
  * debian/patches/06_nuke_session_saving.patch:
    - as we only have one tab now, don't show it.
-- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:50:50 +0100

Changed in gnome-session (Ubuntu Natty):
status:	Triaged → Fix Released

Neil J. Patel (njpatel) on 2011-03-17

Changed in unity:
status:	Triaged → Fix Released
Changed in nux:
status:	Triaged → Fix Released
Changed in nux (Ubuntu Natty):
status:	Triaged → Fix Released

Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0) on 2014-07-25

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Fix Released

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote on 2014-12-03:

#10

natty has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the natty task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

Changed in unity (Ubuntu Natty):
status:	New → Won't Fix

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