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gnome-system-log package

logviewer doesn't start from launcher

Bug #957940 reported by Sam_
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This bug affects 7 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GNOME System Log
Unknown
Medium
gnome-system-log (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Unassigned
Quantal
Fix Released
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

Since recent updates logviewer doesn't start from launcher.
gnome-system-log isn't available in dash app lens.
gnome-system log does start via terminal and alt+f2.
Delete the icon of gnome-system-log in launcher.
Run gnome-system-log via terminal, keep the icon in launcher, close logviewer.
Click on it's icon in launcher, it doesn't start.

Workaround:
Edit gnome-system-log.desktop
- Exec=pkexec gnome-system-log
+ Exec=gnome-system-log

Terminal output:
~$ gnome-system-log
GLib-GObject-WARNING **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.31.20/./gobject/gsignal.c:2572: instance `0x220ae80' has no handler with id `723'
## ign the output which was due to an older .desktop file, edit of bugzilla-version makes the output vanish.

Expected.
Start the application from launcher.
Display the application in dash.
After running the application via terminal and keeping it's icon in launcher also allow to start it from there.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-system-log 3.3.1-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic 3.2.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Mar 17 15:38:01 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111129.1)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-system-log
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Sam_ (and-sam) wrote :
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Sam_ (and-sam) wrote :
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Sam_ (and-sam) wrote :
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-system-log:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → New
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-system-log:
status: New → Incomplete
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Sam_ (and-sam) wrote :

Upstream kindly pointed to git where the .desktop file doesn't have 'pkexec' as the orig. (image attached comment #3).

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coco (coco-martffb) wrote :

Hi Sam

a week ago, it worked.

I changed the

/usr/share/applications/gnome-system-log.desktop

to :

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Log File Viewer
Comment=View or monitor system log files
TryExec=gnome-system-log
Exec=gnome-system-log
Icon=logview
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
Categories=GTK;GNOME;System;Monitor;
NotShowIn=KDE;
X-GNOME-DocPath=gnome-system-log/gnome-system-log.xml
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=gnome-utils
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=logview
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version=3.3.1
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gnome-system-log

now it works again from the launcher

Together with this problem I also noticed that the

gnome-screenshot

is not capturing the screen selection anymore.

How about yours?

Cheers

coco

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in gnome-system-log (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Sam_ (and-sam) wrote :

Thanks for the feedback coco.
As pointed out upstream I've deleted the 'pkexec' in line #4 of orig.
I didn't add 'TryExec=gnome-system-log' as the output in comment #5.

## no issues with gnome-screenshot capturing, except save file dialog bug 941202

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-system-log:
status: Incomplete → Unknown
Sam_ (and-sam)
description: updated
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gnome-system-log (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
importance: Undecided → High
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-system-log - 3.3.92-0ubuntu2

---------------
gnome-system-log (3.3.92-0ubuntu2) precise; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/01_logview_pkexec.patch:
    - drop pkexec changes from Debian they are broken (lp: #957940)
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:53:21 +0100

Changed in gnome-system-log (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Jane Atkinson (irihapeti) wrote :

This bug seems to have reappeared in Quantal. Clicking on the log file viewer launcher does nothing.

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Elvis (elvis-gallegos) wrote :

I can confirm the bug has reappeared in Quantal.
The same fix works however (removing pkexec in the .desktop file).

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gnome-system-log (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Released → In Progress
Changed in gnome-system-log (Ubuntu Quantal):
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → In Progress
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-system-log - 3.6.0-0ubuntu2

---------------
gnome-system-log (3.6.0-0ubuntu2) raring; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/01_logview_pkexec.patch:
    - drop pkexec changes from Debian they are broken (lp: #957940)
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:11:24 +0100

Changed in gnome-system-log (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello Sam_, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-system-log into quantal-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-log/3.6.0-0ubuntu1.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please change the bug tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not, change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Changed in gnome-system-log (Ubuntu Quantal):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed
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Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar) wrote :

Seb, can you please specify in the bug description under the heading "Regression Potential" what might regress as a result of this patch being removed?

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

confirming the fix

tags: added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed
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Chris Halse Rogers (raof) wrote : Update Released

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-system-log - 3.6.0-0ubuntu1.1

---------------
gnome-system-log (3.6.0-0ubuntu1.1) quantal-proposed; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/01_logview_pkexec.patch:
    - drop pkexec changes from Debian they are broken (lp: #957940)
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:11:24 +0100

Changed in gnome-system-log (Ubuntu Quantal):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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