Update description as wallpaper-tray is now a panel applet

Bug #331854 reported by Ian Ellis
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
wallpaper-tray (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: wallpaper-tray

The wallpaper-tray package does not install an executable on Jaunty. It's simply not found, even after I re-installed the app a couple times. The man pages, however, are present.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: wallpaper-tray 0.5.5-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: wallpaper-tray
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-8-generic x86_64

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Ian Ellis (ianmailstuff) wrote :
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Arnaud Soyez (weboide) wrote :

Confirmed for Jaunty.

$ wallpaper-tray
The program 'wallpaper-tray' is currently not installed.....etc....

wallpaper-tray:
  Installed: 0.5.5-0ubuntu1

Changed in wallpaper-tray:
status: New → Confirmed
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Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething) wrote :

wallpaper-tray was rewritten as GNOME panel applet as it didn't really belong in the Notification Area. Applets don't install their executables into your path.

Right click on the GNOME panel and select "Add to Panel," select "Wallpaper Tray" and select add.

The real issue here is that the description should be rewritten as it still reads:

"This utility sits in your GNOME Panel Notification Area. It sets a random wallpaper from a list of directories either at login, on a regular basis or on demand. "

The old man page added by Debian should probably be be updated tell users about this change.

I'll prepare an update for Jaunty. Additionally I've recently been in contact with the Debian maintainer, I'll work with him to get these changes into Debian so this can become a sync for Karmic.

Changed in wallpaper-tray:
assignee: nobody → andrewsomething
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething) wrote :

wallpaper-tray (0.5.5-0ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low

  * debian/control:
   - Update description to reflect that it is now a
     panel applet. (LP: #331854)
   - Move homepage to the Homepage field.
  * debian/wallpaper-tray.1
   - Update to note that the command is now deprecated
     and describe how to add to the panel.

Changed in wallpaper-tray:
assignee: andrewsomething → nobody
status: In Progress → Confirmed
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Alessio Treglia (quadrispro) wrote : In progress

 status inprogress
 assignee quadrispro

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Alessio Treglia <email address hidden>
Ubuntu MOTU Developer | Homepage: http://www.alessiotreglia.com
0FEC 59A5 E18E E04F 6D40 593B 45D4 8C7C DCFC 3FD0

Changed in wallpaper-tray:
assignee: nobody → quadrispro
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Alessio Treglia (quadrispro) wrote :

Uploaded, thanks!

 status fixcommitted
 assignee nobody

--
Alessio Treglia <email address hidden>
Ubuntu MOTU Developer | Homepage: http://www.alessiotreglia.com
0FEC 59A5 E18E E04F 6D40 593B 45D4 8C7C DCFC 3FD0

Changed in wallpaper-tray:
assignee: quadrispro → nobody
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package wallpaper-tray - 0.5.5-0ubuntu2

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wallpaper-tray (0.5.5-0ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low

  [ Andrew Starr-Bochicchio ]
  * debian/control:
   - Update description to reflect that it is now a
     panel applet. (LP: #331854)
   - Move homepage to the Homepage field.
  * debian/wallpaper-tray.1
   - Update to note that the command is now deprecated
     and describe how to add to the panel.

  [ Alessio Treglia ]
  * Bump up Standards-Version to 3.8.0.
  * Set debhelper version to 5.

 -- Andrew Starr-Bochicchio <email address hidden> Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:22:56 -0400

Changed in wallpaper-tray:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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John Cudd (john-cudd) wrote :

I have wallpaper-tray 0.5.5-0ubuntu2 installed on Jaunty 9.04 amd64 and I am still having this problem. I can't execute "wallpaper-tray" in terminal. Also when I right click my Gnome panel to add an applet Wallpaper Tray is not listed in there.

On my 32 bit computer I have no problem finding it in the "Add to Panel" window. It must only be 64bit that is messed up. I hope someone can help me here. Thanks.

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John Cudd (john-cudd) wrote :

I've figured it out. The list of applets only updates after you restart gnome. The wallpaper tray applet showed right up after I logged out and logged back in. Hope this helps others who might run into the same issue.

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