[launcher] Newly installed lenses don’t appear

Thanks for the report Joaquin. Could you please be more specific? Which lens did you test? What failed, and how did it fail?

I installed the AskUbuntu lens from the askubuntu-tools PPA (see instructions at http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/03/unity-askubuntu-lens-installable-via-ppa/) and after restarting unity-2d-launcher and unity-2d-places it worked like a charm.

So it seems there is an issue with the way new place description files are detected in /usr/share/unity/places/: new places don’t appear automatically even though they should, the launcher needs to be restarted. I’ll file a separate bug report to track this issue.

Just filed bug #750448: [launcher] Newly installed lenses don’t appear in the launcher

I tried AskUbuntu Lens, it appears, but I search something, and it doesn't
give me results :/

2011/4/4 Olivier Tilloy <email address hidden>

> Just filed bug #750448: [launcher] Newly installed lenses don’t appear
> in the launcher
>
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> of the bug.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/750244
>
> Title:
> Unity2D doesn't supports Lenses
>
> Status in “unity-2d” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: unity-2d
>
> I installed some lenses but these doesn't work with Unity 2D
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: unity 3.8.2-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic-pae 2.6.38
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic-pae i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Architecture: i386
> CompizPlugins:
> [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,grid,imgpng,snap,mousepoll,place,blur,regex,compiztoolbox,vpswitch,move,gnomecompat,wall,resize,reflex,session,animation,workarounds,expo,ezoom,staticswitcher,fade,scale,unityshell]
> Date: Mon Apr 4 14:54:24 2011
> InstallationMedia: elementary
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=es_ES:en
> LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: unity
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-01 (33 days ago)
>
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Well, now it works, but searching on the Dash is SO SLOW, AND MAKES UNITY2D
IRRESPONSIBLE SOMETIMES...
:/
For example, I go to Unity and start searching "terminal" and after 30
seconds, appears some results, but meanwhile, I can't close dash, or write
other things, because It's locked searching on the other lenses

2011/4/7 Launchpad Bug Tracker <email address hidden>

> ** Branch linked: lp:~osomon/unity-2d/dynamic-places-fixes
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/750244
>
> Title:
> Unity2D doesn't supports Lenses
>
> Status in Unity 2D:
> In Progress
> Status in “unity-2d” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: unity-2d
>
> I installed some lenses but these doesn't work with Unity 2D
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: unity 3.8.2-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic-pae 2.6.38
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic-pae i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Architecture: i386
> CompizPlugins:
> [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,grid,imgpng,snap,mousepoll,place,blur,regex,compiztoolbox,vpswitch,move,gnomecompat,wall,resize,reflex,session,animation,workarounds,expo,ezoom,staticswitcher,fade,scale,unityshell]
> Date: Mon Apr 4 14:54:24 2011
> InstallationMedia: elementary
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=es_ES:en
> LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: unity
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-01 (33 days ago)
>
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
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This bug was fixed in the package unity-2d - 3.8.2-0ubuntu1

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unity-2d (3.8.2-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  [ Oliver Grawert ]
  * New upstream bugfix release
   - (LP: #632526) Dash elipsizes file and application names too soon, making them
     unreadable
   - (LP: #669926) [launcher] Web favorites support
   - (LP: #708479) Dash view should use "Prefferred Applications" icons where
     appropriate
   - (LP: #718686) [dash] Group of results sometimes badly positioned
   - (LP: #727483) unity-2d-panel crashed with SIGSEGV in g_return_if_fail_warning()
   - (LP: #731449) [launcher] Dragging a tile at the top of the launcher while
     autoscrolling makes autoscroll wrong afterwards
   - (LP: #736097) [dash] home screen misses icons for applications that are not
     installed
   - (LP: #744999) [launcher] launchers are truncated when too many items to fit
     onscreen
   - (LP: #745077) [spread] clicking launcher with open windows not working correctly
     across workspaces
   - (LP: #745237) [dash] search field default string not translated
   - (LP: #746693) [launcher] .places messages not i18nized
   - (LP: #747836) [dash] Banshee no longer works from the dash home page in 3.8.2
   - (LP: #750753) [dash] showing/hiding places causing graphical corruption
   - (LP: #670608) [dash] Home screen customization should be easy
   - (LP: #683084) Global menu doesn't work well with more than one screen
   - (LP: #714646) [launcher] icons jagged edges during animation
   - (LP: #717744) [panel] inactive menus are clickable
   - (LP: #729002) First four items in Dash begin "Find" "Find" "Find" "Find"
   - (LP: #745758) [spread] super+s should toggle the workspace switcher
   - (LP: #751284) [launcher] Escaping of title broken with webfavorites
   - (LP: #751325) [panel] circle of friends button icon needs to be updated to match
     Unity's
   - (LP: #697816) [launcher] if an urgent window is available then the spread should
     not be activated
   - (LP: #729478) [launcher] Clicking middle mouse button should launch another
     instance of application
   - (LP: #750244) [launcher] Newly installed lenses don’t appear
   - (LP: #752948) Home's "Shortcuts" not i18n/l10n

  [ Aurélien Gâteau ]
  * Include .mo files in unity-2d package (LP: #751425)
 -- Oliver Grawert <email address hidden> Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:03:10 +0200