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gnome-control-center package

gnome-appearance-properties freezes when switching from "None" to "Normal" in visual effects

Bug #146381 reported by William Lachance
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Steps to reproduce:

1. Boot from gutsy live CD on a system capable of supporting visual effects (I'm using a dell d620).
2. Open appearance preferences from system->preferences, select "none".
3. Close appearance preferences.
4. Reopen appearance preferences, select "Normal".

Expected result:

Normal effects now enabled.

Actual result:

Appearance preferences application hangs. No updates to window are seen.

Reproducible every time.

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William Lachance (wrlach) wrote :

Setting appropriate package that this applies to.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report. Please try to obtain a backtrace http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash and attach the file to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.

Changed in gnome-control-center:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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William Lachance (wrlach) wrote :

Oops, I should have made it clear in the description that it froze, rather than crashed. The process still runs, probably blocked on something or other.

William Lachance (wrlach)
Changed in gnome-control-center:
status: Incomplete → New
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

You can get a backtrace of a frozen processus it gives indication of where it's blocked

Changed in gnome-control-center:
status: New → Incomplete
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William Lachance (wrlach) wrote :

I can't reproduce this bug anymore in the release candidate, so I guess it's fixed.

Changed in gnome-control-center:
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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michelem (michele-marcucci) wrote :

I have the same identical problem with Gutsy RC, gnome-appearance-properties is frozen just compiz is enabled but it is not the only window frozen. If I start gnome-screenshot the windows is frozen, the application menu don't show up selected items and so on...
I attach you some useful log/files

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michelem (michele-marcucci) wrote :
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goo (matthew-lns1) wrote :

I have the same problem, exept it happens all the time. Even when I had just updated to Gusty.

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