Ubuntu
zenity package

file selection on /dev returns wrong filename

Bug #623450 reported by Muflone
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
zenity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: zenity

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using:
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04

2) The version of the package you are using:
zenity 2.30.0-0ubuntu1

3) What you expected to happen
When a device file is selected in /dev path, such file should be returned

4) What happened instead
A lot of random behaviours: wrong file is selected, sometimes it opens a folder as the user tried to open a folder instead of a file. When I try to select a file via keyboard arrows the selection bounding box continues to move in the selection list.

5) Steps to reproduce:
open a terminal with bash console and type
zenity --file-selection
move to file system
open dev folder
select a device file like 'console'
press ok
the returned file on the terminal is (randomly) /dev/cpu_dma_latency or /dev/audio

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: zenity 2.30.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.41-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 09c006577c6f3cfff8cbeebe8f44c7ca
CheckboxSystem: 4ed15c40009aa6f7770f606350a390a2
Date: Tue Aug 24 17:30:25 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=it_IT.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: zenity

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Muflone (il-muflone) wrote :
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einstein1969 (einstein1969) wrote : apport information

Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: zenity 2.30.0-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.41-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy fuse lpadmin plugdev sambashare vboxusers video

tags: added: apport-collected
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einstein1969 (einstein1969) wrote : Dependencies.txt

apport information

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Braiam Peguero (braiampe) wrote :

I've try to recreate the problem but nothing seems unusual to me.

braiam@braiam-desktop:~$ zenity --file-selection
/dev/console
braiam@braiam-desktop:~$ zenity --file-selection
/dev/core
braiam@braiam-desktop:~$ zenity --version
2.30.0
braiam@braiam-desktop:~$

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

works fine here as well on maverick, I'm getting same output as Braiam, not confirming, could you check on maverick?

Changed in zenity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Muflone (il-muflone) wrote :

I've tested in a different install of lucid and cannot reproduce the defect here.

The same for maverick, cannot reproduce the defect in alpha 2 updated yesterday.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

ok so it's probably a problem with that particular installation and not an issue of the software, closing the report, thanks for testing Muflone.

Changed in zenity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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einstein1969 (einstein1969) wrote :

I was mad to find a way to reproduce this bug crazy.

For Lucid (LTS):

1 - Install a clean 10.04.1. Without updates.
2 - Just started the bug occurs with very low probability.
3 - Add the top panel applet "System Monitor" and modify preferences to check the CPU and "Hard Disk" (this is important)
4 - Open a terminal windows and do command "zenity --file-selection" on /dev (eg / dev/sda1)
5 - Alternatively you can use "zenity --file-selection - multiple" and select an interval to /dev with shift key and mouse

Section 5 shows that once chosen the interval, it displays a more big interval.

I apologize for my bad English.

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Muflone (il-muflone) wrote :

I made the same tests suggested by einstein1969 and I can confirm this bug happens when the system monitor applet includes the disk usage monitor.
Tested on two machines with Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 i386 with all updates applied

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Jean-Philippe Orsini (jfi) wrote :

I cannot reproduce with maverick (august 27th).
zenity --version
2.31.6

With lucid, I have a strange behaviour, the selected file is not highligted and it does not returns the selected file.
zenity --version
2.30.0

einstein1969 (einstein1969)
Changed in zenity (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → New
status: New → Confirmed
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

as said it works fine in Maverick, setting this to fixed.

Changed in zenity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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