icons require attention even after they were focused

I think one way to reproduce this is to download a file with firefox: then the download window requires attention and the firefox icon starts blinking. Once the download is finished, then the download window closes automatically, but the remaining firefox icon continues blinking, which is not correct, since it does not demand attention anymore.

Please confirm that the bug is fix. Thanks for a well written bug report.

Hi Matias, I just upgraded to karmic a couple of days ago. I tried to install dockbarx from the jaunty ppa, but it was very unstable and the icons didn't flash nor blink at all. So it's hard for me to reproduce.

Let me know when you have a karmic package and I can beta test it, if you want.

You suffer from bug #406610, then. If we're unlucky it might take quite some time before that bug is squeezed. :(

Ok, bug #406610 is hopefully fixed. Would you mind testing out the new code by installing it manually?

You can do this by

1) Install Bazaar: sudo apt-get install bzr.
2) make a directory: mkdir ~/dockbarx
3) go there: cd ~/dockbarx
4) download dockbarx source: bzr branch lp:dockbar/experimental
5) cd experimental
6) copy the files to their right places: sudo cp dockbarx.py /usr/bin
7) sudo cp themes/* /usr/share/dockbar/themes/
8) add dockbarx to panel.

In the above I assume you've already have installed dockbarx before from ppa.

Hi, I played around a little but I have serious problems with dockbarx in karmic.

I get a "Sorry, dockbarx closed unexpectedly" every 20sec with the karmic package from the official ppa. Then I tried to use the bzr, but that one didn't display any icons on the panel, I just saw a small indicator.

Btw, I don't have a directory called /usr/share/dockbar/themes

do I really need themes?

Ah, the karmic ppa has a version 0.21.9, meaning a pre-themes versions (and no /usr/share/dockbar/themes folder). Then my install instructions were incomplete. The first problems you mentioned should (hopefully) be fixed in bzr and the problem you mention there should be because of the missing themes. And yes, dockbarx can't work without any themes.

Here are complete install instructions:

- install python-gnome2-desktop and python-numpy (DockbarX might be able to run without python-numpy, but it shouldn't hurt)
$ sudo apt-get install python-gnome2-desktop python-numpy
- copy dockbarx.py to /usr/bin/ and GNOME_DockBarXApplet.server to /usr/lib/bonobo/servers
$ sudo cp dockbarx.py /usr/bin
$ sudo cp GNOME_DockBarXApplet.server /usr/lib/bonobo/servers
- copy the content of themes folder to /usr/share/dockbar/themes (for system wide installation, recommended) or ~/.dockbar/themes (Create the folders if necessary)
$ sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/dockbar/themes
$ sudo cp themes/* /usr/share/dockbar/themes
- add DockBarX applet to panel

Yeah, I'm running the bzr version now and it seems pretty stable now. Minimized icons are greyed out OK and there is no crashes at the moment. By the way, two more things (I can open a new report if you prefer):

1) I think you should try to merge with dockbar as soon as possible. The problem with forking is that you have to switch from dockbar to dockbarx and vice versa.
2) "Opacify" never worked for me, neither in metacity nor in compiz wm. Dunno, maybe I'm missing something, what is supposed to be opacified? The icons?

About 1: DockbarX will never merge into Dockbar. DockbarX is an
extended version of Dockbar. So features will mostly only merge from
Dockbar into DockbarX, not the other way around unless a critical bug
has been found that affects both.
About 2: I don't know the answer to that. If you count it as a bug,
then report it! If we think it is not valid we will answer your
question there and report it as invalid. But please don't use a single
bug report to mention all your problems.

@Bernhard
I still would like some reports on whether _this_ bug is fixed or not. Ask your second question in ans

@Michael&Bernhard
This is the last bit of oftopicFeatures could very well be ported both ways. A merger has been discussed but I don't think that's going to happen at this time. But I think that some features of dockbarx might find it's way into the next release of dockbar.

DockbarX is indeed an extended version of Dockbar. Not a fork. I would describe the collaboration between Aleksey and me as good.