Ubuntu
gnome-settings-daemon package

Can't check "locate pointer" checkbox

Bug #441642 reported by Miguel Diago on 2009-10-03

This bug affects 3 people

	Status	Importance	Assigned to
gnome-control-center	Fix Released	Medium	gnome-bugs #599209
gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Low	Ubuntu Desktop Bugs
Karmic	Fix Released	Low	Chris Coulson

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

The "locate pointer" checkbox in System -> Preferences -> Assistive Technologies -> Mouse Accessibility window can't be checked. It is active (with white background), but it remains unchecked when you click on it.

I'm using Karmic Beta on VirtualBox.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Oct 3 21:08:23 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-at-properties
Package: gnome-control-center 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.38-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686

*** SRU stuff ***

[Impact of bug]
"locate pointer" checkbox in gnome-mouse-properties dialog cannot be checked, and locate pointer feature does not work

[Description of change]
The bug was caused by g-s-d not honouring libexec at build time, and thus trying to spawn gsd-locate-pointer with an incorrect path. The patch addresses this by making sure that libexec is honoured

[Test case]
With each version of gnome-settings-daemon in turn (2.28.1-0ubuntu1 and 2.28.1-0ubuntu2), do the following:

1) Try to enable "Show the position of pointer when the Control key is pressed" in gnome-mouse properties.
2) Press CTRL key and observe behaviour.

With the old version of gnome-settings-daemon, it is not possible to check the checkbox in step 1. The CTRL key doesn't show where the pointer is in step 2.

With the new version of gnome-settings-daemon, it is possible to turn on the feature. Pressing the CTRL key will show an animation where the mouse cursor is positioned.

[Regression potential]
None - this patch just makes sure that libexecdir is honoured properly in the mouse plugin. libexecdir is used in only one place in this plugin

See original description

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Related branches

lp:ubuntu/lucid/gnome-settings-daemon

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Miguel Diago (mdm) wrote on 2009-10-03:

Dependencies.txt Edit (5.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcMaps.txt Edit (22.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcStatus.txt Edit (758 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XsessionErrors.txt Edit (700 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Michael Gilchrist (michaelgilch) on 2009-10-03

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2009-10-05:

Thank you for your bug report

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
importance:	Undecided → Low

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ariel cornejo (arielco) wrote on 2009-10-14:

Actually, when it's clicked on (specifically when the mouse button is released) it checks for an instant and it clears itself immediately.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2009-10-21:

The bug has been sent on https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=599209

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in gnome-control-center:
importance:	Undecided → Unknown
status:	New → Unknown

Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) on 2009-10-28

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
assignee:	Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) → Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)

Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) on 2009-10-28

affects:

gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) → gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote on 2009-11-03:

this is supposed to be fixed with : http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gnome-settings-daemon/commit/?id=2fe8419cc67644d3e83026dc4ad8094499b680e3

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2009-11-03

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status:	Triaged → Fix Committed
assignee:	Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote on 2009-11-04:

gnome-settings-daemon_2.28.1-0ubuntu2.debdiff Edit (4.8 KiB, text/plain)

Debdiff for Karmic

Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) on 2009-11-04

description:

updated

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2009-11-04

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Karmic):
status:	New → Fix Committed
importance:	Undecided → Low
assignee:	nobody → Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote on 2009-11-05: Please test proposed package

Accepted gnome-settings-daemon into karmic-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

tags:

added: verification-needed

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squishlikeabug (squishing-you) wrote on 2009-11-08:

Hey, am a newb, trying to do my own tech support. Took a tiny bit of reading, but I installed the proposed gnome-setting-daemon update and it works now, so I thought I'd give feedback. Am I doing it right? This is my first time playing around with proposed doovers; I never had this much fun in windows. Kudos!

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote on 2009-11-09:

Thanks for testing!

tags:

added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote on 2009-11-09:

#10

I also tested this and confirm that it works now.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2009-11-11:

#11

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-settings-daemon - 2.28.1-0ubuntu2

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gnome-settings-daemon (2.28.1-0ubuntu2) karmic-proposed; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/71_fix_ldsm_notification_crash.patch:
    - Don't access free'd memory if a volume is unmounted whilst the
      dialog is displayed (LP: #419354)
  * debian/patches/91_gsd_locate_pointer_path_fix.patch:
    - Upstream GIT change to honour libexecdir when spawning
      gsd-locate-pointer (LP: #441642)