[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 666416] Re: Docky displays compositing error message on startup and shutdown

[Rico Tzschichholz]

** Also affects: docky
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Docky displays compositing error message on startup and shutdown
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/666416
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Status in Docky: New
Status in “docky” package in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
Binary package hint: docky

PROBLEM

On both startup and shutdown, Docky displays a notification area message which says something to the effect of "Compositing must be enabled. Please re-enable compositing and restart Docky."

After displaying this message, Docky either starts normally or is killed as part of the shutdown process.

INFERENCE

Docky is displaying these messages because it is being loaded before Compiz, and being killed afterwards.

HOW TO REPRODUCE

1. Arrange to make Docky start before Compiz or be killed afterwards. For reference, I am using a 2.2 GHz Celeron and have a good handful of services other than Docky which run on startup (Do, Tomboy, Deja Dup).

EXPECTED BEHAVIOR

Docky will not display, on a regular basis, bewildering error messages to technically nonproficient users who don't even know what "compositing" is.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: docky 2.0.7-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 25 13:45:24 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: docky