[Bug 702316] Re: Generic Libindicate fallback support breaks applications (such as clipit) on non-Unity WMs/DEs

[Micah Gersten]

** Also affects: clipit (Ubuntu Natty)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: libappindicator (Ubuntu Natty)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: clipit (Ubuntu Natty)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: clipit (Ubuntu Natty)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: clipit (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: clipit (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Committed => In Progress

** Changed in: clipit (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: Cristian Henzel (shantzu) => Micah Gersten (micahg)

** Changed in: clipit (Ubuntu Natty)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Micah Gersten (micahg)

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Title:
  Generic Libindicate fallback support breaks applications (such as
  clipit) on non-Unity WMs/DEs

Status in Libappindicator:
  Invalid
Status in “clipit” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in “libappindicator” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “clipit” source package in Natty:
  In Progress
Status in “libappindicator” source package in Natty:
  New

Bug description:
  Clipit is a clipboard manager.  The user interacts with Clipit by
  clicking on an icon/menu shown either in the notification area, or
  more if compiled with support enabled, via libindicate.  Indicator
  support has been enabled in Ubuntu since version 1.3.6-1ubuntu1
  (December 2010).

  Libindicate has fallback support meaning that if Indicator support is
  not provided by the Window Manager or Desktop Environment then the
  design is fallback and draw the indicator using the Notification Area
  direct-drawing support.  This fallback support appears to be mis-
  functioning on some WMs/DEs.

  To reproduce the bug;  switch to a WM such as Fluxbox; then:

    1. sudo apt-get install clipit
    2. clipit & (an new indicator appears)
    3. click 1-2 times on on the new indicator icon

  What happens:

    a. (clipit:32253): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_event: assertion `WIDGET_REALIZED_FOR_EVENT (widget, event)' failed
    b. The graphical session cannot continue to be used, having crashed the window manager.  (note: complete freeze under fluxbox 1.1.1)

  What should happen:

    a. A menu should appear
    b. Everything should work

  Workaround:

    1. Ctrl + Alt + F1
    2. killall clipit
    3. sudo apt-get remove clipit

  "conflicts with Parcellite and hangs immediately."  --- please expand.

  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: clipit (not installed)