Issue 326 - gnome2-globalmenu - Preference Window appearing blank, small 10x10 square

Status:	WontFix
Owner:	----
Closed:	Feb 2009
Type-Defect
Priority-Medium
Milestone-Release0.7.4

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Reported by kvanderslice384, Feb 09, 2009

IMPORTANT: Before reporting an issue, make sure it hasn't been fixed in the
latest version:
http://code.google.com/p/gnome2-globalmenu/issues/list?q=label:Milestone-Release0.7.3
Make also sure to use an up-to-date Vala version.
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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Updated to version 0.7.3 from the PPA
2. Issue occured on build previous to 0.7.3 from PPA as well

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
See attached file for screenshot - leftmost is the initial window,
rightmost is what I see when I resize it.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
0.7.3, Intrepid.  Gnome 2.24.1.

Please provide any additional information below.
Issue occurs when installing from PPA, both when after uninstalling
completely, reinstalling, uninstalling completely and logging out then
reinstalling, and so on.

It's possible there may be a permissions issue with my home directory, as
I've moved it off this drive and back once before - although every other
file and folder works with no issues.

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Comment 1 by rainwoodman, Feb 09, 2009

More or less likely to be a miss installation of the gconf schema in the ppa. can you
check?

Comment 2 by kvanderslice384, Feb 09, 2009

I'd be glad to - how do I go about doing that?

Comment 3 by galadia, Feb 09, 2009

Confirming here. Fresh installation on Ubuntu 8.10, I found no key using gconf-editor :(

Comment 4 by kvanderslice384, Feb 09, 2009

Nothing found in gconf-editor either.

Comment 5 by ThomHolwerda, Feb 09, 2009

I can confirm the issue on Ubuntu Intrepid, with the .deb file from the PPA. There's
nothing in gconf here either.

Comment 6 by rainwoodman, Feb 09, 2009

 Issue 327  has been merged into this issue.

Comment 7 by lviggiani, Feb 09, 2009

The same happened to me even after installing from source.
Anyway, just log out and log in again. Then it works.

Comment 8 by rainwoodman, Feb 09, 2009

this is very weird!

Comment 9 by ThomHolwerda, Feb 10, 2009

Iviggiani:

Logging in/out doesn't do it for me, nor does a reboot, reinstallation, complete
removal/reinstallation, etc.

Comment 10 by john.m.lang, Feb 12, 2009

This solved the blank prefs issue for me. I installed from the launchpad PPA.

sudo cp /usr/etc/gconf/schemas/gnome-globalmenu.schemas /etc/gconf/schemas/
gconftool --install-schema-file /etc/gconf/schemas/gnome-globalmenu.schemas

Comment 11 by timothypalpant, Feb 12, 2009

Fixes it for me too. Thanks!

Comment 12 by faso...@yahoo.it, Feb 12, 2009

fixed!! thanks a lot!

Comment 13 by rainwoodman, Feb 15, 2009

This is a packaging issue. refer to issue 193 for current status.

Status: WontFix
Labels: Milestone-Release0.7.4

Comment 14 by rainwoodman, Feb 15, 2009

 Issue 345  has been merged into this issue.

Issue 326:	Preference Window appearing blank, small 10x10 square
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