FS#21601 - [open-vm-tools] issue with Unity menu

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by paul (pwt) - Thursday, 04 November 2010, 19:00 GMT
Last edited by Sergej Pupykin (sergej) - Tuesday, 05 April 2011, 06:32 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Upstream Bugs
Status Closed
Assigned To Sergej Pupykin (sergej)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
withthe open-vm-tools in community-testing,running an ArchLinux guest in Unity mode results in an empty applications menu in the host. This is not the case with the community version (2010-08-24).

Additional info:
* package version(s)
2010-10-18
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
Enter Unity mode, click on the applications menu.
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Closed by  Sergej Pupykin (sergej)
Tuesday, 05 April 2011, 06:32 GMT
Reason for closing:  Upstream
Comment by Sergej Pupykin (sergej) - Sunday, 28 November 2010, 21:35 GMT
is it fixed in 2010-11-17?
Comment by paul (pwt) - Monday, 29 November 2010, 19:28 GMT
No.

See also upstream bug #3117826
Comment by Sergej Pupykin (sergej) - Friday, 11 February 2011, 12:18 GMT
Link to upstream bug: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3117826&group_id=204462&atid=989708
Comment by Sergej Pupykin (sergej) - Tuesday, 29 March 2011, 21:43 GMT
>> The current unity code depends on a hacked version of the gnome-menus
>> library which we haven't yet released (or upstreamed). So in open-vm-tools
>> the code related to that library is disabled, since it can't be built.

Probably it is not a bug...
Comment by paul (pwt) - Tuesday, 05 April 2011, 00:47 GMT
This is really an upstream bugm as it is a regression from versions prior to October 2010.
Having said that, maybe we could close it here, as it is of so minor importance.

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