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Bugs relating to gwibber... Bugs related to gwibber and gwibber-service package
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Useful for bug-filers and as a boiler-plate advice for triagers. This is the minimum information required for a bug report. Please use "Report a problem" under Help entry (Help->Report a Bug)
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= Bug tags =

Bug tags specific to the package or area should be included here for reporters so they can tag their bug report. It will also be useful for triagers. The Bugs/Tags wiki page should then be modified to include these tags.
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In depth debugging procedures for this particular package or subsystem. This usually is information about the log files to gather and what to look for in them. Please run in a terminal:

$pkill gwibber-service & gwibber-service -d -o
$gwibber --debug
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Information that will facilitate the triaging of bugs for this package or subsystem. Remind triagers of the bug tags in use for this particular package. Todo...
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== Stock Reply == == Stock Replies ==
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A stock reply to be used for initial bug reports basically asking for the stuff in "How to file". The Bugs/Responses page should include this reply. '''Gwibber Crashes'''
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== How to Forward == @Username, Please could you run under latest version of gwibber: gwibber --debug > gwibber-debug.txt and attach resulted output of this file to your report (following your steps to reproduce this issue), Thanks!
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In the event that the package or subsystem has an upstream bug tracker this section should contain detailed steps to forward a bug to that tracker. Some packages may just link to the general "How to Forward" page for another bug tracker like Gnome's bugzilla or freedesktop.org's bug tracker. '''Gwibber-Service Issues'''

@Username, Please could you run under latest version of gwibber: gwibber-service -d -o and attach all resulted output to a textfile (following your steps to reproduce this issue), Thanks!

'''Try to reproduce it with PPA release'''

Please could you try to reproduce this issue in latest version of gwibber daily ppa (you can get from https://launchpad.net/~gwibber-daily/+archive/ppa | or latest stable release https://launchpad.net/~gwibber-team/+archive/ppa) and check if this problem is still affecting you? Thanks in advance!

== How to Forward to upstream tracker ==

Click on "Also affects project" and look up for "Gwibber" project, then press ok.
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'''Open''' '''The Hottest'''
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|| [[https://launchpad.net/bugs/8896|8896]] || The subject from LP || This bug can be identified by ... || || [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gwibber/+bug/718359|718359]] || Can't start gwibber svg format image || svg images can't be loaded ||
|| [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gwibber/+bug/658074|658074]] || Acents in hashtags support || hashtags are broken if you use acents ||
|| [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gwibber/+bug/614742|614742]] || Facebook problems || Problems related to Facebook authentication and stuffs ||
|| [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/gwibber/+bug/645512|645512]] || Twitter doesn't update || Twitter stop to update because you are following a 'special' user ||
|| [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/gwibber/+bug/500927|500927]] || Retweets are not displayed correctly || Messages are truncated or not fully displayed ||
|| [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pywebkitgtk/+bug/688732|688732]] || Gwibber can't start in Ubuntu Natty || Pywebkitgtk is causing gwibber crashed, there is a workaround available||
|| [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gwibber/+bug/519262|519262]] || Provide ability to follow a user || there is no way to follow a user||
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'''Closed'''
||<rowbgcolor="#eeeeee"> '''Bug''' || '''Subject''' || '''Symptom''' ||
|| [[https://launchpad.net/bugs/8896|8896]] || The subject from LP || This bug can be identified by ... ||
= Work Arounds =
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= Non-bugs = Some basic procedures to fix some common troubles:
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How to recognise common issues arising from hardware failures, common feature requests and other invalid bugs for this category. Advice how triage them and stock responses. '''Gwibber can't start (using CouchDB as backend >=2.30.x releases)'''

rm -fr ~/.cache/desktop-couch ~/.config/desktop-couch and ~/.local/share/desktop-couch and then start gwibber again.

'''Avatars not loaded correctly'''

rm -fr ~/.cache/gwibber/avatars/*

'''Reset your settings (Gconf)'''

gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/gwibber

Debugging Central

This page is part of the debugging series — pages with debugging details for a variety of Ubuntu packages.

Introduction

Bugs related to gwibber and gwibber-service package

How to file

Please use "Report a problem" under Help entry (Help->Report a Bug)

Debugging procedure

Please run in a terminal:

$pkill gwibber-service & gwibber-service -d -o $gwibber --debug

How to Triage

Todo...

Stock Replies

Gwibber Crashes

@Username, Please could you run under latest version of gwibber: gwibber --debug > gwibber-debug.txt and attach resulted output of this file to your report (following your steps to reproduce this issue), Thanks!

Gwibber-Service Issues

@Username, Please could you run under latest version of gwibber: gwibber-service -d -o and attach all resulted output to a textfile (following your steps to reproduce this issue), Thanks!

Try to reproduce it with PPA release

Please could you try to reproduce this issue in latest version of gwibber daily ppa (you can get from https://launchpad.net/~gwibber-daily/+archive/ppa | or latest stable release https://launchpad.net/~gwibber-team/+archive/ppa) and check if this problem is still affecting you? Thanks in advance!

How to Forward to upstream tracker

Click on "Also affects project" and look up for "Gwibber" project, then press ok.

Known bugs

Description of known bug reports that may receive duplicates and how to recognise them. This information should be obtained by looking for bugs tagged as 'metabug'.

The Hottest

Bug

Subject

Symptom

718359

Can't start gwibber svg format image

svg images can't be loaded

658074

Acents in hashtags support

hashtags are broken if you use acents

614742

Facebook problems

Problems related to Facebook authentication and stuffs

645512

Twitter doesn't update

Twitter stop to update because you are following a 'special' user

500927

Retweets are not displayed correctly

Messages are truncated or not fully displayed

688732

Gwibber can't start in Ubuntu Natty

Pywebkitgtk is causing gwibber crashed, there is a workaround available

519262

Provide ability to follow a user

there is no way to follow a user

Work Arounds

Some basic procedures to fix some common troubles:

Gwibber can't start (using CouchDB as backend >=2.30.x releases)

rm -fr ~/.cache/desktop-couch ~/.config/desktop-couch and ~/.local/share/desktop-couch and then start gwibber again.

Avatars not loaded correctly

rm -fr ~/.cache/gwibber/avatars/*

Reset your settings (Gconf)

gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/gwibber


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