libappindicator mode broken

[RalfJung]

When I install libappindicator, the tray icon functionality breaks completely:

• After starting Thunderbird, when the main window is visible, clicking the tray icon does not hide the window
• Closing the window results in the program quitting, with the following console output:

$ icedove

(process:18882): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed
[calBackendLoader] Using libical backend at /usr/lib/icedove/extensions/{e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103}/components/libical.manifest
enigmail.js: Registered components
mimeVerify.jsm: module initialized
22:34:35.965 ERROR firetray.ChatStatusIcon Icon missing

(icedove:18882): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_status_icon_set_from_gicon: assertion 'GTK_IS_STATUS_ICON (status_icon)' failed
TypeError: this._mucs[norm].incomingMessage is not a function
22:34:54.444 ERROR firetray.FiretrayWindow unknown window while lookup
22:34:54.444 ERROR firetray.Window can't unregister unknown window null
22:34:54.561 ERROR firetray.ChatStatusIcon Icon missing

(icedove:18882): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_status_icon_set_from_gicon: assertion 'GTK_IS_STATUS_ICON (status_icon)' failed

I am using KDE 4.14.2.

[foudfou]

Hi, could you try with the latest build ?
And, if TB still fails, enable debug logs and send them to me ?

[RalfJung]

The self-built plugin does not even use appindicator mode, even though I had libappindicator3-dev installed during compilation.

[foudfou]

Right: libappindicator3 is meant as a fallback lib, because it brings a lot of limitations. But if you really want FireTray as an appindicator in kde4, then you'll have to patch modules/linux/FiretrayStatusIcon.jsm around line 55:

(desktop.name === 'kde' && desktop.ver > 4))) {
to
(desktop.name === 'kde'))) {

Hopefully we'll get enough debug info then.

[RalfJung]

Well, the X11-based icons behave really bad with Plasma: They often end up using the wrong size, and are either way larger or way smaller than their space in the tray.

What is the non-fallback appindicator lib? Or do you mean appindicator in general when you say it has too many limitations?

[foudfou]

FireTray uses GTK+ which currently uses X11 under the hood.
For environments which do not support X11 system tray icons anymore (Unity, Kde5), it also uses libappindicator3 as a fallback.
Compared to X11 icons, appindicators in general are limiting, and for FireTray in particular. This might be overcome by #143.

[RalfJung]

After enforcing libappindicator mode with the current master, the problems as described in the first post persist. I also only now noticed that the chat icon does not show up at all anymore. On stderr, I see:

18:38:9.317 ERROR firetray.ChatStatusIcon Icon missing

(icedove:12518): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_status_icon_set_from_gicon: assertion 'GTK_IS_STATUS_ICON (status_icon)' failed
TypeError: this._mucs[norm].incomingMessage is not a function
18:38:19.224 ERROR firetray.ChatStatusIcon Icon missing

(icedove:12518): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_status_icon_set_from_gicon: assertion 'GTK_IS_STATUS_ICON (status_icon)' failed
18:38:19.692 ERROR firetray.FiretrayWindow unknown window while lookup
18:38:19.692 ERROR firetray.Window can't unregister unknown window null
r@r-schnelltop:~/src/FireTray/src$ icedove 

(process:12684): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed
[calBackendLoader] Using libical backend at /usr/lib/icedove/extensions/{e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103}/components/libical.manifest
enigmail.js: Registered components
mimeVerify.jsm: module initialized
18:38:27.166 ERROR firetray.ChatStatusIcon Icon missing

(icedove:12684): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_status_icon_set_from_gicon: assertion 'GTK_IS_STATUS_ICON (status_icon)' failed
TypeError: this._mucs[norm].incomingMessage is not a function
18:39:2.521 ERROR firetray.FiretrayWindow unknown window while lookup
18:39:2.521 ERROR firetray.Window can't unregister unknown window null
18:39:2.626 ERROR firetray.ChatStatusIcon Icon missing

Are that the debug logs you asked for?

[foudfou]

Almost: could you set the log level to debug in src/modules/logging.jsm:

const FIRETRAY_LOG_LEVEL = "All"; // "All" for debugging

[RalfJung]

$ make clean ; DEBUG=on make build
Removing build dirs: ../build-d122489*
Cleanup is done.
checking version consistency
checking loglevel
Makefile:205: recipe for target 'check_loglevel' failed
make: *** [check_loglevel] Error 1

EDIT: Oh, I see. I'm supposed to edit the thing in-place in ~/.thunderbird. Will do that.

[foudfou]

Oops, right, this is best changed in the uncompressed xpi:
~/.mozilla/firefox/YOUR_PROFILE.default/extensions/\{9533f794-00b4-4354-aa15-c2bbda6989f8\}/modules/logging.jsm
So build it with FIRETRAY_LOG_LEVEL = "Warn" and then modify it in the installed addon.

[RalfJung]

Okay, did that. I also set browser.dom.window.dump.enabled to true as described in the wiki.

I started Thunderbird, then clicked the tray icon once, and then hit the X in the window deco. I expected the window to hide on the first click, and same on the second click. Instead, nothing happened on first click, and the program quit on 2nd click.

$ icedove 

(process:14005): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed
System JS : WARNING chrome://sieve/content/modules/overlays/SieveOverlay.jsm:58 - mutating the [[Prototype]] of an object will cause your code to run very slowly; instead create the object with the correct initial [[Prototype]] value using Object.create
System JS : WARNING resource://gre/modules/Preferences.jsm:378 - mutating the [[Prototype]] of an object will cause your code to run very slowly; instead create the object with the correct initial [[Prototype]] value using Object.create
[calBackendLoader] Using libical backend at /usr/lib/icedove/extensions/{e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103}/components/libical.manifest
enigmail.js: Registered components
System JS : WARNING resource://gre/components/steelApplication.js:783 - mutating the [[Prototype]] of an object will cause your code to run very slowly; instead create the object with the correct initial [[Prototype]] value using Object.create
mimeVerify.jsm: module initialized
JavaScript error: resource://firetray/linux/FiretrayChatStatusIcon.jsm, line 54: firetray.GtkIcons is undefined
19:9:16.350 ERROR firetray.ChatStatusIcon Icon missing

(icedove:14005): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_status_icon_set_from_gicon: assertion 'GTK_IS_STATUS_ICON (status_icon)' failed
TypeError: this._mucs[norm].incomingMessage is not a function
19:9:20.721 ERROR firetray.FiretrayWindow unknown window while lookup
19:9:20.721 ERROR firetray.Window can't unregister unknown window null
System JS : ERROR chrome://sieve/content/modules/overlays/SieveOverlayManager.jsm:403 - TypeError: SieveOverlayManager._imports[url] is undefined
19:9:20.822 ERROR firetray.ChatStatusIcon Icon missing

(icedove:14005): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_status_icon_set_from_gicon: assertion 'GTK_IS_STATUS_ICON (status_icon)' failed

[foudfou]

We'd need the DEBUG logs to see where exactly something goes wrong. Could you modify the definition of the log level in ~/.mozilla/firefox/YOUR_PROFILE.default/extensions/\{9533f794-00b4-4354-aa15-c2bbda6989f8\}/modules/logging.jsm to FIRETRAY_LOG_LEVEL = "All" ?

[foudfou]

I've missed this line:

JavaScript error: resource://firetray/linux/FiretrayChatStatusIcon.jsm, line 54: firetray.GtkIcons is undefined

@RalfJung does it work for you with a627772 ?

[RalfJung]

(Please disregard my earlier, now deleted comment - I accidentally installed an old version of the plugin)

So things got better with that patch. The following changed:

• The chat status icon appears, as normal X11-style tray icon, next to the appindicator-style "main" icon
• Closing the Thunderbird window now correct keeps Thunderbird running in background

However, left-clicking on the tray icon to show/hide the Thunderbird window still does not work.

[foudfou]

Good. For AppIndicators, left-clicking on main the tray icon should show the popup menu (not show/hide) ...which doesn't work with libappindicator under KDE currently (see #130) :(

Otherwise, I just realized that the Chat icon should also be rendered as an Appindicator if libappindicator is used for the main icon... if that's even possible.
I'll create a separate issue for that.

Can this one be closed ?

[RalfJung]

I have two remaining problems (click-to-show doesn't work, and chat icon doesn't work). But the latter has its own bug, the former you say is a KDE bug, then indeed there's nothing left to be tracked here.