Freyja Development Team

Mahesh

4:44 AM

thats good.. :) we can also add the dconf way may be. what say?

jokerdino

5:24 AM

@mahesh move over here

Mahesh

okay.

jokerdino

gsettings list-children com.canonical.Unity
com.canonical.Unity                   com.canonical.Unity.Launcher
com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsLens  com.canonical.Unity.Lenses
com.canonical.Unity.Dash              com.canonical.Unity.Panel
com.canonical.Unity.Devices           com.canonical.Unity.Runner
com.canonical.Unity.FilesLens

Mahesh

gsettings list-keys com.canonical.unity

jokerdino

gsettings list-keys com.canonical.Unity
form-factor
home-expanded
minimize-count
minimize-fast-duration
minimize-slow-duration
minimize-speed-threshold

Mahesh

oh man..

jokerdino

5:25 AM

exactly.

Mahesh

so these are important stuff, and good stuff.

jokerdino

these have schemas

Mahesh

We'll be distributing the script separately, or via a ppa I believe..

jokerdino

we would get it into 13.04 for sure :)

Mahesh

I'm considering full argument parsing and stuff.

okay.

jokerdino

5:27 AM

okay, the script is python3 compatible

Mahesh

cool.

its on bitbucket.

jokerdino

good sire

but why not lp?

Mahesh

umm... I prefer git to bzr

jokerdino

but unity is on bzr/lp

Mahesh

ultimately, we'll have it on lp.

jokerdino

5:33 AM

okay

Mahesh

or should we migrate it now?

jokerdino

anything works.

Mahesh

okay, now how do we go about resetting these things?

jokerdino

individual?

Mahesh

`gsettings list-children com.canonical.unity`
and then reset recursively each?

jokerdino

5:40 AM

yeah?

Mahesh

okay.

jokerdino

that command doesn't show anything

i think it is list-keys

Mahesh

gsettings list-children com.canonical.Unity

jokerdino

no output

Mahesh

umm... wait.

jokerdino

5:44 AM

you mean list-recursively?

Mahesh

@jokerdino how did this work then?

jokerdino

@Mahesh no idea

Mahesh

:(

jokerdino

i can't get the same result again.

Mahesh

just a min

okay. no you say that was not reproducible?

jokerdino

5:50 AM

yeah

Mahesh

star that previous output.

ok.

now we'll have to manually loop through things.

wait..

go on

I'm back

welcome back

So, we're porting to python3?

jokerdino

5:56 AM

it's p3 compatible

Amith KK

yeah

Mahesh

unityChildren=["com.canonical.Unity","com.canonical.Unity.Launcher","com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsLens","com.canonical.Unity.Lenses","com.canonical.Unity.Dash","com.canonical.Unity.Panel","com.canonical.Unity.Devices","com.canonical.Unity.Runner","com.canonical.Unity.FilesLens"]
for child in unityChildren:
#    subprocess.Popen(unityresetter,shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()
     print "====="+child+"====="
     subprocess.call("gsettings list-keys "+child,shell=True)

I need output for that snippet to check.

jokerdino

File "unitychildren.py", line 4
    print "====="+child+"====="
                ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Mahesh

py2 or py3?

Amith KK

@Mahesh Its print("====="+child+"=====")

now

jokerdino

5:59 AM

oops. p3

Mahesh

@AmithKK in py3. I assumed py2.

jokerdino

$ python unitychildren.py
=====com.canonical.Unity=====
form-factor
home-expanded
minimize-count
minimize-fast-duration
minimize-slow-duration
minimize-speed-threshold
=====com.canonical.Unity.Launcher=====
favorite-migration
favorites
=====com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsLens=====
display-available-apps
display-recent-apps
=====com.canonical.Unity.Lenses=====
remote-content-search
=====com.canonical.Unity.Dash=====
home-lens-ordering
=====com.canonical.Unity.Panel=====
systray-whitelist
=====com.canonical.Unity.Devices=====

Mahesh

now, all these are nonrelocatable schemas.

jokerdino

yep

Mahesh

and, everything looks decent enough that we can happily reset them. right?

jokerdino

6:01 AM

i guess

Amith KK

@Mahesh yeah

except systray-whitelist

we should preserve that

jokerdino

reset everything.

Amith KK

Did the old unity --reset do that?

jokerdino

we'll deal with it after talking to unity devs

Mahesh

and also home lens ordering and blacklist and others..

Amith KK

6:02 AM

there should be args

Mahesh

wait.. looks like these things need to be preserved. all of them.

jokerdino

unity --reset would remove thse.

Mahesh

okay. I'll add full argument parsing support and modularise.

Amith KK

unity --reset --preserve {item1,item2}

Mahesh

time to invoke argparse

jokerdino

6:04 AM

cut the args.

unity --reset doesn't take any arg

Amith KK

And we're back

amithkk.com:9001/p/test.py

jokerdino

i can't access port 9001

Amith KK

can you access 443?

(https)

jokerdino

I guess

Amith KK

:/ I'm getting an error

one sec

jokerdino

6:10 AM

or just put it on pastebin

Mahesh

lets use a public etherpad.

jokerdino

etherpad.ubuntu.com

etherpad.ubuntu.com/kftNoOVFYM

Amith KK

@jokerdino Either you have not been granted access to this resource or your entitlement has timed out. Please try again.

jokerdino

try again

you need to login to launchpad.

etherpad.ubuntu.com/kftNoOVFYM

Mahesh

hmm.. looks like I lost touch with argparse.

jokerdino

6:21 AM

why are we doing argparse?!?!?!

can't we just reset everything and then talk to devs about what to keep and what not

Mahesh

umm.. okay.

unity children thingys reset.

next?

jokerdino

unity --replace in the script

Mahesh

done.

jokerdino

ok time to try

Mahesh

@AmithKK you cant login?

jokerdino

6:25 AM

 def resetPlugins:
                    ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Amith KK

Nope :(

Mahesh

forgot those stupid parantheses.

jokerdino

@amith i dont know why but mahesh can.

Mahesh

try again.

forgot those stupid parantheses.

try again.

@AmithKK what does it say?

Amith KK

Either you have not been granted access to this resource or your entitlement has timed out. Please try again.

jokerdino

6:27 AM

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./unity-reset.py", line 22, in <module>
    resetUnityChildren()
  File "./unity-reset.py", line 19, in resetUnityChildren
    subprocess.call("gsettings reset-recursively "+child)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 493, in call
    return Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs).wait()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 679, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1259, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception

Mahesh

It is a public pad. :|

jokerdino

@amith are you not logged into launchpad, etc.

you need to be signed in, with all checkmarks

Amith KK

You are currently logged in as login.ubuntu.com/+id/JDs6NLz.

All the checkmarks are enabled

jokerdino

i think it hates you.

Mahesh

i forgot to add shell=True.

try again

jokerdino

6:29 AM

ok good

neato

now put the script on a pastebin and i'll annoy the devs when they wakeup

Mahesh

did we forget anything?

jokerdino

not that i can think of

Mahesh

why didn't we use a gist? :P

okay.

have a class now.

jokerdino

cya

Mahesh

will be back after I relocate.

5 minutes.. :P

jokerdino

6:31 AM

hee

Amith KK

How do I remove all iptable rules :P

jokerdino

no idea

Amith KK

I'l be back later

cya

jokerdino

cya

Mahesh

and I'm back.

now, does this reset launcher totally/.

jokerdino

6:40 AM

yees

Mahesh

as in, launcher size, icons, and stuff?

jokerdino

not sure about size but icons yes

try it, buddy.

ok

try it, buddy.

6:42 AM

yipppie

Mahesh

:D

think of other things that we need to check

jokerdino

enough :P

@mahesh, can i get the bounty so i can reinvest in canonical question? :P

Mahesh

sure.. :)

jokerdino

or you can take the bounty and put it back.

or whatever. i'll do it anyway

Mahesh

either way, its ok.

your call.

jokerdino

6:50 AM

you take the bounty.

i have enough.

Mahesh

whats the canonical question?

jokerdino

regarding "low graphics mode" error

Mahesh

how can that be the canonical one for this/

jokerdino

what?

we have twenty different questions on that error. i just need to get a canon question so we can dupe it together.

so i have a question. i need bounty to get people to write answers.

Mahesh

oh. okay. I get it.

jokerdino

6:54 AM

i'll put a bounty once i sort out the 100 bounty.

Mahesh

ok.

blame my network. switched to usb dongle.

jokerdino

gd luck o.O

Mahesh

its much better this wway, atleast the connection wont drop.

jokerdino

but isn't it slow?

Mahesh

yup. terribly slow.

jokerdino

6:59 AM

heeee

Mahesh

compared to 10Mbps available from college wifi, 3Mbps advertised for dongle is very slow.

can you locate the unity children in dconf?

jokerdino

i'll check

yeah

 dconf read /com/canonical/unity/launcher/favorites
['application://nautilus-home.desktop', 'application://firefox.desktop', 'application://polly.desktop', 'application://tomboy.desktop', 'application://gtg.desktop', 'application://gnome-terminal.desktop', 'application://gedit.desktop', 'application://gnome-control-center.desktop', 'unity://running-apps', 'unity://expo-icon']

Mahesh

so all these are under com/unity/canonical

jokerdino

i think so

it is one of the modified settings.

dconf only shows non default things

Mahesh

dconf dump /com/canonical/unity/

@jokerdino yup. and thats good and bad.

jokerdino

7:03 AM

dconf dump /com/canonical/unity/
[devices]
blacklist=['18B4B7BBB4B799A8-OS', '75065C917775DC5A-']

[launcher]
favorites=['application://nautilus-home.desktop', 'application://firefox.desktop', 'application://polly.desktop', 'application://tomboy.desktop', 'application://gtg.desktop', 'application://gnome-terminal.desktop', 'application://gedit.desktop', 'application://gnome-control-center.desktop', 'unity://running-apps', 'unity://expo-icon']

Mahesh

crazy idea.. how can I change the defaults? :P

jokerdino

you can't

Mahesh

I
HATE
CLIPPY

jokerdino

you don't

how do i hate clippy?

Mahesh

it just popped up coz it saw the word defaults.

@jokerdino WHAT????

jokerdino

7:04 AM

it comes for "how do I" or "how can I"

it also comes for "I want to"

it's an easter egg in SU room

Mahesh

good.

yup, I read that.

should we fix that call() ?

jokerdino

what does it do?

Mahesh

its always better to use argument lists, rather than use a string.

jokerdino

i don't know..

you want to join #ubuntu-unity?

Mahesh

I'm considering...

coming in..

and... I've joined.

jokerdino

7:08 AM

good

i am looking for the bug report

paste.ubuntu.com/1280650

Mahesh

where is that bug?

even I cant find any. :(

jokerdino

there was one.

need to search the forums

who wants to write a unity configuration tool now ? :P

Mahesh

: |

GUI, never tried that.

jokerdino

we take the base code from unsettings and add on

Mahesh

7:23 AM

hmm.. looks good.

lunch time followed by lab.

cya later.

jokerdino

cya

jokerdino

7:33 AM

@amith, package it bro~

Amith KK

8:36 AM

I'm back and ready

@jokerdino There?

jokerdino

8:59 AM

hi @amith

Amith KK

@jokerdino Where is the final script?

jokerdino

pastebin

Amith KK

9:14 AM

@jokerdino What's the version of dconf tools you have?

jokerdino

0.14

Amith KK

9:26 AM

amith@amith-desktop:~$ dput ppa:amith/ubuntutools unity-reset_0.1-1_source.changes
Checking signature on .changes
gpg: Signature made Mon 15 Oct 2012 02:53:11 PM IST using RSA key ID D7925E3B
gpg: Good signature from "Amith <amithkumaran@gmail.com>"
gpg:                 aka "Amith kk <amithkumaran@gmail.com>"
Good signature on /home/amith/unity-reset_0.1-1_source.changes.
Checking signature on .dsc
gpg: Signature made Mon 15 Oct 2012 02:53:11 PM IST using RSA key ID D7925E3B
gpg: Good signature from "Amith <amithkumaran@gmail.com>"

win

jokerdino

yay.

is it packaged for 12.10?

Amith KK

yep

anything :D

jokerdino

nice!!

jokerdino

10:16 AM

@amith, need your control file

inside debian/control

Amith KK

Source: unity-reset
Section: quantal
Priority: extra
Maintainer: Amith <amithkumaran@gmail.com>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0)
Standards-Version: 3.9.2
Homepage: <insert the upstream URL, if relevant>
#Vcs-Git: git://git.debian.org/collab-maint/unity-reset.git
#Vcs-Browser: git.debian.org/?p=collab-maint/unity-reset.git;a=summary

Package: unity-reset
Architecture: all
Depends: dconf-tools (>=0.14)
Description: Replaces unity --reset in quantal and above
 Script to reset unity in quantal and above.

jokerdino

oops

python

the section should be python

15

Q: How do I create a deb package for a single python script?

I have a single python script that I want to distribute as a deb package. It is a indicator which shows local date in Unity panel. I did follow create a .deb Package from scripts or binaries but I could not create a deb package because it fails. Can someone give me a step-by-step instruction on...

Amith KK

Rejected:
unity-reset_0.1-4.dsc: Unknown section 'control'
unity-reset_0.1.orig.tar.gz: Unknown section 'control'
unity-reset_0.1-4.diff.gz: Unknown section 'control'
Further error processing not possible because of a critical previous error.

Facepalm

@jokerdino --^^

jokerdino

you need to up your version number

Amith KK

I did, from 0.1-3 to 0.1-4

jokerdino

10:23 AM

hold on

Amith KK

LAAAUUNNCHHPAAAD

jokerdino

i'll create the folder for you.

you just upload it to lp later

@amith, just put the section as gnome for now ;p

wait whoa.

did you put control in section field??!

Amith KK

O.o

jokerdino

what did you have now?

Amith KK

python

jokerdino

10:32 AM

> Unknown section 'control'

what is that?

Amith KK

I have no Idea

jokerdino

check for temp files

or start all over

Amith KK

Last upload

jokerdino

what?

reject reject !

Amith KK

Accepted:
 OK: unity-reset_0.1.orig.tar.gz
 OK: unity-reset_0.1-5.diff.gz
 OK: unity-reset_0.1-5.dsc
     -> Component: main Section: python

What?!

awesome

jokerdino

10:36 AM

haha

good job

so was there any temp file?

Amith KK

I just wiped it

also

I think the control thing did it

jokerdino

i see

Amith KK

12:18 PM

Bump

jokerdino

bumpitie bump

Amith KK

@jokerdino Did you see if the install worked?

jokerdino

no. ppa?

Amith KK

launchpad.net/~amith/+archive/ubuntutools

jokerdino

ok thanks

@AmithKK hurray. \o/

Amith KK

12:25 PM

works?

jokerdino

yes :D

Amith KK

nice

jokerdino

@amith, get @mahesh to post it on the question later :)

Amith KK

@jokerdino ok

jokerdino

1:07 PM

#!/bin/sh
value = $(gsettings get org.compiz.unityshell:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/ launcher-hide-mode)
if [ $value = 0 ]
then
 gsettings set org.compiz.unityshell:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/ launcher-hide-mode 1
else
 gsettings set org.compiz.unityshell:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/ launcher-hide-mode 0
fi

 bash launchy.sh
launchy.sh: line 2: value: command not found
launchy.sh: line 3: [: =: unary operator expected

Amith KK

@jokerdino its ==

your not assigning a variable

jokerdino

ah?

Amith KK

your checking it

jokerdino

oh

#!/bin/sh
value == $(gsettings get org.compiz.unityshell:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/ launcher-hide-mode)
if [ $value = 0 ]
then
 gsettings set org.compiz.unityshell:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/ launcher-hide-mode 1
else
 gsettings set org.compiz.unityshell:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/ launcher-hide-mode 0
fi

same error

Amith KK

not there

in the if statement

jokerdino

1:11 PM

same

$ bash launchy.sh
launchy.sh: line 2: value: command not found
launchy.sh: line 3: [: ==: unary operator expected

Amith KK

@jokerdino value must be be with $

jokerdino

no idea what that means

@amith, abandon the bash and get back to fixing the python script

Amith KK

Is it broken?

jokerdino

in Ask Ubuntu General Room, 1 min ago, by Jorge Castro

didrocks | jcastro_: after a first quick review, it would be better to use the python gobject gsettings binding rather than calling subprocess if possible

Amith KK

@jokerdino No spaces required

@jokerdino OMG! gio

jokerdino

1:15 PM

@AmithKK omg you are awesome!

@AmithKK gggio

Amith KK

okie

jokerdino

bash script works.

ok where's our lead programmer?

it's going to be fun time :)

Amith KK

He's in the lab

jokerdino

ok you and me on this

set up etherpad

i can't access your etherpad.

@amith, try now etherpad.ubuntu.com/kftNoOVFYM

Amith KK

still broken

jokerdino

1:22 PM

i'll create new etherpad.

etherpad.ubuntu.com/Kj7k8mfaxI

@amith join this team - launchpad.net/~ubuntu-etherpad

jokerdino

1:42 PM

@amith you there?

Amith KK

yeah

jokerdino

forget the etherpad. how to do this thing??

Amith KK

gio

jokerdino

:/

give me some sample things.

Amith KK

5

Q: How can I change the wallpaper using a Python script?

I want to change my wallpaper in Ubuntu 11.10 (with Unity) in a small Python script. I found the possibility to change it via the gconf-editor in /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename. With python-gconf, I'm able to change the necessary values. Apparently, the gconf string is not read out. ...