Bug 1140329 - X ressources are expected to be preprocessed when they actually aren't
Summary: X ressources are expected to be preprocessed when they actually aren't
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: mate-settings-daemon
Version: epel7
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Wolfgang Ulbrich
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
: 1148455 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-09-10 17:05 UTC by Michael Lampe
Modified: 2014-11-30 19:14 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version: mate-settings-daemon-1.8.2-3.el7
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2014-11-30 19:14:28 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Michael Lampe 2014-09-10 17:05:53 UTC
Description of problem:

X ressources are expected to be preprocessed when they actually aren't

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

1.8.0-1.el7

How reproducible:

Always.

Steps to Reproduce:

Start, for example, emacs.

Actual results:

Error Message is displayed and Emacs terminates.

Undefined color: "WINDOW_FOREGROUND"

Additional info:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1053891

Comment 1 Eric Smith 2014-11-03 03:30:32 UTC
Still happening with emacs. Extremely annoying.

Comment 2 Wolfgang Ulbrich 2014-11-12 19:24:47 UTC
As a workaround until i found the culprit you can run
'gsettings get org.mate.SettingsDaemon.plugins.xrdb active false'
Couriously, exactly this plugin is responsible for setting the GdkColor map.

[rave@mother github-matedesktop]$ grep -n -i 'WINDOW_FOREGROUND' mate-settings-daemon/plugins/xrdb/*
mate-settings-daemon/plugins/xrdb/msd-xrdb-manager.c:124:                             "WINDOW_FOREGROUND",

Maybe it is broken here or it isn't needed in rhel7.

Comment 3 Wolfgang Ulbrich 2014-11-12 19:26:45 UTC
Don't forget to restart session after gsettings command.

Comment 4 Wolfgang Ulbrich 2014-11-12 19:54:05 UTC
opps, right command is
gsettings set org.mate.SettingsDaemon.plugins.xrdb active false

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2014-11-12 22:55:42 UTC
mate-settings-daemon-1.8.2-2.el7 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 7.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mate-settings-daemon-1.8.2-2.el7

Comment 6 Michael Lampe 2014-11-12 23:24:12 UTC
Nice! But shouldn't this package now require cpp (for non-programmers)?

Comment 7 Wolfgang Ulbrich 2014-11-12 23:47:06 UTC
(In reply to Michael Lampe from comment #6)
> Nice! But shouldn't this package now require cpp (for non-programmers)?

Yes, i fix it in the same way like kde did it.
https://git.centos.org/blob/rpms!kde-workspace.git/511c81f3b376f326cd0f33c222b3f4b6e9a26aa4/SOURCES!kde-workspace-4.10.5-bz%231043686-cpp.patch
At mate upstream we think that something more general belongs to X in rhel7 cause this issue, because this fix isn't needed for f20/21.
But as fedora epel7 maintaner i don't have access on redhat git package resources, so it is imposible for me to search deeper.

Comment 8 Wolfgang Ulbrich 2014-11-13 00:05:24 UTC
Note, i edited the update right version is 1.8.2-3

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2014-11-14 00:15:49 UTC
Package mate-settings-daemon-1.8.2-3.el7:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=epel-testing mate-settings-daemon-1.8.2-3.el7'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2014-4024/mate-settings-daemon-1.8.2-3.el7
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 10 Jaroslav Škarvada 2014-11-14 11:54:26 UTC
*** Bug 1148455 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 11 Jaroslav Škarvada 2014-11-14 12:01:43 UTC
It works in Fedora, because xrdb provided by xorg-x11-server-utils explicitly requires mcpp and by default pre-process X resources through mcpp.

However, the xrdb provided by xorg-x11-server-utils from RHEL-7 doesn't pre-process X resources through mcpp, nor it requires mcpp:

%changelog
- xrdb: Default to -nocpp
- Drop Requires: mcpp to match; install cpp if you need it.

This is exactly what this mate-settings-daemon update did, so I think it's the correct fix.

Comment 12 Jaroslav Škarvada 2014-11-14 12:03:31 UTC
(In reply to Jaroslav Škarvada from comment #11)
> %changelog
> - xrdb: Default to -nocpp
> - Drop Requires: mcpp to match; install cpp if you need it.
> 

Ups, change with header:

Wed Oct 02 2013 Adam Jackson <ajax> 7.7-2
- xrdb: Default to -nocpp
- Drop Requires: mcpp to match; install cpp if you need it.

Comment 13 Wolfgang Ulbrich 2014-11-14 18:31:02 UTC
Thanks for info Jaroslav,
this let me think that it should be fixed xorg-x11-server-utils.
No for mate, becauase epel7 is a third party repo from rhel7 point of view,
but kde is an official rhel7 desktop.

Comment 14 Michael Lampe 2014-11-14 18:38:07 UTC
Here, someone from RH says that not preprocessing X resources in RHEL7 is deliberate: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1053891#c6

This fix in mate-settings-daemon is therefore required for EPEL7.

Comment 15 Fedora Update System 2014-11-30 19:14:28 UTC
mate-settings-daemon-1.8.2-3.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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