Description of problem: When I hover my mouse over the buttons near the top of the window ("Load iPod", etc.), a tooltip window flashes on the screen then disappears perhaps a tenth of a second later. The tooltip window is not on the screen long enough to read its contents. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gtkpod-0.99.12-1.fc8.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Hover mouse over "Load iPod(s)" button. Actual results: Tooltip flashes on screen, too fast to read. Expected results: Tooltip remains on screen until I move the mouse.
Hi Joe, This is known upstream. It's an issue that affects building with gtk+ 2.12. The tooltip API in gtk+ was updated and the older API was deprecated. AFAIK, the older API is supposed to still work, but in the case of gtkpod and some other apps, it doesn't work so well, which results in the flashing tooltips. The other improvements in gtkpod 0.99.12 seemed worthy enough to warrant the update even with this known problem. I will endeavor to get this fixed up sometime this week if possible. I know it's annoying.
I've had no luck in actually fixing this bug. I have asked for some help on the gtkpod-devel list and no one there replied. :( I have filed a bug in the upstream tracker in the hopes that it will get some attention. https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1906016&group_id=67873&atid=519273 I have seen a similar problem in a small pygtk app that I wrote, which makes me think this might be a bug in gtk+ or glib. But that sadly has not gotten me any closer to a solution.
Well, thanks for your effort. We out here in user-land appreciate it.
Bug is still present in Fedora 9, gtkpod-0.99.12-2.fc9.x86_64 .
Joe, This problem seems to have been resolved with a recent update (I believe it was glib2 or gtk2 that fixed it, but I have not tested to see exactly which update corrected it). Can you confirm or deny if the problem is still present in an up to date F9?
The problem is still present in my up-to-date F9. gtkpod-0.99.12-2.fc9.x86_64 glib2-2.16.5-1.fc9.x86_64 gtk2-2.12.11-1.fc9.x86_64
Hey Joe, Jorg believes he has found and fixed this problem upstream. It has not been reproducible for me for quite a while, but if it still occurs for you, perhaps you'd like to test some packages with the patch and let me know if it indeed fixes the problem? I've built updated gtkpod packages for F9 and F10, x86_64 only, as that's what arch you had the problems on. F-9: http://tmz.fedorapeople.org/tmp/gtkpod-0.99.12-2.fc9.1.x86_64/ F-10: http://tmz.fedorapeople.org/tmp/gtkpod-0.99.12-3.fc10.1.x86_64/ There are SHA1SUM files included. The SHA1SUM file and packages are signed with my gpg key, 0xBEAF0CE3: http://tmz.fedorapeople.org/repo/RPM-GPG-KEY-tmz Upstream is set to release 0.99.14 in the next few days, but it might be a bit until we get that and the updated libgpod into the stable releases due to the libgpod changing the API since the last release. So if this patch does fix things, it'd be good to push it out in the interim. Thanks, and sorry for the long delay. (Wow, it's been a year and a day since your initial report.)
Your updated packages fix the problem. Thanks!
gtkpod-0.99.12-4.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gtkpod-0.99.12-4.fc10
gtkpod-0.99.12-3.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gtkpod-0.99.12-3.fc9
Many thanks for testing and feedback Joe. I've got official updates on the way, for anyone else that's affected by this.
gtkpod-0.99.12-4.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update gtkpod'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F10/FEDORA-2009-0708
gtkpod-0.99.12-3.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing-newkey update gtkpod'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2009-0747
gtkpod-0.99.12-4.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
gtkpod-0.99.12-3.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.