Bug#1075830: gnome: Fn F9 broken in 12.6, nondeterministically runs gnome-control-center or systemsettings

Jeffrey Mark Siskind qobi at qobi.org
Fri Jul 5 23:35:35 BST 2024


Package: gnome
Version: 1:43+1
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

   * What led up to the situation?

upgrade to Debian 12.6

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

I upgraded to Debian 12.6. My laptop has a key Fn F9 (the gear) which
brings up Gnome Settings. As a result of the upgrade, something
strange happened. Sometimes when I press Fn F9 I get the standard
Gnome Settings menu. But sometimes I get a differnt Plasma System
Settings menu that just has Appearance, Network, Settings, Hardware,
and KDE Connect. The standard Gnome Settings appears to be a program
called gnome-control-center. The alternate undesired menu appears to
be a program called systemsettings.

First, behavior should be deterministic. Second, Fn F9 should run
gnome-control-center, not systemsettings.

   * What was the outcome of this action?

Fn F9 (the gear) nondeterministically runs either gnome-control-center
or systemsettings.

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

Always run gnome-control-center.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.6
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-22-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages gnome depends on:
ii  avahi-daemon                     0.8-10
ii  cheese                           43.0-1
ii  cups-pk-helper                   0.2.6-1+b1
ii  desktop-base                     12.0.6+nmu1~deb12u1
ii  evolution                        3.46.4-2
ii  evolution-plugins                3.46.4-2
ii  file-roller                      43.0-1
ii  gnome-calendar                   43.1-2
ii  gnome-clocks                     43.0-1
ii  gnome-color-manager              3.36.0-1+b1
ii  gnome-core                       1:43+1
ii  gnome-maps                       43.5-2~deb12u1
ii  gnome-music                      42.1-1
ii  gnome-sound-recorder             43~beta-1
ii  gnome-tweaks                     42~beta-4
ii  gnome-weather                    43.0-1
ii  gstreamer1.0-libav               1.22.0-2
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly        1.22.0-2+deb12u1
ii  libgsf-bin                       1.14.50-1
ii  libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager  0.4.18-1.2
ii  libreoffice-calc                 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u3
ii  libreoffice-gnome                4:7.4.7-1+deb12u3
ii  libreoffice-impress              4:7.4.7-1+deb12u3
ii  libreoffice-writer               4:7.4.7-1+deb12u3
ii  network-manager-gnome            1.30.0-2
ii  orca                             43.1-1
ii  rhythmbox                        3.4.6-2+b1
ii  rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder      3.4.6-2+b1
ii  rhythmbox-plugins                3.4.6-2+b1
ii  rygel-playbin                    0.42.1-1
ii  rygel-tracker                    0.42.1-1
ii  seahorse                         43.0-1
ii  shotwell                         0.30.17-1+b1
ii  simple-scan                      42.5-2
ii  totem-plugins                    43.0-2
ii  xdg-user-dirs-gtk                0.11-1

Versions of packages gnome recommends:
ii  gnome-games           1:43+1
ii  gnome-initial-setup   43.2-6
ii  gnome-remote-desktop  43.3-1
ii  transmission-gtk      3.00-2.1+deb12u1

Versions of packages gnome suggests:
pn  alacarte                                                      <none>
pn  empathy                                                       <none>
pn  firefox-esr-l10n-all | firefox-l10n-all                       <none>
pn  goobox | sound-juicer                                         <none>
pn  polari                                                        <none>
ii  vinagre                                                       3.22.0-8.1
pn  webext-ublock-origin-firefox | webext-ublock-origin-chromium  <none>

Versions of packages gnome-core depends on:
ii  adwaita-icon-theme            43-1
ii  at-spi2-core                  2.46.0-5
ii  baobab                        43.0-1
ii  dconf-cli                     0.40.0-4
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend       0.40.0-4
ii  eog                           43.2-1
ii  evince                        43.1-2+b1
ii  evolution-data-server         3.46.4-2
ii  fonts-cantarell               0.303.1-1
ii  gdm3                          43.0-3
ii  gkbd-capplet                  3.28.1-1
ii  glib-networking               2.74.0-4
ii  gnome-backgrounds             43.1-1
ii  gnome-bluetooth-sendto        42.5-3
ii  gnome-calculator              1:43.0.1-2
ii  gnome-characters              43.1-1+deb12u1
ii  gnome-contacts                43.1-1
ii  gnome-control-center          1:43.6-2~deb12u1
ii  gnome-disk-utility            43.0-1
ii  gnome-font-viewer             43.0-1
ii  gnome-keyring                 42.1-1+b2
ii  gnome-logs                    43.0-1
ii  gnome-menus                   3.36.0-1.1
ii  gnome-online-accounts         3.46.0-1
ii  gnome-session                 43.0-1+deb12u1
ii  gnome-settings-daemon         43.0-4
ii  gnome-shell                   43.9-0+deb12u2
ii  gnome-shell-extensions        43.1-1
ii  gnome-software                43.5-1~deb12u1
ii  gnome-sushi                   43.0-2
ii  gnome-system-monitor          42.0-2
ii  gnome-terminal                3.46.8-1
ii  gnome-text-editor             43.2-1
ii  gnome-themes-extra            3.28-2
ii  gnome-user-docs               43.0-2
ii  gnome-user-share              43.0-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas     43.0-1
ii  gstreamer1.0-packagekit       1.2.6-5
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base     1.22.0-3+deb12u2
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good     1.22.0-5+deb12u1
ii  gvfs-backends                 1.50.3-1
ii  gvfs-fuse                     1.50.3-1
ii  libatk-adaptor                2.46.0-5
ii  libcanberra-pulse             0.30-10
ii  libglib2.0-bin                2.74.6-2+deb12u3
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring          42.1-1+b2
ii  libproxy1-plugin-gsettings    0.4.18-1.2
ii  libproxy1-plugin-webkit       0.4.18-1.2
ii  librsvg2-common               2.54.7+dfsg-1~deb12u1
ii  nautilus                      43.2-1
ii  pipewire-audio                0.3.65-3+deb12u1
ii  sound-theme-freedesktop       0.8-2
ii  system-config-printer-common  1.5.18-1
ii  system-config-printer-udev    1.5.18-1
ii  totem                         43.0-2
ii  tracker                       3.4.2-1
ii  xdg-desktop-portal-gnome      43.1-2
ii  yelp                          42.2-1
ii  zenity                        3.44.0-1

Versions of packages gnome-core recommends:
ii  firefox-esr [gnome-www-browser]  115.12.0esr-1~deb12u1
ii  libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager  0.4.18-1.2
ii  low-memory-monitor               2.1-1
ii  network-manager-gnome            1.30.0-2

gnome-core suggests no packages.

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