MATE 1.26 now available for Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS and 21.04 (PPA from Martin Wimpress)

Utsuro · 27 August 2021 16:27

Martin Wimpress posted this tweet earlier today:
Good news! MATE Desktop 1.26 is available for Ubuntu MATE 20.04 🐈 and 21.04 🦛 via the Fresh MATE PPA 💪

🧉 https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mate-dev/+archive/ubuntu/fresh-mate

We can now install MATE 1.26 on Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS or Ubuntu MATE 21.04 using this PPA:

TL;DR: if you want MATE 1.26 now on Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS or 21.04 open a terminal and:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/fresh-mate
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

MATE 1.26 changelog:

Thanks a lot, Martin !

mircea · 27 August 2021 18:37

so nice .... upgrading the desktop on 20.04... on my current laptop

mircea · 27 August 2021 18:52

So nice after restart everything look as it should ...
Now we have a better desktop with extra bug fixes and some extra functionality that we might use...
Thanks to all Mate team for the work and also the ppa that allow us to upgrade on current system(s)

arQon · 27 August 2021 22:06

Yeah. I know it's a bit more work, but I'm overwhelmingly in favor of having updates like this delivered via PPA rather than snap, given the issues with snapd.

alpinejohn · 28 August 2021 04:52

Thanks Utsuro,
I have just upgraded, so far everything is working as before.

One thing I noticed was the list of applications that launch at startup had been altered by the update - but that was easily fixed of course.

Thanks to the MATE dev team.

Utsuro · 28 August 2021 09:08

Happened to me as well.

Noticed another quirk also: the sound section is missing from the Control Center. It's still accessible from the Brisk Menu though, and with a nice icon (previously had none).

dclcav · 28 August 2021 11:11

Just upgraded to 1.26 and my VirtualBox is now working! Thank you

alpinejohn · 28 August 2021 11:43

Hello again Utsuro

I can confirm the missing "sound" section, which can still be accessed from the brisk menu.

Dave_Barnes · 28 August 2021 13:33

Has the "Autohide" feature of the panels been removed?

With the ppa, all of my panels hide and will not restore.

Utsuro · 28 August 2021 13:50

Nope.
Works as designed here.

Dave_Barnes · 28 August 2021 14:57

Removed ppa with ppa -purge, turned off autohide, then reapplied ppa. Panels show. Turned on autohide. Panels will hide after timeout and not restore. Checked on several systems -- same behavior. Local config problem?

tkn · 30 August 2021 08:52

Just one small issue:
Creating a Launcher (i.e. desktop-file) or editing desktop-files with Mozo (properties) doesn't work anymore.
Everything else is really beautiful.

Mozo, if launched from terminal, returns this error if properties clicked:
(mate-desktop-item-edit:41558): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 11:12:49.883: Unable to load resource for composite template for type 'PanelDItemEditor': De bron op ‘/org/mate/panel/panel-ditem-editor-dialog.ui’ bestaat niet (=does not exist)
(mate-desktop-item-edit:41558): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 11:12:49.883: gtk_widget_init_template: assertion 'template != NULL' failed
Segmentatiefout (geheugendump gemaakt)

It seems people are working on it:

github.com/mate-desktop/mozo

Error with PanelDItemEditor on "New Menu" or "New Item" click

opened 08:15AM - 06 Aug 21 UTC

closed 07:24PM - 26 Aug 21 UTC

mbkma

confirmed

#### Expected behaviour Clicking on "New Menu" or "New Item" brings up dialog…ue to add menu or item respectively. #### Actual behaviour No dialogue appears, instead an error: `(mate-desktop-item-edit:45986): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 10:08:06.255: Unable to load resource for composite template for type 'PanelDItemEditor': The resource at “/org/mate/panel/panel-ditem-editor-dialog.ui” does not exist` #### Steps to reproduce the behaviour Open Mozo, click "New Menu" or "New Item" button #### MATE general version all packages compiled from (more or less) recent master #### Package version master #### Linux Distribution manjaro #### Link to bugreport of your Distribution (requirement) it is not distribution specific, but maybe https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-panel/commit/e9d2e89f5b66574401376c6ef64c856a6cee7f44 is related. Btw creating a custom application launcher with right click on the panel works fine, although it is the same dialogue that should be opened in mozo I think.

and it seems to be fixed upstream:

If we are lucky it might land in an update soon.

EDIT: Yes ! The fix has landed in an update today (2021-09-09)

BuelentR · 30 August 2021 12:17

Great! Will there be an automatic update by the update-manager or do I have to do it "by hand"?

Thx

tkn · 30 August 2021 12:41

Since you have added the repository, updates will be done automatically by the update-manager (or 'apt' if you prefer the commandline)

BuelentR · 30 August 2021 16:12

Perfect. Done. Installed. Thx
Buelent

markartman · 30 August 2021 20:13

I, also, am not able to create desktop launchers after upgrading to 1.26. Everything else seems to be fine, though.

tkn · 4 September 2021 07:35

One other thing:

Mate-panel 1.26 seems to crash pretty often on my computer.

It seems already an item on github:

github.com/mate-desktop/mate-panel

wnck-applet crashes randomly since update to 1.26

opened 01:06PM - 26 Aug 21 UTC

g550

#### Expected behaviour Using wnck-applet without sudden crashes #### Actu…al behaviour wnck-applet crashes and a dialogue appears that suggests to reload it Here's a representative stack trace: Aug 26 14:30:26 bebox systemd-coredump[75897]: [🡕] Process 75478 (wnck-applet) of user 1000 dumped core. Stack trace of thread 75478: #0 0x00007f680ab8a6ce n/a (libgdk-3.so.0 + 0x7e6ce) #1 0x00007f680ab3e61c gdk_device_get_window_at_position_double (libgdk-3.so.0 + 0x3261c) #2 0x00007f680ab3e73e gdk_device_get_window_at_position (libgdk-3.so.0 + 0x3273e) #3 0x00007f680aef80e2 gtk_tooltip_trigger_tooltip_query (libgtk-3.so.0 + 0x2ed0e2) #4 0x00007f680a69fb08 g_slist_foreach (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x6fb08) #5 0x00007f680af40c7a n/a (libgtk-3.so.0 + 0x335c7a) #6 0x00007f680ab3a85c n/a (libgdk-3.so.0 + 0x2e85c) #7 0x00007f680a684015 g_main_context_dispatch (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x54015) #8 0x00007f680a6d7b99 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xa7b99) #9 0x00007f680a683693 g_main_loop_run (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x53693) #10 0x00007f680ade085f gtk_main (libgtk-3.so.0 + 0x1d585f) #11 0x00007f680b454c1b n/a (libmate-panel-applet-4.so.1 + 0x7c1b) #12 0x00005616b4ecc15a n/a (wnck-applet + 0x715a) #13 0x00007f680a477b25 __libc_start_main (libc.so.6 + 0x27b25) #14 0x00005616b4ecc1be n/a (wnck-applet + 0x71be) Stack trace of thread 75480: #0 0x00007f680a543b2f __poll (libc.so.6 + 0xf3b2f) #1 0x00007f680a6d7b29 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xa7b29) #2 0x00007f680a683693 g_main_loop_run (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x53693) #3 0x00007f680a8c08c8 n/a (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0x1018c8) #4 0x00007f680a6b22c1 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x822c1) #5 0x00007f6809d32259 start_thread (libpthread.so.0 + 0x9259) #6 0x00007f680a54e5e3 __clone (libc.so.6 + 0xfe5e3) Stack trace of thread 75479: #0 0x00007f680a543b2f __poll (libc.so.6 + 0xf3b2f) #1 0x00007f680a6d7b29 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xa7b29) #2 0x00007f680a681871 g_main_context_iteration (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x51871) #3 0x00007f680a6818c2 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x518c2) #4 0x00007f680a6b22c1 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x822c1) #5 0x00007f6809d32259 start_thread (libpthread.so.0 + 0x9259) #6 0x00007f680a54e5e3 __clone (libc.so.6 + 0xfe5e3) Stack trace of thread 75487: #0 0x00007f680a543b2f __poll (libc.so.6 + 0xf3b2f) #1 0x00007f680a6d7b29 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0xa7b29) #2 0x00007f680a681871 g_main_context_iteration (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x51871) #3 0x00007f68040abebe n/a (libdconfsettings.so + 0x5ebe) #4 0x00007f680a6b22c1 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x822c1) #5 0x00007f6809d32259 start_thread (libpthread.so.0 + 0x9259) #6 0x00007f680a54e5e3 __clone (libc.so.6 + 0xfe5e3) #### Steps to reproduce the behaviour This occurs intermittetly, but has only started once Manjaro delivered the updates to 1.26. It's hard to say what triggers it exactly, but opening or closing windows, opening and closing tabs in a browser as well as changing the focus of windows have all triggered it sometimes. #### MATE general version 1.26.0 #### Package version mate-panel 1.26.0-1 libwnck3 40.0-1 #### Linux Distribution Manjaro #### Link to bugreport of your Distribution (requirement) Since the Mate packages for Manjaro are taken downstream from Arch, I reported it there: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/71926

Anyone else experiencing this ?

EDIT (2021-09-18): Since I switched off 'thumbnail preview' from 'windowlist preferences' (window-switcher applet ) wnck-applet doesnt't crash anymore.

spanky · 7 September 2021 04:14

I'm noting similar behavior. The computer locks up occasionally or waits sometimes up to 30 sec to execute a command.

Deke55 · 7 September 2021 08:46

Linux Lenovo-V330 5.11.0-31-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 11 13:19:04 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Hey guys...just upgraded to Fresh Mate desktop and although I have literally just done it - I notice nothing different at first glance.
I have Compiz-Fusion and Emerald theme manager running. Will this be overriding any visual changes I might have been expecting? I suspect so...

Thanks.

markartman · 8 September 2021 17:29

I have that issue as well