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[Bug 1480877] Re: Access points' "PropertiesChanged" dbus signals freeze UI on mobile devices

 

The generic bearer plugin is brain dead, especially when it comes to
knowing when it's actually connected or not.

Although connectivity-api also suffers from blocking dbus calls, I feel
the connectivity-api backend is the right way to go for bearer & QNAM
right now. In the least, it will lessen the stress on dbus, as ideally,
there should be only one Qt entity getting network-manager properties
through dbus on a system. At least the blocking calls will be off loaded
from everybody and their brother that happens to use QNAM knowingly or
blindly.

I am not yet familiar with who originally starts connectivity-api and
when things start accessing QNAM at startup, though.

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Title:
  Access points' "PropertiesChanged" dbus signals freeze UI on mobile
  devices

Status in Canonical System Image:
  Confirmed
Status in Unity 8:
  New
Status in dbus-cpp package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in indicator-network package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in qtbase-opensource-src package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in buteo-syncfw package in Ubuntu RTM:
  New
Status in location-service package in Ubuntu RTM:
  In Progress
Status in maliit-framework package in Ubuntu RTM:
  New
Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu RTM:
  Incomplete
Status in sync-monitor package in Ubuntu RTM:
  New

Bug description:
  Krillin, rc-proposed, r83

  
  DESCRIPTION:
  I've been trying to track down the cause of the occasional UI freezes on my Krillin device, and I noticed that whenever the UI freezes for 2-4 seconds, I get a burst of "PropertiesChanged" signals in dbus-monitor

  Here's a log of what's shown in dbus-monitor:
  http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/11992322/

  I'd guess the problem is in the code that actually catches the signals
  and acts accordingly.

  HOW TO REPRODUCE: 
  1) Move to a place where many wifi hotspots are available
  2) Connect the device via USB and run "phablet-shell" and then "dbus-monitor"
  3) Use the device while keeping an eye on dbus-monitor output

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