Recommended update for gnome-shell, gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons, gnome-shell-extensions

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:2302-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that contains two features and has five fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for gnome-shell, gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons, gnome-shell-extensions fixes the following issues:

Changes in gnome-shell:

Update to version 3.34.5

  • Leave overview when locking the screen.
  • Avoid IO on the main thread.
  • Fix OSK layout fallback for unsupported variants.
  • Fix high-contrast/symbolic icon mix-up.
  • Updated translations.
  • Uniform the checks between SLE and openSUSE. (jsc#SLE-11720)
  • Show the network agent pop up when required. (bsc#1171822)
  • Set the button invisible when the user's can_switch is false or user-switch-enabled is disabled. (bsc#1167276)
  • Remove error in messages log when NetworkManager is not installed. (bsc#1172424)
  • Remove 'Getting invalid resource scale property' warnings in the log. (bsc#1169845)
  • Remove error in journal log. (bsc#1169029)

Change in gnome-shell-extensions:

  • Uniform the checks between SLE and openSUSE. (jsc#SLE-11720)

Change in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons:

  • Show mounted device icons. (jsc#SLE-12572)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP2-2020-2302=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP2-2020-2302=1

Package List:

  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • gnome-shell-devel-3.34.5-3.3.1
    • gnome-shell-debuginfo-3.34.5-3.3.1
    • gnome-shell-debugsource-3.34.5-3.3.1
    • gnome-shell-extension-user-theme-3.34.2-5.3.1
    • gnome-shell-3.34.5-3.3.1
    • gnome-shell-classic-session-3.34.2-5.3.1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-19.10.2-3.3.1
    • gnome-shell-extensions-common-3.34.2-5.3.1
    • gnome-shell-extensions-common-lang-3.34.2-5.3.1
    • gnome-shell-classic-3.34.2-5.3.1
    • gnome-shell-lang-3.34.5-3.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2 (x86_64)
    • gnome-shell-calendar-3.34.5-3.3.1
    • gnome-shell-debuginfo-3.34.5-3.3.1
    • gnome-shell-debugsource-3.34.5-3.3.1
    • gnome-shell-calendar-debuginfo-3.34.5-3.3.1

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