Alas, it would seem to have only been another temporary solution.
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gnome-do cannot find anything, providing only error message in console
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It would seem that the aforementioned fix only worked for one shutdown
restart cycle. after restarting a second time the problem returned.
I then removed the startup entry from startup applications dialog, and
also unchecked the 'Start GNOME Do at login.' box. after a restart,
start gnome do again
I had this same problem, I found that restarting the X server would make
gnome-do work properly.
Tomi's comment was helpful, I think I fixed it by going to
System->Preferences->Startup Applications and removing the gnome-do
entry. After a reboot, the problem appears to have been resolved.
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