** Description changed: alacarte calls /usr/bin/gnome-desktop-item-edit in a subprocess in order to install new menu items. However, /usr/bin/gnome-desktop-item-edit is in the gnome-panel package, which is only a Recommends: for the alacarte package rather than marked as a true dependency. People who have not installed gnome-panel will thus not be able to use core Alacarte functionality. + + Symptoms: + If you run alacarte from the command line, you will see an error like this when you click on "New Item": + File "/usr/share/alacarte/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 311, in on_new_item_button_clicked + process = subprocess.Popen(['gnome-desktop-item-edit', file_path], env=os.environ) + File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 679, in __init__ + errread, errwrite) + File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1239, in _execute_child + raise child_exception + OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory + + If you run alacarte from a menu, you will simply find that when you + click "New Item" nothing happens: no dialog box for the item appears. Workaround: install gnome-panel through your package manager Fix: three possibilities: (1) alacarte should depend on gnome-panel (2) gnome-desktop-item-edit program should be in the alacarte package (3) gnome-desktop-item-edit program should be in some third package, on which alacarte should in turn depend Original description: Crashed while trying to make a new item in main menu and would not create new item. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: alacarte 0.13.2-2ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-8.10-generic 3.0.1 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-8-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Aug 14 00:15:20 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/alacarte InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7 PackageArchitecture: all ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python -OOt /usr/bin/alacarte ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/alacarte'] SourcePackage: alacarte Title: alacarte crashed with OSError in _execute_child(): [Errno 2] No such file or directory UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-12 (0 days ago) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
** Summary changed: - Dependency problem: alacarte crashed with OSError because gnome-desktop-item-edit not found + Dependency problem: alacarte crashes on 'New Item' with OSError because gnome-desktop-item-edit not found -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/826049 Title: Dependency problem: alacarte crashes on 'New Item' with OSError because gnome-desktop-item-edit not found To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/alacarte/+bug/826049/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
