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slab package

Package missing control-center executable

Bug #63096 reported by Ethan Osten
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
slab (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-main-menu

The gnome-main-menu package (that is, the slab) is currently being packaged without the control-center executable, which is pretty essential to the usability of the menu.

Looking at the package, I can only guess that this owes to the control-center crashing upon start, which is an entirely trivial thing to fix; back in July, when the slab was officially Hot New Stuff, the only thing necessary for making it work was changing line 142 from

  appshelldata_new ("preferences.menu", NULL, CONTROL_CENTER_PREFIX,

to

  appshelldata_new ("settings.menu", NULL, CONTROL_CENTER_PREFIX,

(I'm not entirely sure how to attach patches on Malone, but this is minor.)

When so changed, the control-center stops crashing and works as expected, albeit in a somewhat awkward way, as the various .desktop files are not segregated as they would be ideally, sticking to the traditional Preferences/Administration setup. However, even this is a significant improvement over "nothing at all."

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|CADE| (a-simple-facade) wrote :

I can confirm this bug, being the one who pointed it out to Ethan.

Screenshot available here (beware, large dimensions): http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/8020/screenshotki1.png

Changed in slab:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Riccardo Setti (giskard) wrote :

hello,

Ethan, 11_fix_control_center.patch will fix the problem you mentioned.
This patch is applied in 0.0.cvs.20060915-1ubuntu1.

What version of gnome-main-menu are you using?

Changed in slab:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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hanzomon4 (hanzomon4) wrote :

I fixed this in feisty by changing the control_center_item option in gconf-editor(desktop/applications/main-menu/system-area/) to point to /usr/share/applicatons/gnomecc.desktop

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Stéphane Graber (stgraber) wrote :

As gnome-control-center is now provided with Ubuntu can we consider this bug as fixed ?
Except the little bug reported as #83387.

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Scott Robinson (scott-ubuntu) wrote :

Attached debdiff removes slab's control-center and redirects to capplet's gnome-control-center.

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Joel Bryan Juliano (joelbryan) wrote : Re: [Bug 63096] Re: Package missing control-center executable

On 3/14/07, Scott Robinson <email address hidden> wrote:
> Attached debdiff removes slab's control-center and redirects to
> capplet's gnome-control-center.
>
> ** Attachment added: "Patch to force slab to use gnomecc"
> http://librarian.launchpad.net/6790048/slab-use-gnomecc.patch
>
> --
> Package missing control-center executable
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/63096
>

Slab main-menu should not build the internal control-center, since
it's a duplicate.

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Scott Robinson (scott-ubuntu) wrote :

The patch removes the build of the internal control-center.

Does it not do that on your box?

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Scott Robinson (scott-ubuntu) wrote :

Update patch with maintainer field update.

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Luke Yelavich (themuso) wrote :

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Format: 1.7
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:31:43 -0700
Source: slab
Binary: gnome-main-menu
Architecture: source
Version: 0.6.3~svn20070207-0ubuntu2
Distribution: feisty
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <email address hidden>
Changed-By: David R.S. Robinson <email address hidden>
Description:
 gnome-main-menu - GNOME start menu applet
Changes:
 slab (0.6.3~svn20070207-0ubuntu2) feisty; urgency=low
 .
   * Remove control-center, redirect functionality to capplets version.
   * Updated maintainer field.
Files:
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 958e2cf1b27429775a15fc1b061ca224 654782 gnome optional slab_0.6.3~svn20070207.orig.tar.gz
 828237b5e3b0834cbf8d955ef0ebaa2b 7016 gnome optional slab_0.6.3~svn20070207-0ubuntu2.diff.gz
Original-Maintainer: Riccardo Setti <email address hidden>

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Changed in slab:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Scott Robinson (scott-ubuntu)
Changed in slab:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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