Ubuntu
yelp package

Gnome Help stops responding until Firefox closes

Bug #173636 reported by Christopher Yeleighton
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
yelp (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: yelp

When I press upon community documentation link in the main Gnome help screen, and Firefox is not running, a new Firefox window starts. Gnome help treats it as modal: it stops responding until the Firefox browser quits.
Workaround: start Firefox first, Gnome help afterwards.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Dec 3 09:35:36 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: yelp 2.20.0-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcCmdline: yelp
ProcCwd: /home/giecrilj
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux a1dmin 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 21:45:15 GMT 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Tags: apport-bug
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Christopher Yeleighton (giecrilj) wrote :
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Basilio Kublik (sourcercito) wrote :

confirmed behavior and workaround in hardy i386

Changed in yelp:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Confirmed
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

this should be fixed in hardy, because latest yelp uses xulrunner-1.9. If not, feel free to reopen.

 - Alexander

Changed in yelp:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Vicente Ruiz (uve) wrote :

I can reproduce this error on hardy. More info:

$ dpkg -l yelp | grep ii
ii yelp 2.22.1-0ubuntu1 Help browser for GNOME 2

$ dpkg -l xulrunner* | grep ii
ii xulrunner-1.9 1.9~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 XUL + XPCOM application runner
ii xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support 1.9~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 Support for Gnome in xulrunner-1.9 applicati

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noipmixam (noipmixam) wrote :

I can reproduce the same error on Gutsy. Different link used within yelp

$ dpkg -l yelp
ii yelp 2.20.0-0ubuntu3 Help browser for GNOME 2

$ dpkg -l xul*
No packages found matching xul*

$ uname -ap
Linux 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

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Christopher Yeleighton (giecrilj) wrote :

Gnome HELP waits for Firefox to quit in Hardy as well.

Changed in yelp:
status: Fix Released → New
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in yelp:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Low → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
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Removed by request (removed1016696) wrote :

Confirmed. Using Yelp on Hardy with Firefox 3.0.1

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Dennis Craven (dcraven) wrote :

This bug was last commented on in mid-2008 and I cannot reproduce it in Jaunty/Karmic. I'm going to mark it Invalid so that it will expire if no more activity happens. If it still happens for someone, please leave a comment so that it will remain active. Thanks.

Changed in yelp (Ubuntu):
assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) → nobody
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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