Ubuntu
wlassistant package

wlassistant reports "Could not launch menu item" when starting

Bug #190528 reported by Peter Belew
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wlassistant (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Nominated for Hardy by Nanley Chery

Bug Description

Binary package hint: wlassistant

Ubuntu and kernel version information
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10"
Linux cupid 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Fri Feb 1 04:59:50 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

This may have the same underlying cause as bug # 185207 and other similar bugs, or it may be a problem with wlassistant installation and configuration.

The program does not seem to have the right path for /usr/share/applications/kde/wlassistant.desktop - see the screenshot.

This problem has occurred with any of three wifi cards I have tried, so I don't think the hardware installed is the problem. Currently I am using a Netgear WG511TNA, with /etc/network/interfaces hand-configured.

This is definitely a show-stopper with regard to using wlassistant, which I have been using with earlier Ubuntu releases for many months now.

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Peter Belew (peterbe) wrote :
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Peter Belew (peterbe) wrote :

The file path string in the error popup changes somewhat randomly. This looks suspiciously like an uninitialized variable problem in the construction of the file path, and could be either in wlassistant or in one of the kde-to-gnome 'glue' packages it calls.

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Nanley Chery (nanoman) wrote :

I have this problem in Hardy. This should be fixed as this application is under add/remove. A screenshot of this problem is attached.

Changed in wlassistant:
status: New → Confirmed
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Peter Belew (peterbe) wrote :

I have also found the same problem in Debian Etch 4.0, now installed on the same system. Clearly this problem is not specific to the Ubuntu port.

For that Debian distro, I'm now using NetworkManager 0.6.4 quite successfully, instead of wlassistant, for wi-fi connections.

 - Peter

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r0ydster (r0ydster) wrote :

Just upgraded my Dell E1505 laptop with the Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) card to Hardy and got the same error after installing wlassistant 0.5.7

looked at the /usr/share/applications/kde/wlassistant.desktop file and discovered this:

wlassistant.desktop: UTF-8 Unicode text, with CRLF line terminators

This is how I fixed it:
sudo apt-get install sysutils
dos2unix /usr/share/applications/kde/wlassistant.desktop

problem resolved.

Looks like it was edited and submitted with a non-unix editor.

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Lonan (michaelbarnettuk) wrote :

Hi,
I'm having the same problem, but when I try to run the following command from a terminal:

dos2unix /usr/share/applications/kde/wlassistant.desktop

I get:

dos2unix: Unable to create temporary file for converting /usr/share/applications/kde/wlassistant.desktop

sudo apt-get install sysutils ran OK.

Any ideas?

Mike

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r0ydster (r0ydster) wrote :

Mike - try doing it with sudo rights:

sudo dos2unix /usr/share/applications/kde/wlassistant.desktop

That should fix it - /usr/share/applications/kde/wlassistant.desktop is owned by root, that's why you're seeing this error.

r0ydster

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