run dialog(alt-f2) is giving non-usable error message

Bug #29005 reported by Stefan Bethge
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
libgnome
Fix Released
Medium
libgnome (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

When entering a non-existant command into the run dialog and pressing enter, the error message

Could not open location 'file://asd'

Details: Unknown error code: 13

Pops up - that's rather cryptic and non-informative for a random user. I would expect either a shaking window like in gnome-screensaver or a more useful message.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug. I've forwarded it upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=327754

Changed in gnome-panel:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

fixed upstream

Changed in gnome-panel:
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Released
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The fix is not right, reopening

Changed in libgnome:
status: Fix Released → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

reopening, it's not fixed yet

Changed in libgnome:
status: Fix Committed → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

That upload fixes a part of the issue:

 libgnome (2.13.90-0ubuntu1) dapper; urgency=low
 .
   * New upstream version
     Bug fixes:
     - Initialize all the members of GnomeModuleInfo
     - Use GOption instead of popt as default
     - Add handling of GNOME_VFS_ERROR_INVALID_URI
   * debian/patches/09_run_app_message_fix.patch:
     - list an another case for the messages to display, fix the issue with the
       alt-f2 dialog message (Ubuntu: #29005)

Now it displays "The location or file could not be found.". I keep the bug open, as I commented upstream it should rather say that the application is not found than speaking about a location, since the dialog is to run an app

Changed in libgnome:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

works fine now

Changed in libgnome:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Stefan Bethge (kjyv) wrote :

Works fine? What version have you used?
I still get "The location or file could not be found." on edgy.
While this is understandable it could be more accurate.

Changed in libgnome:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the unknown error code has been fixed, if you have any suggestion about better wording feel free to comment on the bug with it

Changed in libgnome:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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