Unity Alt+F2 "Run a command" does not run anything

[Lealcy B. Junior]

I press ALT-F2, type some command like gedit or gnome-system-monitor, press ENTER and nothing happens. I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 up to date. It shows like it is searching something but the search ends and nothing is showed.

[Lealcy B. Junior (lealcy)]

I don't want it to search anything, I just want it to execute what I'm typing in the run box, which is not happens.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Lealcy, I can't reproduce this bug and I suspect other people might find it difficult to reproduce it too.

However we can move this bug forward and mark it confirmed if you provide both:
  (a) Apport data by running this command in a terminal: apport-collect 1011647
  (b) A video of the problem occurring (using gtk-recordmydesktop).

Once both are attached, please set the Status back to New. Thanks in advance...

[Lealcy B. Junior (lealcy)]

Hi,

I can't collect any apport data because of this bug related to https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+question/171870

lealcy@lealcy:~$ apport-collect 1011647
ERROR: connecting to Launchpad failed: [Errno 8] _ssl.c:504: EOF occurred in violation of protocol
You can reset the credentials by removing the file "/home/lealcy/.cache/apport/launchpad.credentials"
lealcy@lealcy:~$

However, I get the screen grab attached. Hope it help.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thanks. Please delete the file: /home/lealcy/.cache/apport/launchpad.credentials
and then again run: apport-collect 1011647

[Lealcy B. Junior (lealcy)]

I tried it that time and get the same I got now:

lealcy@lealcy:~$ rm /home/lealcy/.cache/apport/launchpad.credentials
rm: não foi possível remover "/home/lealcy/.cache/apport/launchpad.credentials": Arquivo ou diretório não encontrado
lealcy@lealcy:~$ apport-collect 1011647
ERROR: connecting to Launchpad failed: [Errno 8] _ssl.c:504: EOF occurred in violation of protocol
You can reset the credentials by removing the file "/home/lealcy/.cache/apport/launchpad.credentials"
lealcy@lealcy:~$

Just to show that I have a proper setted proxy env:

lealcy@lealcy:~$ set | grep -i proxy
HTTPS_PROXY=http://lealcy.belegante:***@172.0.0.1:3128
HTTP_PROXY=http://lealcy.belegante:***@172.0.0.1:3128
NO_PROXY=localhost,127.0.0.0/8
UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=libappmenu.so
http_proxy=http://lealcy.belegante:***@172.0.0.1:3128
https_proxy=http://lealcy.belegante:***@172.0.0.1:3128
no_proxy=localhost,127.0.0.0/8
lealcy@lealcy:~$

wget, lynx, links, curl, apt-get, aptitude, command_not_found() all working as expected. So I think it's an apport-collect issue and not a proxy configuration issue.

[Wolter HV (wolterh)]

This bug affects me too, it seems as though "Run command" instead of interpreting the input with a shell, tries to interpret the command itself and find a matching previous command or a desktop launcher. I know what I just said is not accurate, but what is accurate is that in my end (and in lealcy's, I suppose), "Run command" doesn't behave as expected.

[Wolter HV (wolterh)]

ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CurrentDesktop: Unity
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-29 (295 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64+mac (20130424)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
Package: unity-lens-applications
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-32.57-generic 3.13.11.4
Tags: trusty
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-19 (93 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True

[Wolter HV (wolterh)]

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