gnome-about crashed with TypeError in open_url()

[mithion]

The crash occurs when I click the links offered in the gnome about screen. It's occurs consistently every time.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jan 12 09:41:11 2008
Dependencies: gnome-desktop-data 1:2.21.4-0ubuntu1
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-about
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: gnome-about 1:2.21.4-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/gnome-about
ProcCwd: /home/philippe
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/gnome-about']
SourcePackage: gnome-desktop
Title: gnome-about crashed with TypeError in open_url()
Uname: Linux zeus 2.6.24-3-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 3 22:50:33 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy lpadmin netdev plugdev powerdev scanner video

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for your report, that works fine here do you have any other specific steps to reproduce the crash?

[Kjell Braden (afflux)]

I couldn't produce that bug yet, but looking at line 554 of /usr/bin/gnome-about, it says:
 print '''Warning: could not open "%s": %s''' % self.url, e
which produces definetly a TypeError and should be:
 print '''Warning: could not open "%s": %s''' % (self.url, e)

[Jesper Larsen (knorr)]

I can confirm the bug on my system as well.

Running 8.04 64bit with firefox 2.0.0.11 64 bit as default browser.

No special steps to reproduce error.

[Thomas Novin (thomasn80)]

Confirmed with FF 2.0.0.11+2nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10 as default browser. Just pressed a link in the Sys>About Gnome window.

[Kjell Braden (afflux)]

On Do, 2008-01-24 at 11:08 +0000, ThomasNovin wrote:
> Confirmed with FF 2.0.0.11+2nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10 as default browser.
> Just pressed a link in the Sys>About Gnome window.
>

 status confirmed

Confirming as the requested information was provided and others can
confirm the issue.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The issue is likely due to an incorrect web browser selection. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=515885

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The bug has been fixed upstream now

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-desktop - 1:2.21.92-0ubuntu1

---------------
gnome-desktop (1:2.21.92-0ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  * New upstream version:
    libgnome-desktop
    - Fix crash in GnomeBG
    - Fix GnomeBG gio port
    gnome-about
    - Fix translator comment not available in po files
    - Fix TypeError crasher in a print statement (lp: #182354)
    Misc
    - Use gvfs-copy instead of gnomevfs-copy in autogen.sh
  * debian/patches/90_from_svn_fix_unref_null_value.patch,
    debian/patches/91_from_svn_use_uris_for_gio.patch:
    - dropped, fixed in the new version

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:01:11 +0100