gnome-do unhandled excption

[guivho]

Binary package hint: gnome-do

When I start gnome-do, I get following error;
Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: Could not read add-in description
  at Mono.Addins.Addin.get_Description () [0x00000]
  at Mono.Addins.AddinSessionService.CheckHostAssembly (System.Reflection.Assembly asm) [0x00000]
  at Mono.Addins.AddinSessionService.ActivateRoots () [0x00000]
  at Mono.Addins.AddinSessionService.Initialize () [0x00000]
  at Mono.Addins.AddinManager.Initialize (System.String configDir) [0x00000]
  at Do.Core.PluginManager.Initialize () [0x00000]
  at Do.Do.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000]

I failed to fix it by completely removing gnome-do and reinstalling it.
I also tried to fix it by reinstalling all the libmono libraries that are listed in the dependencies.

Very willing to provide any additional info that might be required.

% lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
[875] 2008-12-31 09:44:28 (~)
% apt-cache policy gnome-do
gnome-do:
  Installed: 0.6.1.0-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 0.6.1.0-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 0.6.1.0-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
[876] 2008-12-31 09:53:18 (~)
%

[David Siegel (djsiegel-deactivatedaccount)]

Which version of GNOME Do? Which distro? Please provide any and all information that might help us help you.

[guivho (guivho)]

David Siegel wrote:
> Which version of GNOME Do? Which distro? Please provide any and all
> information that might help us help you.
>

Sorry, forgot to paste this info into the bug report

% lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
[875] 2008-12-31 09:44:28 (~)
% apt-cache policy gnome-do
gnome-do:
   Installed: 0.6.1.0-0ubuntu2
   Candidate: 0.6.1.0-0ubuntu2
   Version table:
  *** 0.6.1.0-0ubuntu2 0
         500 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
[876] 2008-12-31 09:53:18 (~)
%

[guivho (guivho)]

% lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
[875] 2008-12-31 09:44:28 (~)
% apt-cache policy gnome-do
gnome-do:
  Installed: 0.6.1.0-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 0.6.1.0-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 0.6.1.0-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
[876] 2008-12-31 09:53:18 (~)
%

[guivho (guivho)]

I tried to fix his by reinstalling it completely.
I used following commands:
sudo apt-get autoremove gnome-do
sudo apt-get install gome-do

The problem does remain, unfortunately:

[1004] 2009-01-21 09:11:45 (~)
% sudo apt-get autoremove gnome-do
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libevolution3.0-cil libwnck2.20-cil libnotify0.4-cil
  libgnomedesktop2.20-cil
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  gnome-do gnome-do-plugins libevolution3.0-cil libgnomedesktop2.20-cil
  libnotify0.4-cil libwnck2.20-cil
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 6 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 3273kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 141177 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing gnome-do-plugins ...
Removing gnome-do ...
Removing libevolution3.0-cil ...
Removing libevolution3.0-cil from Mono
Removing libgnomedesktop2.20-cil ...
Removing libnotify0.4-cil ...
Removing libnotify0.4-cil from Mono
Removing libwnck2.20-cil ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
[1005] 2009-01-21 09:12:40 (~)
% sudo apt-get install gnome-do
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  gnome-do-plugins libevolution3.0-cil libgnomedesktop2.20-cil
  libnotify0.4-cil libwnck2.20-cil
Suggested packages:
  epiphany-browser monodoc-gtk2.0-manual
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gnome-do gnome-do-plugins libevolution3.0-cil libgnomedesktop2.20-cil
  libnotify0.4-cil libwnck2.20-cil
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 1020kB of archives.
After this operation, 3273kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Get:1 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe libgnomedesktop2.20-cil 2.20.1-2ubuntu4 [17.6kB]
Get:2 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe libnotify0.4-cil 0.4.0~r2998-1 [9018B]
Get:3 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe gnome-do 0.6.1.0-0ubuntu2 [180kB]
Get:4 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe libevolution3.0-cil 0.17.5-0ubuntu1 [91.9kB]
Get:5 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe libwnck2.20-cil 2.20.1-2ubuntu4 [37.8kB]
Get:6 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe gnome-do-plugins 0.6.0.1+dfsg-0ubuntu2 [683kB]
Fetched 1020kB in 1s (963kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libgnomedesktop2.20-cil.
(Reading database ... 140985 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libgnomedesktop2.20-cil (from .../libgnomedesktop2.20-cil_2.20.1-2ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libnotify0.4-cil.
Unpacking libnotify0.4-cil (from .../libnotify0.4-cil_0.4.0~r2998-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package gnome-do.
Unpacking gnome-do (from .../gnome-do_0.6.1.0-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libevolution3.0-cil.
Unpacking libevolution3.0-cil (from .../libevolution3.0-cil_0.17.5-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libwnck2.20-cil.
Unpacking libwnck2.20-cil (fr...

[Alejandro Mallea (janoma)]

I get exactly this same error when I try to run gnome-do. My system info is the same as guivho's, but in addition I'm providing a little more information: I had gnome-do installed and running one or two weeks ago, then I removed the package, and now that I tried to install it again this came to happen. I can only assume there's some incompatibility with one of the packages that have been updated lately.

PS: I'm not a developer nor an advanced user, so if you need more information please do tell me how to get it and I'll be glad to help. I suppose you should know that I get the normal updates (stable) daily and always install them as soon as I'm notified.

[David Siegel (djsiegel-deactivatedaccount)]

Can you please quit Do, try

$ rm -rf ~/.local/share/gnome-do

and re-start Do to see if the exception goes away?

[Alejandro Mallea (janoma)]

I installed gnome-do from the launchpad repository (version 0.8.0-0~intrepid~ppa1) and it works fine. Sorry, but I can't help anymore with this issue. I hope guivho can provide more feedback.

[guivho (guivho)]

David,

You're a live saver!
Your suggestion worked!
No errors anymore.
Gnome-do is working again.
Thank you so much!
Guido

[guivho (guivho)]

Changing status to invalid (as reported on 2009-02-07)