Crashes on start when trying to load gtk-find icon

[Ilkka Laukkanen]

When starting Gwibber (package version 2.0.0~bzr396-0ubuntu1) in Karmic, it always crashes in gwibber.gwui.populate_tree(). This is the output:

WARNING:root:desktopcouch is not available. . falling back to gconf

** (gwibber:11279): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'WnckWindowState' as flags when in fact it is of type 'GEnum'

** (gwibber:11279): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'WnckWindowActions' as flags when in fact it is of type 'GEnum'

** (gwibber:11279): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'WnckWindowMoveResizeMask' as flags when in fact it is of type 'GEnum'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gwibber", line 79, in <module>
    GwibberClient()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/client.py", line 122, in __init__
    self.setup_ui()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/client.py", line 163, in setup_ui
    self.account_store.populate_tree()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/gwui.py", line 161, in populate_tree
    icon = pbfile(resources.icon("gtk-find", use_theme=False))
TypeError: pixbuf_new_from_file() argument 1 must be string, not None

The root cause is that resources.icon() cannot find the "gtk-find" icon in the default icon theme, and returns None, which pixbuf_new_from_file() cannot handle.

This happens at least in KDE, dunno about Gnome. I have a fix for this and I'm linking the branch.

[Ilkka Laukkanen (ilkka)]

The branch is now linked and proposed for merging.

[Ryan Paul (segphault)]

Thanks for the fix! Committed in rev 488.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Marking this fixed now. You still face this with gwibber 2.29.95 feel free to open this again

[Ravindra Saini (saini7002)]

I am facing same problem in lucid lynx in GNOME...