gnome-do crashes when Preferences selected from menu

[George Standish]

Binary package hint: gnome-do

terminal output from running "gnome-do", then clicking Preferences from the menu

...
[Error 01:41:44.379] Could not load desktop item: libgnome-desktop-2.so.11
[Error 01:41:44.379] Could not load desktop item: libgnome-desktop-2.so.11
[Error 01:41:44.379] Could not load desktop item: libgnome-desktop-2.so.11
[Error 01:41:44.379] Could not load desktop item: libgnome-desktop-2.so.11
Marshaling activate signal
Exception in Gtk# callback delegate
  Note: Applications can use GLib.ExceptionManager.UnhandledException to handle the exception.
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.DllNotFoundException: libgnome-desktop-2.so.11
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) Gnome.DesktopItem:gnome_desktop_item_new_from_uri (intptr,int,intptr&)
  at Gnome.DesktopItem.NewFromUri (System.String uri, DesktopItemLoadFlags flags) [0x00000]
  at Do.Platform.Linux.SystemService.get_AutoStartFile () [0x00000]
  at Do.Platform.Linux.SystemService.IsAutoStartEnabled () [0x00000]
  at Do.UI.GeneralPreferencesWidget.get_AutostartEnabled () [0x00000]
  at Do.UI.GeneralPreferencesWidget..ctor () [0x00000]
  at Do.UI.PreferencesWindow..ctor () [0x00000]
  at Do.Core.Controller.ShowPreferences () [0x00000]
  at Do.Universe.PreferencesItem.Run () [0x00000]
  at Do.UI.MainMenu+<MenuItemFromRunnableItem>c__AnonStorey12.<>m__2B (System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e) [0x00000]
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Reflection.MonoMethod:InternalInvoke (object,object[],System.Exception&)
  at System.Reflection.MonoMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000]
  --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
  at System.Reflection.MonoMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000]
  at System.Reflection.MethodBase.Invoke (System.Object obj, System.Object[] parameters) [0x00000]
  at System.Delegate.DynamicInvokeImpl (System.Object[] args) [0x00000]
  at System.MulticastDelegate.DynamicInvokeImpl (System.Object[] args) [0x00000]
  at System.Delegate.DynamicInvoke (System.Object[] args) [0x00000]
  at GLib.Signal.ClosureInvokedCB (System.Object o, GLib.ClosureInvokedArgs args) [0x00000]
  at GLib.SignalClosure.Invoke (GLib.ClosureInvokedArgs args) [0x00000]
  at GLib.SignalClosure.MarshalCallback (IntPtr raw_closure, IntPtr return_val, UInt32 n_param_vals, IntPtr param_values, IntPtr invocation_hint, IntPtr marshal_data) [0x00000]
   at GLib.ExceptionManager.RaiseUnhandledException(System.Exception e, Boolean is_terminal)
   at GLib.SignalClosure.MarshalCallback(IntPtr raw_closure, IntPtr return_val, UInt32 n_param_vals, IntPtr param_values, IntPtr invocation_hint, IntPtr marshal_data)
   at Gtk.Application.gtk_main()
   at Gtk.Application.Run()
   at Do.Do.Main(System.String[] args)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Feb 4 01:40:43 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100113)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gnome-do 0.8.3.1+dfsg-1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-12.16-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-do
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-12-generic x86_64

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

This isn't a bug in Do, but in the gnome-desktop-sharp bindings. Somehow they've managed to lose their dependency on libgnome-desktop-2-11.

They should probably have a dependency on libgnome-desktop-2-17, as that seems the current ABI.

[Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje)]

I can confirm that installing 'libgnome-desktop-2-11' fixes this issue.

[George Standish (george-standish-deactivatedaccount)]

manually installing libgnome-desktop-2-11 does resolve the issue
thanks to dupondje in #ubuntu+1

[Durand D'souza (durand1)]

Thanks, installing that library fixed it.

[Jordan Bradley (jordan-w-bradley)]

installing that library does fix it. On an unrelated note, gnome-do refuses to load at startup even with the "Start GNOME do at Startup" checkbox checked.

[Sense Egbert Hofstede (sense)]

Doesn't that mean that GNOME Do isn't built properly?

[Jordan Bradley (jordan-w-bradley)]

I thought it was user error but although Gnome-do is enabled in the Startup Applications window, it does not load. After booting, docky is unable to find the icons used with the launchers. See attached image.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-desktop-sharp2 - 2.26.0-2ubuntu1

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gnome-desktop-sharp2 (2.26.0-2ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/04_update_for_gnomedesktop_SONAME:
    + Update dllmap for libgnome-desktop SONAME bump in Lucid. (LP: #516920)
 -- Christopher James Halse Rogers <email address hidden> Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:39:27 +1100

[narnie (signupnarnie)]

gnome-do still crashes when selecting preferences for me even though libgnome-desktop-2-11 is installed (it was already installed for me).

I have to re-run it, then it defaults to docky. Then, I can select preferences and change back to classic, then it'll work.

[Ashton Kemerling (ashtonkemerling)]

I'm having a tough time with this one on Arch. Either way, if Gnome-Do needs this library, I feel like it's a failure of the configure scripts if it built while missing a library.

[Ashton Kemerling (ashtonkemerling)]

Aha, found my issue. I originally thought Arch didn't have libgnome-desktop-2-11. Technically it doesn't, but it's provided by gnome-desktop. Unfortunately I'm running gnome-desktop 3.0.0-1, so the same bug will probably crop up on libgnome-desktop-3.

That being said, I feel like my issue should (or already is) a different bug.