appindicator couldn't load successfully

[Bernd Schlapsi]

Binary package hint: banshee-community-extensions

If I start banshee via the command line I could see the following error message:

** (Banshee:6259): WARNING **: The following assembly referenced from /usr/lib/banshee-1/Extensions/Banshee.AppIndicator.dll could not be loaded:
     Assembly: appindicator-sharp (assemblyref_index=8)
     Version: 0.0.0.0
     Public Key: bcae265d1c7ab4c2
The assembly was not found in the Global Assembly Cache, a path listed in the MONO_PATH environment variable, or in the location of the executing assembly (/usr/lib/banshee-1/Extensions/).

** (Banshee:6259): WARNING **: Could not load file or assembly 'appindicator-sharp, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=bcae265d1c7ab4c2' or one of its dependencies.

And so the appindicator icon looks ugly with the Ambiance Theme.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: banshee-extension-appindicator 1.6.0-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Apr 11 10:50:10 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/installer/media-info'
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: banshee-community-extensions

[Bernd Schlapsi (bernd-sch)]

This is the full output including the warnings:

** (Banshee:7035): WARNING **: The following assembly referenced from /usr/lib/banshee-1/Extensions/Banshee.AppIndicator.dll could not be loaded:
     Assembly: appindicator-sharp (assemblyref_index=8)
     Version: 0.0.0.0
     Public Key: bcae265d1c7ab4c2
The assembly was not found in the Global Assembly Cache, a path listed in the MONO_PATH environment variable, or in the location of the executing assembly (/usr/lib/banshee-1/Extensions/).

** (Banshee:7035): WARNING **: Could not load file or assembly 'appindicator-sharp, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=bcae265d1c7ab4c2' or one of its dependencies.
[Warn 11:01:21.556] Caught an exception - System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'Banshee.AppIndicator.AppIndicatorService' from assembly 'Banshee.AppIndicator, Version=1.6.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'. (in `mscorlib')
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.MonoType:GetConstructors_internal (System.Reflection.BindingFlags,System.Type)
  at System.MonoType.GetConstructors (BindingFlags bindingAttr) [0x00000]
  at System.MonoType.GetConstructorImpl (BindingFlags bindingAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, CallingConventions callConvention, System.Type[] types, System.Reflection.ParameterModifier[] modifiers) [0x00000]
  at System.Type.GetConstructor (BindingFlags bindingAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, CallingConventions callConvention, System.Type[] types, System.Reflection.ParameterModifier[] modifiers) [0x00000]
  at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type, Boolean nonPublic) [0x00000]
  at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type) [0x00000]
  at Mono.Addins.TypeExtensionNode.CreateInstance () [0x00000]
  at Mono.Addins.InstanceExtensionNode.CreateInstance (System.Type expectedType) [0x00000]
  at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.StartExtension (Mono.Addins.TypeExtensionNode node) [0x00000]
[Warn 11:01:21.556] Extension `/Banshee/ServiceManager/Service/__nid_14' not started: Could not load type 'Banshee.AppIndicator.AppIndicatorService' from assembly 'Banshee.AppIndicator, Version=1.6.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.
[Warn 11:01:21.556] Caught an exception - System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'Banshee.AppIndicator.AppIndicatorService' from assembly 'Banshee.AppIndicator, Version=1.6.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'. (in `mscorlib')
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.MonoType:GetConstructors_internal (System.Reflection.BindingFlags,System.Type)
  at System.MonoType.GetConstructors (BindingFlags bindingAttr) [0x00000]
  at System.MonoType.GetConstructorImpl (BindingFlags bindingAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, CallingConventions callConvention, System.Type[] types, System.Reflection.ParameterModifier[] modifiers) [0x00000]
  at System.Type.GetConstructor (BindingFlags bindingAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, CallingConventions callConvention, System.Type[] types, System.Reflection.ParameterModifier[] modifiers) [0x00000]
  at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type, Boolean nonPublic) [0x00000]
  at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type)...

[Sense Egbert Hofstede (sense)]

Thank you for helping with making Ubuntu and Banshee.AppIndicator better by reporting this bug. However, the issue you reported is not a bug in the extension, but rather in the way the library is packages. You can work around this problem by manually installed the 'libappindicator0-cil' package.

I'm marking this as a duplicate of bug #560095, of which this bug report is a duplicate.