impossible to execute gnome-split

[reminosouci]

when I'm executing in my terminal after installing the ppa and the package I get this...

 ~$ gnome-split
UncaughtException in thread: main
  Thread ID = 1
  Thread prority = 5
Exception stacktrace:
org.gnome.glib.FatalError: GLib-GObject-WARNING
invalid (NULL) pointer instance
 at org.gnome.gtk.GtkMenu.gtk_menu_new(Native Method)
 at org.gnome.gtk.GtkMenu.createMenu(GtkMenu.java:59)
 at org.gnome.gtk.Menu.<init>(Menu.java:74)
 at org.gnome.split.gtk.widget.AreaStatusIcon.createIconMenu(AreaStatusIcon.java:76)
 at org.gnome.split.gtk.widget.AreaStatusIcon.<init>(AreaStatusIcon.java:60)
 at org.gnome.split.gtk.MainWindow.<init>(MainWindow.java:141)
 at org.gnome.split.GnomeSplit.<init>(GnomeSplit.java:140)
 at org.gnome.split.GnomeSplit.main(GnomeSplit.java:280)

ubuntu 10.04 netbook remix

[Guillaume Mazoyer (respawneral)]

It's a weird bug. Actually, it seems that it's just a warning from the glib library but a warning that becomes an error when it enters the java-gnome library. I don't think that it's really a GNOME Split bug. I'll report it on the java-gnome bug tracker and see how can we deal with it.

[Akshar Patel (akshar-patel-47)]

This bug can be reproduced in Ubuntu 10.10 RC.

[Guillaume Mazoyer (respawneral)]

With Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook?

[Guillaume Mazoyer (respawneral)]

Just tested GNOME Split with Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook in Live USB and it seems to work. Global menu seems buggy with GNOME Split so maybe this bug and the one I got are linked.

[Guillaume Mazoyer (respawneral)]

reminosouci, do you still have the problem? Do you have any kind of software that would change the behavior of menus?

[reminosouci (remi-breuillard)]

Hi Guillaume (salut !!!)

I must admet, I haven't retried so far and I'm on holidays without my
netbbok, I don't know why it didn't work, I haven't not tried to customise
it so much the netbookremix version. I'll give you a feedback as soon as
I'll try to use it again !!

thank's for your work !!!

2010/10/16 Guillaume Mazoyer <email address hidden>

>
> reminosouci, do you still have the problem? Do you have any kind of
> software that would change the behavior of menus?
>
> --
> impossible to execute gnome-split
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/655696
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in GNOME Split - File splitter for GNOME desktop: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> when I'm executing in my terminal after installing the ppa and the package
> I get this...
>
> ~$ gnome-split
> UncaughtException in thread: main
> Thread ID = 1
> Thread prority = 5
> Exception stacktrace:
> org.gnome.glib.FatalError: GLib-GObject-WARNING
> invalid (NULL) pointer instance
> at org.gnome.gtk.GtkMenu.gtk_menu_new(Native Method)
> at org.gnome.gtk.GtkMenu.createMenu(GtkMenu.java:59)
> at org.gnome.gtk.Menu.<init>(Menu.java:74)
> at
> org.gnome.split.gtk.widget.AreaStatusIcon.createIconMenu(AreaStatusIcon.java:76)
> at
> org.gnome.split.gtk.widget.AreaStatusIcon.<init>(AreaStatusIcon.java:60)
> at org.gnome.split.gtk.MainWindow.<init>(MainWindow.java:141)
> at org.gnome.split.GnomeSplit.<init>(GnomeSplit.java:140)
> at org.gnome.split.GnomeSplit.main(GnomeSplit.java:280)
>
>
> ubuntu 10.04 netbook remix
>
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-split/+bug/655696/+subscribe
>
>

[ricardisimo (ricardisimo)]

I'm not sure if this is the same problem, related or completely different:

:~$ gnome-split
UncaughtException in thread: main
  Thread ID = 1
  Thread prority = 5
Exception stacktrace:
org.gnome.glib.FatalError: Unique-DBus-WARNING
Error while sending message: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
 at org.gnome.unique.UniqueApp.unique_app_send_message(Native Method)
 at org.gnome.unique.UniqueApp.sendMessage(UniqueApp.java:93)
 at org.gnome.unique.Application.sendMessage(Application.java:170)
 at org.gnome.split.GnomeSplit.checkRunning(GnomeSplit.java:167)
 at org.gnome.split.GnomeSplit.<init>(GnomeSplit.java:99)
 at org.gnome.split.GnomeSplit.main(GnomeSplit.java:334)

The above was obviously from a terminal, which I tried after the panel launcher refused to work. Normally GnomeSplit works just fine for me, but perhaps I overused it today. No idea. I'm going to reboot and try it again. Please advise if you need more information from me.

[Guillaume Mazoyer (respawneral)]

Hello ricardisimo,

This a different bug that you have reported
Does GNOME Split start again after rebooting your computer?
Do you have any idea to reproduce it?

Can you open another bug?

++

Hello reminosouci and Akshar Patel,

Do you still have the bug with an up-to-date ubuntu release?
Do you have any idea to reproduce it?

++

In both cases, it looks like there are warnings that java-gnome changes into errors. So I don't think that it is really an error from GNOME Split. Andrew, can you confirm that?

[Andrew Cowie (afcowie)]

WARNINGs are indication of the program (or the programmer) doing something wrong. You need to fix that, hence the unchecked exception. That's normal and expected in Java.

AfC

[Guillaume Mazoyer (respawneral)]

Here is a possible fix for this bug.
Can someone (who have this bug) try to apply the patch in attachment?

bzr checkout bzr://respawner.fr/gnome-split/mainline/ gnome-split
cd gnome-split
patch -p0 < patch-lp-655696.patch
./configure libdir=/usr/lib/jni jardir=/usr/share/java
make
./gnome-split

[reminosouci (remi-breuillard)]

Hi,

Sorry I can't help you right now...

First thing, I'm spending my whole year in Australia as a bacckpacker...
so I don't have a computer easily linked to internet (by the way, internet
is awful in australia !!!!
Secondly, I'm not a IT guy, so you would have had to explain to me a bit
more how to put your patch...
Thanks anyway I promise that if I can I'll try, but it's not easy at the
moment!!

2010/12/28 Guillaume Mazoyer <email address hidden>

>
> Here is a possible fix for this bug.
> Can someone (who have this bug) try to apply the patch in attachment?
>
>
bzr checkout bzr://respawner.fr/gnome-split/mainline/ gnome-split
> cd gnome-split
> patch -p0 < patch-lp-655696.patch
> ./configure libdir=/usr/lib/jni jardir=/usr/share/java
> make
> ./gnome-split
>
>
> ** Patch added: "Possible fix"
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-split/+bug/655696/+attachment/1777990/+files/patch-lp-655696.patch
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/655696
>
> Title:
> impossible to execute gnome-split
>
> Status in GNOME Split - File splitter for GNOME desktop:
> In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> when I'm executing in my terminal after installing the ppa and the package
> I get this...
>
> ~$ gnome-split
> UncaughtException in thread: main
> Thread ID = 1
> Thread prority = 5
> Exception stacktrace:
> org.gnome.glib.FatalError: GLib-GObject-WARNING
> invalid (NULL) pointer instance
> at org.gnome.gtk.GtkMenu.gtk_menu_new(Native Method)
> at org.gnome.gtk.GtkMenu.createMenu(GtkMenu.java:59)
> at org.gnome.gtk.Menu.<init>(Menu.java:74)
> at
> org.gnome.split.gtk.widget.AreaStatusIcon.createIconMenu(AreaStatusIcon.java:76)
> at
> org.gnome.split.gtk.widget.AreaStatusIcon.<init>(AreaStatusIcon.java:60)
> at org.gnome.split.gtk.MainWindow.<init>(MainWindow.java:141)
> at org.gnome.split.GnomeSplit.<init>(GnomeSplit.java:140)
> at org.gnome.split.GnomeSplit.main(GnomeSplit.java:280)
>
>
> ubuntu 10.04 netbook remix
>
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-split/+bug/655696/+subscribe
>
>

[Guillaume Mazoyer (respawneral)]

The way to apply the patch and test it is described in my previous comment. You need to install the 'bzr' package before of course. It's not a big deal if you can't test the patch right now. But it will be cool to know if it fixes the problem and if I should commit it then.

[Guillaume Mazoyer (respawneral)]

The possible fix is commited is revision 248. You can test it by grabing a branch and compiling the code (see http://trac.gnome-split.org/wiki/HowToBuild).