Unable to start xcalc through the Unity dash

[Marius B. Kotsbak]

Opening the dash (alt-f2) and typing "xcalc" gives no hits, despite that it is installed. It gives also no good alternatives when typing "calc" (besides kcalc, just that Unity does not run KDE) or "calculator".

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: x11-apps 7.6+4ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-9.43-generic 2.6.38.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-9-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,snap,resize,place,imgpng,move,compiztoolbox,grid,vpswitch,mousepoll,regex,gnomecompat,session,wall,animation,expo,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,fade,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Sat Jun 25 21:23:05 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-04-24 00:13:36.140970
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a011] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:b100]
   Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:b100]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
MachineType: GIGABYTE T1005
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=nb_NO:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-9-generic root=UUID=f1d0446d-3ea3-46a7-9842-8773acca78e6 ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash i8042.noloop=1 vt.handoff=7
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: x11-apps
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-24 (62 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/30/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: GIGABYTE
dmi.bios.version: GSBF05
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: T1005
dmi.board.vendor: GIGABYTE
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnGIGABYTE:bvrGSBF05:bd08/30/2010:svnGIGABYTE:pnT1005:pvrGSBF05:rvnGIGABYTE:rnT1005:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct1:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: T1005
dmi.product.version: GSBF05
dmi.sys.vendor: GIGABYTE
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110606-0ubuntu1~natty1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.25+git20110415.ba11501b-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11.0+git20110504.37058c34-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11.0+git20110504.37058c34-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99+git20110504.62a4cd18-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.0+git20110420.0944e2d5-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110323.8378443b-0ubuntu0sarvatt

[Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko)]

Actually, I am able to find a calculator by typing the translated "kalkulator" (in Norwegian), but the old habit of doing alt-f2 and type "xcalc" still is broken.

[Florian Boucault (fboucault)]

It works reliably in Unity 2D

[Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko)]

It works for me again now. Will open if it happens again.