bookmarks docklet has wrong path for bookmarks

[John]

I just installed 2 different flavors of Ubuntu: Elementary OS Freya 14.04 and Ubuntu Gnome 16.04.1.

The first thing I installed on each was Docky, however on each the Bookmarks docklet was not functioning at all.

I ran docky with the --debug function and found that it was looking for the bookmarks in the wrong directory:

[Error 20:33:30.609] [BookmarksItemProvider] File 'file:///home/<username>/.gtk-bookmarks does not exist.

This is the wrong path AND wrong filename for the bookmarks it needs.

The correct path is:

/home/<yourusername>/.config/gtk-3.0

the correct filename is:

bookmarks

:~/.config/gtk-3.0$ ls
bookmarks

I would fix this if I knew where the docklet code was stored, and if it was in plain text format. But I don't know any of these things. So I hope someone fixes this asap.

There are some other problems like the weather and npr don't ever work (npr requires your gmail to accept less secure apps) but I don't really care about them since I don't need to use those features.

################### from Ubuntu Gnome 16.04.1 ########################

$ docky --version
[Info 20:36:35.883] Docky version: 2.2.1.1 Release
[Info 20:36:35.885] Kernel version: 4.4.0.31
[Info 20:36:35.885] CLR version: 4.0.30319.17020
[Error 20:36:35.969] [SystemService] Could not initialize power manager dbus: 'Could not load type 'Docky.Services.SystemService+IUPowerProxy' from assembly 'DBus.Proxies, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' because it is implements the inaccessible interface 'Docky.Services.SystemService+IUPower'.'
[Info 20:36:35.970] [SystemService] at System.Reflection.Emit.TypeBuilder.CreateTypeInfo () <0x7f60c399c000 + 0x00884> in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Reflection.Emit.TypeBuilder.CreateType () <0x7f60c399bfe0 + 0x0000c> in <filename unknown>:0
  at DBus.TypeImplementer.GetImplementation (System.Type declType) <0x41308590 + 0x00283> in <filename unknown>:0
  at DBus.BusObject.GetObject (DBus.Connection conn, System.String bus_name, DBus.ObjectPath object_path, System.Type declType) <0x413083f0 + 0x00037> in <filename unknown>:0
  at DBus.Connection.GetObject (System.Type type, System.String bus_name, DBus.ObjectPath path) <0x41306f20 + 0x0007f> in <filename unknown>:0
  at DBus.Connection.GetObject[T] (System.String bus_name, DBus.ObjectPath path) <0x41306eb0 + 0x00037> in <filename unknown>:0
  at Docky.Services.SystemService.InitializeBattery () <0x41350ca0 + 0x000b3> in <filename unknown>:0
[Error 20:36:35.972] [SystemService] Could not initialize Network Manager dbus: 'Could not load type 'Docky.Services.SystemService+INetworkManagerProxy' from assembly 'DBus.Proxies, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' because it is implements the inaccessible interface 'Docky.Services.SystemService+INetworkManager'.'
[Info 20:36:35.972] [SystemService] at System.Reflection.Emit.TypeBuilder.CreateTypeInfo () <0x7f60c399c000 + 0x00884> in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Reflection.Emit.TypeBuilder.CreateType () <0x7f60c399bfe0 + 0x0000c> in <filename unknown>:0
  at DBus.TypeImplementer.GetImplementation (System.Type declType) <0x41308590 + 0x00283> in <filename unknown>:0
  at DBus.BusObject.GetObject (DBus.Connection conn, System.String bus_name, DBus.ObjectPath object_path, System.Type declType) <0x413083f0 + 0x00037> in <filename unknown>:0
  at DBus.Connection.GetObject (System.Type type, System.String bus_name, DBus.ObjectPath path) <0x41306f20 + 0x0007f> in <filename unknown>:0
  at DBus.Connection.GetObject[T] (System.String bus_name, DBus.ObjectPath path) <0x41306eb0 + 0x00037> in <filename unknown>:0
  at Docky.Services.SystemService.InitializeNetworkManager () <0x41358160 + 0x00117> in <filename unknown>:0
[Info 20:36:35.976] [ThemeService] Setting theme: Classic
[Warn 20:36:35.980] [DesktopItemService] Could not find remap file '/home/<username>/.local/share/docky/remaps.ini'!
[Info 20:36:36.016] [DockServices] Dock services initialized.
[Info 20:36:36.121] [PluginManager] Loaded "Bookmarks".
[Info 20:36:36.121] [PluginManager] Loaded "Trash".
[Error 20:36:36.135] [BookmarksItemProvider] File 'file:///home/<username>/.gtk-bookmarks does not exist.

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[John (webdevelopmentusa)]

I fixed this temporarily by making a symbolic link from the missing file to the correct file:

ln -s /home/<yourusername>/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks /home/<yourusername>/.gtk-bookmarks

I did this because just copying the actual bookmark file caused the Workspace Switcher docklet to malfunction.