eog: 'Failed to execute child process "gnome-control-center"' when opening Background Preferences
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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eog (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
1. Double-click an image to open it in "Image Viewer."
2. Right-click image and "Set as Wallpaper." Observe pop-up asking if you would like to modify its appearance.
3. Click "Open Background Preferences." Observe no Background Preferences opening.
4. Run Image Viewer from a terminal and repeat above steps. Observe following error:
$ eog $JPEG
(eog:18424): EOG-WARNING **: Couldn't load icon: Error writing
(eog:18424): EOG-WARNING **: Error launching System Settings: Failed to execute child process "gnome-
Installation details:
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: LinuxMint
Description: Linux Mint 17 Qiana
Release: 17
Codename: qiana
$ eog --version
GNOME Image Viewer 3.10.2
summary: |
- 'Failed to execute child process "gnome-control-center"' when opening - Background Preferences + eog: 'Failed to execute child process "gnome-control-center"' when + opening Background Preferences |
affects: | linuxmint → eog (Ubuntu) |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.