Unable to load desktop file

[Willem Hobers]

Binary package hint: gdm

Using 10.04 fully updated.

In the deamon.log I see WARNINGs:

Feb 21 17:39:05 PC15-17 gnome-session[1538]: WARNING: Unable to load desktop file '/usr/bin/hp-systray.desktop': Bestand of map bestaat niet
Feb 21 17:39:05 PC15-17 gnome-session[1538]: WARNING: Unable to find desktop file 'hp-systray.desktop': Er kon geen geldig sleutelbestand gevonden worden in de zoekmappen
Feb 21 17:39:05 PC15-17 gnome-session[1538]: WARNING: Unable to find desktop file 'gnome-/usr/bin/hp-systray.desktop': Er kon geen geldig sleutelbestand gevonden worden in de zoekmappen

Translation of the Dutch:
Feb 21 17:39:05 PC15-17 gnome-session[1538]: WARNING: Unable to load desktop file '/usr/bin/hp-systray.desktop': Bestand of map bestaat niet
No such file or directory.

Feb 21 17:39:05 PC15-17 gnome-session[1538]: WARNING: Unable to find desktop file 'hp-systray.desktop': Er kon geen geldig sleutelbestand gevonden worden in de zoekmappen
No valid key file (?) could be found in the search folders (?)

system information:
Linux PC15-17 2.6.32-28-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 10 21:21:01 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux

Description: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
Release: 10.04

-Computer-
Processor : 2x Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 230 @ 1.60GHz
Memory : 1802MB (502MB used)
Operating System : Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
User Name : willem (Willem)
Date/Time : ma 21 feb 2011 20:09:11 CET
-Display-
Resolution : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : ION/PCI/SSE2
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
-Input Devices-
 Power Button
 Power Button
 Macintosh mouse button emulation
 Microsft Microsoft Wireless Desktop Receiver 3.1
 Microsft Microsoft Wireless Desktop Receiver 3.1
 HDA Digital PCBeep
-Printers (CUPS)-
OfficeJet-J6400 : <i>Default</i>
-SCSI Disks-
ATA Hitachi HTS54321
Generic- Compact Flash
Generic- SM/xD-Picture
Generic- SD/MMC
Generic- MS/MS-Pro
SAMSUNG SP1604N

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

thank you for your bug report, but it's not a gdm issue, seems you installed an hp-systray or hplip autostart which is doing that rather

[Willem Hobers (whobers)]

Thanks,

should I then report this as a bug against hplip, do you think?

[Willem Hobers (whobers)]

Another application seems to have the same problem, though:

Feb 22 16:53:54 PC15-17 gnome-session[1546]: WARNING: Could not launch application 'specto.desktop': Unable to start application: Uitvoeren van dochterproces ‘specto’ is mislukt (Bestand of map bestaat niet)

Transalion of Dutch:
Execution of child process "specto" failed. No such file or directory.

Just to make sure it is not a gdm problem...

[Willem Hobers (whobers)]

Hmmm, now it is yet another application which is affected:

PC15-17 gnome-session[1546]: WARNING: Could not launch application 'gwibber.desktop': Unable to start application: Uitvoeren van dochterproces ‘gwibber-service’ is mislukt (Bestand of map bestaat niet)

Please advice: is this a bug against gnome?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

not sure what you are doing but that seems a local issue and .desktop wrongly installed rather than a bug

[Willem Hobers (whobers)]

not sure that I am doing *anything* actually. :-)

But, if indeed .desktop is wrongly installed, how do I find out whether that is the case, and then, if possible, repair it?