Font Viewer fails to start from dash: Unknown option --gapplication-service
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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GNOME Font Viewer |
Fix Released
|
Medium
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gnome-font-viewer (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
[Impact]
While gnome-font-viewer can be started from command line, it fails to start via the .desktop file. The issue was fixed upstream via this commit:
https:/
The attached patch cherry picks that commit.
[Test Case]
Try to start gnome-font-viewer from the Dash and find that the launch fails.
After having installed the proposed upload, starting the application from the Dash works fine.
[Regression Potential]
gnome-font-viewer is an independent tool, which doesn't affect other parts of the system. Hence the regression risk should be low.
[Original description]
Ubuntu 16.04.1 Fully updated.
$ gnome-font-viewer --version
GNOME Font Viewer 3.16.2
- starting from command-line: no problems.
- starting from dash: application is shown in launcher but kills itself.
- /var/log/syslog shows ...
Jul 29 22:18:08 schijfwereld org.gnome.
Jul 29 22:18:08 schijfwereld org.gnome.
no longer affects: | language-selector (Ubuntu) |
no longer affects: | language-selector (Ubuntu Xenial) |
Changed in gnome-font-viewer (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in gnome-font-viewer (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
assignee: | nobody → Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → In Progress |
description: | updated |
tags: | added: xenial |
Changed in gnome-font-viewer: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
Changed in gnome-font-viewer (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
summary: |
- font viewer starred from dash: Unknown option --gapplication-service + Font Viewer fails to start from dash: Unknown option --gapplication- + service |
tags: | added: patch |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.