Help -> Help will crash if monodoc-browser is not installed

[João Pinto]

Binary package hint: monodevelop

monodoc-browser should be set as a dependency for monodeveloper.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Nov 1 16:40:19 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: monodevelop 2.0+dfsg-2ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=pt_PT.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=pt_PT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: monodevelop
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

[Tyler Burton (tylerburtonca)]

I can confirm this. Installing monodoc-browser and then restarting MonoDevelop fixes the problem.

[Scott Shields (atomicspark)]

Confirmed for Lucid branch. See attached screenshot for error given.

[pierrerob (pierrerob2000)]

Description of Problem:
Lorsque je choisi l'option AIDE de la barre de menu, les messages suivants apparaissent:

PREMIER MESSAGE D'ERREUR:

Could not start monodoc : System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: ApplicationName='monodoc', CommandLine='--help', CurrentDirectory=''
  at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start_noshell (System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo startInfo, System.Diagnostics.Process process) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start_common (System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo startInfo, System.Diagnostics.Process process) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at MonoDevelop.Core.Execution.ProcessWrapper.Start () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) MonoDevelop.Core.Execution.ProcessWrapper:Start ()
  at MonoDevelop.Core.Execution.ProcessService.StartProcess (System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo startInfo, MonoDevelop.Core.Execution.ProcessEventHandler outputStreamChanged, MonoDevelop.Core.Execution.ProcessEventHandler errorStreamChanged, System.EventHandler exited) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at MonoDevelop.Core.Execution.ProcessService.StartProcess (System.String command, System.String arguments, System.String workingDirectory, MonoDevelop.Core.Execution.ProcessEventHandler outputStreamChanged, MonoDevelop.Core.Execution.ProcessEventHandler errorStreamChanged, System.EventHandler exited, Boolean redirectStandardInput) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at MonoDevelop.Core.Execution.ProcessService.StartProcess (System.String command, System.String arguments, System.String workingDirectory, System.IO.TextWriter outWriter, System.IO.TextWriter errorWriter, System.EventHandler exited, Boolean redirectStandardInput) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at MonoDevelop.Ide.HelpOperations.CheckExternalMonodoc () [0

SECOND MESSAGE D'ERREUR:

Vous avez besoin d'une version plus récente de monodoc pour l'utiliser en dehors de monodevelop. Utilisation du visionneur d'aide intégré

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Cliquez sur AIDE de la barre de menu
2.

Actual Results:
Messages d'erreur (voir ci-haut).

Expected Results:
Une fenêtre d'aide.

How often does this happen?
La première fois. Les autres fois plus rien ne s'affiche.

Additional Information:

[Mhutchinson-8 (mhutchinson-8)]

Downstream packaging bug. The Ubuntu packages should require the package containing the monodoc GUI. Please file against Ubuntu.

[Tyler Burton (tylerburtonca)]

Is it possible to make mono-browser a dependency for MonoDevelop? Can we migrate that fix into Lucid?

[Tyler Burton (tylerburtonca)]

This is still an issue in Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha 3