[dash] When 'exo-utils' package is installed, opening files from the dash fails
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Exo |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
unity-2d |
Invalid
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
xdg-utils (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: unity-2d
When searching for a document from the dash I find it easily but it won't open.
I get the same if I use 'Dash > Find files' and select the file I want, or the same from the launcher.
the system seems to expect a folder:
Could not display "file.odt"
The location is not a folder
So far (may 17 2011) removing the package exo-utils has solved this for everyone. XFCE needs exo-utils so this bug makes the unity dash not very useful for using with XFCE packages installed.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity-2d 3.8.4.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon May 2 16:53:45 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_DK:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_DK.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity-2d
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-28 (3 days ago)
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
summary: |
- [dash] Could not display "file.odt". The location is not a folder. + [dash] When 'exo-utils' package is installed, opening files from the + dash fails |
Changed in unity-2d: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
status: | Confirmed → New |
description: | updated |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in unity: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in unity-2d: | |
status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
That is weird, I cannot observe this on my setup, all types of files open correctly from the dash, including odt documents.
After reproducing the issue, could you please attach to this bug report the file ~/.xsession-errors ?
Does this happen with all types of files, or just odt documents? Is it with only one specific document, or all of them?
When that happens, does LibreOffice launch at all and then display this error, or do you get the error message even before LibreOffice launches?