Most applets crash is there is no .screenlets/config.ini

Bug #270649 reported by Julien Lavergne
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Screenlets
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Universal Applets
Fix Committed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

If there is no ~/.screenlets/config.ini, most applets crash on startup with this traceback :
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/screenlets/VolumeControl/VolumeControlScreenlet.py", line 188, in <module>
    screenlets.session.create_session(VolumeControlScreenlet)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/screenlets/session.py", line 351, in create_session
    session.start()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/screenlets/session.py", line 197, in start
    sl = self.create_instance()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/screenlets/session.py", line 130, in create_instance
    sl.finish_loading()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/screenlets/screenlet.py", line 354, in finish_loading
    self.main_view.set_active(True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/screenlets/applet.py", line 142, in set_active
    self.iface.add_applet(self.id, self.plug.get_id(), self.width, self.height, "scalable")
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/dbus/proxies.py", line 68, in __call__
    return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/dbus/proxies.py", line 140, in __call__
    **keywords)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/dbus/connection.py", line 607, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.KeyError: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/dbus/service.py", line 696, in _message_cb
    retval = candidate_method(self, *args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/bin/melange", line 120, in add_applet
    container = ToplevelContainer(plug_id, id, self, width, height, backend=self.backend)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/screenlets/melange.py", line 74, in __init__
    lock_position_default = parse_bool('Lock') # lock the container's position on screen. attempts to move it are ignored.
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/screenlets/melange.py", line 67, in parse_bool
    if ini.get_option(name, section='Options') == "True":
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/screenlets/utils.py", line 611, in get_option
    l = self.sections[section]
KeyError: 'Options'

Julien Lavergne (gilir)
Changed in screenlets:
status: New → Invalid
Revision history for this message
Natan Yellin (aantny) wrote :

Fix committed in revision 506 of core.

Changed in universal-applets:
status: New → Fix Released
Natan Yellin (aantny)
Changed in universal-applets:
status: Fix Released → Fix Committed
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