The problem is that alacarte calls /usr/bin/gnome-desktop-item-edit in a subprocess in order to install new menu items. However, /usr/bin/gnome- desktop-item-edit is in the gnome-panel package, which is only a Recomends: for the alacarte package rather than marked as a true dependency.
Workaround: install gnome-panel through your package manager Fix: three possibilities: (1) alacarte should depend on gnome-panel (2) gnome-desktop-item-edit program should be in the alacarte package (3) gnome-desktop-item-edit program should be in some third package, on which alacarte should in turn depend I'll update the bug description accordingly. ** Summary changed: - alacarte crashed with OSError in _execute_child(): [Errno 2] No such file or directory + alacarte crashed with OSError because gnome-desktop-item-edit not found ** Description changed: + alacarte calls /usr/bin/gnome-desktop-item-edit in a subprocess in order + to install new menu items. However, /usr/bin/gnome-desktop-item-edit is + in the gnome-panel package, which is only a Recommends: for the alacarte + package rather than marked as a true dependency. People who have not + installed gnome-panel will thus not be able to use core Alacarte + functionality. + + Workaround: install gnome-panel through your package manager + + Fix: three possibilities: + (1) alacarte should depend on gnome-panel + (2) gnome-desktop-item-edit program should be in the alacarte package + (3) gnome-desktop-item-edit program should be in some third package, on which alacarte should in turn depend + + Original description: + Crashed while trying to make a new item in main menu and would not create new item. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: alacarte 0.13.2-2ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-8.10-generic 3.0.1 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-8-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Aug 14 00:15:20 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/alacarte InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7 PackageArchitecture: all ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python -OOt /usr/bin/alacarte ProcEnviron: - LANGUAGE=en_GB:en - PATH=(custom, no user) - LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANGUAGE=en_GB:en + PATH=(custom, no user) + LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/alacarte'] SourcePackage: alacarte Title: alacarte crashed with OSError in _execute_child(): [Errno 2] No such file or directory UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-12 (0 days ago) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to alacarte in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/826049 Title: Dependency problem: alacarte crashed with OSError because gnome- desktop-item-edit not found To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/alacarte/+bug/826049/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
