Ok, I decided to dig deeper into this. This is the first time I'm doing something like this, so feel free to correct me where needed. Here is what I've found:
(1) This bug report was not associated with the intended bless package. This one is the console version of bless (binary called cbless). The GUI bless can be found here: https://github.com/bwrsandman/Bless (2) There is a bug in the code that saves the options. An exception is thrown, and the preferences.xml is not closed properly and ends up being written partially. The same bug is present in the code that saves the last session. I've created a patch that fixes both. Maybe I'll send it to the Bless GitHub page too. However the last change was made three years ago, so no high hopes. (3) To fix the problem manually: - Download the source: git clone https://github.com/bwrsandman/Bless.git - Apply my patch. - Follow the readme: - Install the needed packages. For me the following were missing: nuget mono-complete gtk-sharp2. - nuget restore Bless.sln - xbuild /p:Configuration=Release Bless.sln - If it succeeds, you can run the patched bless with "mono src/bin/Release/bless.exe" - No help in the readme about installation... If you're radical, like me, just overwrite the installed version. This may cause problems, like you'll have to remember to manually delete these two directories if you uninstall Bless through the package manager. sudo rm /usr/share/bless/* sudo cp data/* /usr/share/bless sudo rm /usr/lib/bless/* sudo cp src/bin/Release/* /usr/lib/bless ** Patch added: "fixxmltextwriter.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bless/+bug/1622951/+attachment/4965764/+files/fixxmltextwriter.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1622951 Title: bless fails to handle user config To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bless/+bug/1622951/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
