If ~/.config/menus/applications.menu exist, but it is empty, alacarte will terminates.
Ubuntu 8.04: $ alacarte /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt/progress.py: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 36, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 32, in main app = MainWindow(datadir, version, sys.argv) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 49, in __init__ self.editor = MenuEditor() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py", line 36, in __init__ self.__loadMenus() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py", line 46, in __loadMenus self.applications.dom = xml.dom.minidom.parse(self.applications.path) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/xml/dom/minidom.py", line 1915, in parse return expatbuilder.parse(file) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 924, in parse result = builder.parseFile(fp) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 211, in parseFile parser.Parse("", True) xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError: no element found: line 1, column 0 This trackback looks like Pete Ryland 's. -- Alacarte emptied my Applications menu list. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs