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Bug 144040 - A more informative error message if /desktop/gnome/interface/* cannot be found
A more informative error message if /desktop/gnome/interface/* cannot be found
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: [obsolete] theme-manager
2.11.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Control-Center Maintainers
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-06-09 17:12 UTC by Sayamindu Dasgupta
Modified: 2007-11-11 20:05 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement

Attachments
Proposed patch. (1013 bytes, patch)
2004-06-09 17:13 UTC, Sayamindu Dasgupta 		needs-work Details | Review
Alt. Proposed Patch (941 bytes, patch)
2005-03-20 23:35 UTC, Benjamin LeMasurier 		needs-work Details | Review

Description Sayamindu Dasgupta 2004-06-09 17:12:07 UTC 
Currently, gnome-theme-manager exits if it cannot find
/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme or /desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme or the
metacity theme. These may not be installed if the correct order is not followed
while installing libgnome - and the current error dialog (“The default theme
schemas could not be found on your system. This means that you probably don’t
have metacity installed, or that your gconf is configured incorrectly.”) does
not indicate that. The attached patch should make things easier for troubleshooting.
Comment 1 Sayamindu Dasgupta 2004-06-09 17:13:07 UTC 
Created attachment 28516 [details] [review]
Proposed patch.
Comment 2 Leonardo Cervo 2004-09-16 21:51:17 UTC 
How can one fix thos problema?
Comment 3 Benjamin LeMasurier 2005-03-20 23:35:14 UTC 
Created attachment 38987 [details] [review]
Alt. Proposed Patch

Simplify this down to 2 sentences
Comment 4 Sebastien Bacher 2005-08-07 16:15:16 UTC 
Thanks for your bug. That could be a gconf issue, what dropping this part of the
message?
Comment 5 Thomas Wood 2006-04-09 22:05:56 UTC 
I don't think gnome-theme-manager should actually worry the user about missing gconf keys. Both the proposed messages, and the current one, are far too technical. It would be much better if gnome-theme-manager could silently deal with the issue, and disable any parts that would not work if the application needed is missing.
Comment 6 Jens Granseuer 2007-11-11 20:05:24 UTC 
The new apperance capplet should be able to deal gracefully with this situation.