Bug 648735 – gnome-tweak-tool fails to start if ~/.icons directory does not exist

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Bug 648735 - gnome-tweak-tool fails to start if ~/.icons directory does not exist


Summary:	gnome-tweak-tool fails to start if ~/.icons directory does not exist


Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	gnome-tweak-tool
Classification:	Applications
Component:	general
Version:	3.0.x
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	GNOME Tweak Tool maintainer(s)
QA Contact:	GNOME Tweak Tool maintainer(s)

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Depends on:
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Description zbynek 2011-04-27 07:40:05 UTC

gnome-tweak-tool version 3.0.2 fails to start if ~/.icons directory does not exist with traceback:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/bin/gnome-tweak-tool", line 81 in <module>
```
MainWindow()
```
File "/usr/bin/gnome-tweak-tool", line 46 in __init__
```
model)
```
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtweak/tweakview.py", line 38 in __init__
```
self._model.load_tweaks()
```
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtweak/tweakmodel.py", line 97 in load_tweaks
```
mods = __import__("gtweak.tweaks", globals(), locals(), tweak_files, 0)
```
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_interface.py", line 92 in <module>
```
IconThemeSwitcher(size_group=sg),
```
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_interface.py", line 51 in __init__
```
[(t, t) for t in self._get_valid_icon_themes()],
```
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_interface.py", line 59 in _get_valid_icon_themes
```
for t in os.listdir(thdir):
```

OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/jesus/.icons'

Comment 1 John Stowers 2011-04-27 08:09:43 UTC

This problem has been fixed in the development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.

Comment 2 Ionut Biru 2011-04-27 08:14:27 UTC

major software releases means in 3.2?

Comment 3 John Stowers 2011-04-27 08:16:45 UTC

no, it means in 45 minutes. that was a bugzilla template reply