Bug#284408: gnome-desktop: assertion `egg_desktop_entries_lookup_group (entries, group_name) == NULL' failed

[Sebastien Bacher]

reassign 284408 desktop-file-utils
severity 284408 minor
forwarded 284408 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D157877
merge 284408 282161
thanks

Le dimanche 05 d=E9cembre 2004 =E0 21:56 -0800, Ross Boylan a =E9crit :
> Package: gnome-desktop
> Severity: normal
>=20
> I am unable to assess what package is responsible for this problem, or
> its seriousness.  It may be merely cosmetic.
>=20
> I basically track testing.  My latest upgrade, which included lots of
> Gnome stuff, produced many errors like
> ** (process:21643): CRITICAL **: file eggdesktopentries.c: line 2223 (egg=
_desktop_entries_add_group): assertion `egg_desktop_entries_lookup_group (e=
ntries, group_name) =3D=3D NULL' failed

Hi,

There is already a bug for it, the error is probably coming from a
bugged .desktop in a non-official mplayer package. BTW
desktop-file-utils should handle the bug correctly:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D157877


Cheers,

Sebastien Bacher