Bug#293858: gdesklets: psi-small/networkinginfo & broken GConf access

[Thomas Quas]

Package: gdesklets
Version: 0.33.1-1
Severity: important

$ gdesklets open /usr/share/gdesklets/Displays/psi-small/networkinfo.display

errors out on me with the following log message (in the error dialog):

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/gdesklets/factory/SensorFactory.py", line 86, in create_sensor
      sensor = module.new_sensor(args)
File "/usr/share/gdesklets/Sensors/Network/__init__.py", line 121, in new_sensor
            def new_sensor(args): return apply(Network, args)
File "/usr/share/gdesklets/Sensors/Network/__init__.py", line 48, in __init__
                  for t in libdesklets.net.get_devices():
                      AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'net'


also, in ~/.gdesklets/gdesklets:0.0.log:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/__init__.py", line 103, in run_in_main_thread
    return function(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/gdesklets/config/GConfBackend.py", line 75, in get
    v = self.__client.get(path)
GError: Bad key or directory name: "/apps/gdesklets//format_in_out": Can't
have two slashes (/) in a row
<bound method _ConfigManager.get of <config.ConfigManager._ConfigManager
instance at 0x413b7f8c>>(('', 'format_in_out')) has raised an exception while
running in main thread.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/__init__.py", line 103, in run_in_main_thread
    return function(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/gdesklets/config/GConfBackend.py", line 75, in get
    v = self.__client.get(path)
GError: Bad key or directory name: "/apps/gdesklets//target": Can't have two
slashes (/) in a row
<bound method _ConfigManager.get of <config.ConfigManager._ConfigManager
instance at 0x413b7f8c>>(('', 'target')) has raised an exception while running
in main thread.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages gdesklets depends on:
ii  gconf2                   2.8.1-4         GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libart-2.0-2             2.3.16-6        Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0              1.8.0-4         The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0             2.8.0-4         Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0           2.8.0-2         The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                    2.3.2.ds1-20    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgconf2-4              2.8.1-4         GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11              1.2.0-4         LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglib2.0-0             2.6.1-3         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0              2.8.0-6         The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0        2.8.0-1         A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0             2.8.0-3         The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0           2.8.3-9         The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnutls11              1.0.16-9        GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii  libgpg-error0            1.0-1           library for common error values an
ii  libgtk2.0-0              2.4.14-2        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libgtop2-2               2.6.0-4         Libraries for gtop system monitori
ii  libhowl0                 0.9.8-2         Library for Zeroconf service disco
ii  libice6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2                1:2.10.2-1.1    libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0            1.6.0-3         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                 1.7-5           lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  librsvg2-2               2.8.1-2         SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libsm6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System Session Management
ii  libtasn1-2               0.2.10-3        Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libxml2                  2.6.11-5        GNOME XML library
ii  python-gnome2            2.6.1-1         Python bindings for the GNOME desk
ii  python-gtk2              2.4.1-2         Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii  python-numeric           23.7-1          Numerical (matrix-oriented) Mathem
ii  xlibs                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii  zlib1g                   1:1.2.2-3       compression library - runtime

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