[Bug 70595] gnome-panel crash restart cycle with bad recent documents

[toby dacre]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gnome-panel

Gnome-panel crashed when I was trying to extract a possibly suspect .iso

the panel restarted itself and the bug buddy popped up.  when I close
bug buddy gnome-panel restarted itself and again failed with bug buddy
making another appearance.

this only effected the account I had been playing with the .iso in other
accounts worked fine

I eventually traced this problem to the recent documents .recently-used.xbel
when I deleted this file the panel would launch and be 'bug free' however as soon as I opened a document .recently-used.xbel would be recreated complete with the problematic entry

deleting .recently-used.xbel and then logging out gave me a working
system again :)

this was a frustrating time as my system became pretty unusable eg
alt-f2 was not available.  I had to create launchers to get anywhere.

it would be good if this error could be caught and handled more
gracefully.

I think this may have been the problem entry


  <bookmark href="file://Xl%1A%08" added="2006-11-06T13:10:11Z" modified="2006-11-06T13:10:11Z" visited="2006-11-06T13:10:11Z">
    <info>
      <metadata owner="http://freedesktop.org">
        <mime:mime-type type="application/octet-stream"/>
        <bookmark:applications>
          <bookmark:application name="File Roller" exec="file-roller %u" timestamp="1162818611" count="1"/>
        </bookmark:applications>
      </metadata>
    </info>
  </bookmark>

** Affects: gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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gnome-panel crash restart cycle with bad recent documents
https://launchpad.net/bugs/70595