[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 511511] Re: Can't launch file managers

[Robert Dyer]

Let me be quite blunt about why this bug is not fixed in Docky.  I
believe it is either a problem with Nautilus or whatever session manager
you use.  Here is my logic.

The bug only happens when Docky auto-starts, usually via a session
manager (gnome-session, etc).  Docky will inherit the environment *at
the point it starts*.  Thus, I believe the issue is that something in
the environment is not set prior to Docky auto-starting and Nautilus
will not work (without an explicit path passed in!) without whatever
that missing environment is.

So either, Nautilus has a bug and needs to be smarter and start without
that environment (seems reasonable to me... if I ask Nautilus to start,
why won't it show a window??).

Or you need a session manager smart enough to order the startup such
that Docky starts after whatever starts that sets up that missing
environment.

In either case, there is nothing Docky can do.  I have been kind enough
to not mark this a Invalid/WontFix, mostly so it shows up in our bug
list.  But basically I consider it a non-Docky bug and thus it is out of
my hands.

PS, this logic applies to any app having this issue such as Plank and
Slingshot.

I mean think about it people, Docky (plank/slingshot) is running the
command 'nautilus' (and you can indeed verify it runs this, and Nautilus
just exits).  What more can we possibly do?

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Title:
  Can't launch file managers

Status in Docky:
  Confirmed
Status in Plank:
  Confirmed
Status in Slingshot:
  New
Status in “docky” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Nautilus not start when i'm click to their icon
  Ubuntu 9.10
  [Info  12:32:49.634] Docky version: bzr docky r1083
  [Info  12:32:49.666] Kernel version: 2.6.31.16
  [Info  12:32:49.667] CLR version: 2.0.50727.1433

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