Ubuntu
gnome-utils package

gdict-applet hangs with no network connection

Bug #25076 reported by Dave Gilbert
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-utils (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Sebastien Bacher

Bug Description

I *think* this is gdict-applets fault, but can't be sure - if I start my Gnome
desktop without a net connection
the panel startup hangs - and unhangs after ~30secs or so - and then
gdict-applet appears, so I assume it is that.

there is a bug (12973) about gnome-dictionary not working offline; but this is
different - this is a hang to desktop startup rather than something trivial like
not being able to use the dictionary.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug. What version of Ubuntu do you use? Do you have the issue if
you don't use the gdict applet?

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Dave Gilbert (ubuntu-treblig) wrote :

(In reply to comment #1)
> Thanks for your bug. What version of Ubuntu do you use? Do you have the issue if
> you don't use the gdict applet?

This is Breezy.

I've just tested a bit more; it is the gdict applet; if I remove it from the panel
my desktop starts up fine with no net connection.

If I pull the net string out of my switch and then just go to 'add to panel'
and select 'dictionary lookup' it takes quite a while for the app to appear - so
I suspect
this is the same symptom.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Vincent, is an applet supposed to be able to hang the whole panel like that?

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Vincent Untz (vuntz) wrote :

It's possible: if it blocks during the initialization. Note that the applet is
rewritten from scratch, so the bug might not appear in dapper ;-)

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Does anybody still have that issue with dapper?

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Dave Gilbert (ubuntu-treblig) wrote :

I've just tried it with Dapper and the problem has gone. Thank you.
Please close this bug.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for the comment, closing as fixed now

Changed in gnome-utils:
status: Needs Info → Fix Released
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