Catfish search broken. Package does not function at all.

Bug #1655530 reported by Omadas
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Catfish
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Bug Description

~ $ catfish

(catfish:3117): Gtk-WARNING **: /build/gtk+3.0-6ZPWga/gtk+3.0-3.18.9/./gtk/gtkwidget.c:8456: widget not within a GtkWindow
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/catfish", line 42, in <module>
    catfish.main()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/catfish/__init__.py", line 74, in main
    window = CatfishWindow.CatfishWindow()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/catfish_lib/Window.py", line 168, in __new__
    new_object.finish_initializing(builder)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/catfish/CatfishWindow.py", line 124, in finish_initializing
    super(CatfishWindow, self).finish_initializing(builder)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/catfish_lib/Window.py", line 202, in finish_initializing
    settings = CatfishSettings.CatfishSettings()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/catfish_lib/CatfishSettings.py", line 43, in __init__
    self.read()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/catfish_lib/CatfishSettings.py", line 63, in read
    for line in open(self.settings_file):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/codecs.py", line 321, in decode
    (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x95 in position 1: invalid start byte

Tags: catfish
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Omadas (bsperger) wrote :

Added Python to bug report because of utf-8 decode error. Someone can correct me if I am wrong. However, most of the errors I am getting seem to have the .py extension error on them too, so I am wondering if the errors I am getting are extensions of that one error.

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Laureano (laureanogasparin) wrote :

My Catfish doesent search anything from today too.
Im on debian jessie. Catfish 1.2.2
I have a problem with locales, but don't know if that is the problem. all other apps work fine

output of terminal
$ catfish

(process:3764): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
 Using the fallback 'C' locale.

** (catfish.py:3764): WARNING **: Couldn't register with accessibility bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

** (catfish.py:3764): CRITICAL **: atk_object_set_description: assertion 'ATK_IS_OBJECT (accessible)' failed
Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.

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In , Bluesabre-1 (bluesabre-1) wrote :

From https://bugs.launchpad.net/catfish-search/+bug/1655530

~ $ catfish

(catfish:3117): Gtk-WARNING **: /build/gtk+3.0-6ZPWga/gtk+3.0-3.18.9/./gtk/gtkwidget.c:8456: widget not within a GtkWindow
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/catfish", line 42, in <module>
    catfish.main()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/catfish/__init__.py", line 74, in main
    window = CatfishWindow.CatfishWindow()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/catfish_lib/Window.py", line 168, in __new__
    new_object.finish_initializing(builder)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/catfish/CatfishWindow.py", line 124, in finish_initializing
    super(CatfishWindow, self).finish_initializing(builder)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/catfish_lib/Window.py", line 202, in finish_initializing
    settings = CatfishSettings.CatfishSettings()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/catfish_lib/CatfishSettings.py", line 43, in __init__
    self.read()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/catfish_lib/CatfishSettings.py", line 63, in read
    for line in open(self.settings_file):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/codecs.py", line 321, in decode
    (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x95 in position 1: invalid start byte

Sean Davis (bluesabre)
Changed in catfish-search:
importance: Undecided → Unknown
status: New → Unknown
Changed in catfish-search:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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In , Gitbot (gitbot) wrote :

Sean Davis referenced this bugreport in commit 741e4c56d9e88a0a81e681a1e7d3d23bb200cac4

Handle exceptions encountered while opening settings (bug #14491)

https://git.xfce.org/apps/catfish/commit?id=741e4c56d9e88a0a81e681a1e7d3d23bb200cac4

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In , Bluesabre-1 (bluesabre-1) wrote :

Fixed in the above commit.

Changed in catfish-search:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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