Wont start up. IndexError: string index out of range

I'm using gnome-schedule 2.1.1-3

Could you provide the output of:
$ atq

and at -c [job id] of the task, it might be that one of your scheduled at scripts are causing this bug. This is a one time task and the files for those are located in gnome-schedule/at. I don't necessarily recommend deleting everything in those folders thou.

- Gaute

174 Sat Aug 14 12:59:00 2010 a bash
185 Sat Aug 14 12:59:00 2010 a bash
172 Sat Aug 14 12:59:00 2010 a bash
189 Sat Aug 14 12:59:00 2010 a bash
188 Sat Aug 14 12:59:00 2010 a bash
127 Sun Aug 15 11:08:00 2010 a bash
204 Sat Aug 14 21:55:00 2010 a bash
183 Sat Aug 14 12:59:00 2010 a bash
175 Sat Aug 14 12:59:00 2010 a bash
186 Sat Aug 14 12:59:00 2010 a bash
177 Sat Aug 14 12:59:00 2010 a bash
187 Sat Aug 14 12:59:00 2010 a bash
173 Sat Aug 14 12:59:00 2010 a bash
176 Sat Aug 14 12:59:00 2010 a bash
201 Sun Aug 15 12:00:00 2010 a bash
179 Sat Aug 14 12:59:00 2010 a bash
181 Sat Aug 14 12:59:00 2010 a bash
191 Sat Aug 14 12:59:00 2010 a bash
192 Sat Aug 14 12:59:00 2010 a bash
125 Sun Aug 15 11:08:00 2010 a bash
124 Sun Aug 15 11:08:00 2010 a bash
180 Sat Aug 14 12:59:00 2010 a bash
178 Sat Aug 14 12:59:00 2010 a bash
184 Sat Aug 14 12:59:00 2010 a bash
126 Sun Aug 15 11:08:00 2010 a bash
190 Sat Aug 14 12:59:00 2010 a bash
203 Sat Aug 14 22:00:00 2010 a bash
123 Sun Aug 15 11:08:00 2010 a bash
171 Sat Aug 14 12:59:00 2010 a bash
122 Sun Aug 15 11:08:00 2010 a bash
182 Sat Aug 14 12:59:00 2010 a bash

bash@debian:~$ at -c 122
#!/bin/sh
# atrun uid=1000 gid=1000
# mail bash 0
umask 22
GDM_KEYBOARD_LAYOUT=us; export GDM_KEYBOARD_LAYOUT
GNOME_KEYRING_PID=24134; export GNOME_KEYRING_PID
USER=bash; export USER
SSH_AGENT_PID=24193; export SSH_AGENT_PID
ORBIT_SOCKETDIR=/tmp/orbit-bash; export ORBIT_SOCKETDIR
HOME=/home/bash; export HOME
XDG_SESSION_COOKIE=cea3fd00c80fb58c8ee4e20400000008-1281796053.947465-710316905; export XDG_SESSION_COOKIE
DESKTOP_SESSION=default; export DESKTOP_SESSION
GTK_MODULES=canberra-gtk-module; export GTK_MODULES
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/bash/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2; export GTK_RC_FILES
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-bDPui9TprC,guid=faa50bdf7dd7cd74bf4c18df0001f7b1; export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-lf04k7; export GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL
LOGNAME=bash; export LOGNAME
POSIXLY_CORRECT=enabled; export POSIXLY_CORRECT
USERNAME=bash; export USERNAME
GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=this-is-deprecated; export GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID
WINDOWPATH=8; export WINDOWPATH
GDM_LANG=en_CA.utf8; export GDM_LANG
SESSION_MANAGER=local/debian:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/24158,unix/debian:/tmp/.ICE-unix/24158; export SESSION_MANAGER
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games; export PATH
LANG=en_CA.utf8; export LANG
XAUTHORITY=/var/run/gdm3/auth-for-bash-LPs6ZK/database; export XAUTHORITY
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-lf04k7/ssh; export SSH_AUTH_SOCK
GDMSESSION=default; export GDMSESSION
GPG_AGENT_INFO=/tmp/seahorse-wed8UR/S.gpg-agent:24207:1; export GPG_AGENT_INFO
PWD=/home/bash; export PWD
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/gnome:/usr/share/gdm/:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/; export XDG_DATA_DIRS
PYTHONPATH=::/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-2.0/:; export PYTHONPATH
cd /home/bash || {
  echo 'Execution directory inaccessible' >&2
  exit 1
}
###### ---- GNOME_SCHEDULE_SCRIPT_DELIMITER #####
unset POSIXLY_CORRECT
DISPLAY=:0.0; export DISPLAY;
XAUTHORITY=/home/bash/.Xauthority; export XAUTHORITY;
PYTHONPATH=::/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-2.0/:$PYTHONPATH /usr/bin/python /usr/share/gnome-schedule/xwrapper.py a

xwrapper=$?;
if [ $xwrapper -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "all fine";
else
    echo "xwrapper failed.";
    exit;
fi
vlc ~/Music/RetsaM\ -\ You\ Just\ Want\ To\ Go\ \(Glacius\ Remix\).mp3

Could you try to replace /usr/share/gnome-schedule/at.py with the attached file.

It tries a simpler approach for trimming the script; for your reference, patch here: http://ix.io/185

- gaute

Please let me know if this solved the problem.

- gaute

The patch works well. Thanks :)

Tested with Ubuntu 10.04

Great! The patch is included in the newest release: http://gaute.vetsj.com/2010/09/16/gnome-schedule-2-1-2-released.html

- gaute

This bug has been marked as Fix Committed for over a year. If the fix has made it into Ubuntu, please mark this bug as Fix Released. If the fix has been released upstream, but not Ubuntu, create a new bug asking for the new version and tag it with upgrade-software-version. If this bug has not been fixed anywhere, change the status back to Confirmed.

I do not have an Ubuntu installation, and this package is well out of sync with upstream. This specific bug has been fixed in newer releases.

http://gaute.vetsj.com/2011/11/24/gnome-schedule-2-2-0.html

Regards, Gaute