I'd bet money on it being the same issue. ;-) In terms of gnome-orca: I'm the co-maintainer. We've not changed anything w.r.t. how help is launched. And yet suddenly, in Natty, I get the same error you do for gnome-panel. And I get that same issue for other gnome apps. Add to the list:
* gcalctool * aisleriot solitaire * shotwell * epiphany * [...] In every last case, it's "The specified location is not supported." The exception type happens to be gio.Error, but in a dialog box (as opposed to a traceback), you don't see the "gio.Error." ** Also affects: yelp Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/695260 Title: help cannot be displayed for multiple apps in natty -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs