Public bug reported: Running: 16.04.1 LTS
kde-runtime: Installed: 4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1 To reproduce: Enter info:/coreutils/Top into the konqueror URL bar. Expected result: Konqueror displays relevant info page. Actual result: The following error message is displayed: " The requested operation could not be completed Cannot Initiate the info Protocol Technical Reason: Unable to Launch Process ..." (attached in full) This appears to be the same bug as reported upstream here: https://bugs.kde.org/359015 Applying the patch in the above report to /usr/share/kde4/apps/kio_info /kde-info2html seems to fix the problem: @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ next if $looking && !/\* Menu/; $looking = 0; my @item = &ParseMenuItem($_,'dir'); - if (!defined(@item)) { next } + if (!@item) { next } my ($MenuLinkTag, $MenuLinkFile, $MenuLinkRef, $MenuLinkText) = @item; if ($MenuLinkRef eq $FileName) { &Redirect($MenuLinkFile, $MenuLinkTag); @@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ sub MenuItem2HTML { my ($Line, $BaseInfoFile) = @_; my @parse_results = &ParseMenuItem($Line, $BaseInfoFile); - if (!defined (@parse_results)) { return $Line; } + if (!@parse_results) { return $Line; } my ($MenuLinkTag, $MenuLinkFile, $MenuLinkRef, $MenuLinkText) = @parse_results; #-- produce a HTML line return "<tr class=\"infomenutr\"><td class=\"infomenutd\" style=\"width:30%\"><ul><li><a href=\"info:/$MenuLinkFile/$MenuLinkTag\">$MenuLinkRef</a></ul></td><td class=\"infomenutd\">$MenuLinkText"; Note: I've reported this to kde-runtime, because: dpkg -S /usr/share/kde4/apps/kio_info/kde-info2html states that kde-runtime is "responsible" for this file. If I've reported it in the wrong place, I apologise. ** Affects: kde-runtime (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: konqueror ** Attachment added: "full error message" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1613851/+attachment/4722217/+files/konqueror_error_message_info -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kde-runtime in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1613851 Title: konqueror info protocol no longer works To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde-runtime/+bug/1613851/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
