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** Changed in: mir (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: mir (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1381398
Title:
Mir error messages from exceptions are not user-friendly
Status in Mir:
Triaged
Status in mir package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
Mir error messages from exceptions are not user-friendly.
Test case:
mir_demo_server_shell --vt 123
Expected: Some human-readable explanation about a failure to open VT
123
Observed:
ERROR:
/build/buildd/mir-0.8.0+14.10.20141010/src/platform/graphics/mesa/linux_virtual_terminal.cpp(272):
Throw in function int mir::graphics::mesa::LinuxVirtualTerminal::open_vt(int)
Dynamic exception type:
N5boost16exception_detail10clone_implINS0_19error_info_injectorISt13runtime_errorEEEE
std::exception::what: Failed to open current VT
2, "No such file or directory"[PN5boost18errinfo_file_name_E] = /dev/tty123
What shouldn't be visible: File paths, mangled symbol names, double-
colons or the words "throw" or "exception". These are all words useful
to programmers, but our target audience for the general activity of
starting a shell is users, not programmers.
What should be visible: Information that's meaningful without any
knowledge of the Mir source code; Some mention of "Failed to open VT",
and maybe "/dev/tty123", maybe "No such file or directory".
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