[Bug 329648] Re: About Ubuntu page fails to report Ubuntu release info
Info is missing on my Intrepid system too. Through no explicit action on my part, I have LANG=en_US.UTF-8. A semi-related problem: In that same about-Ubuntu window, if you click on the about this document item in the right column of the window, you get a blank window instead of information.And an additional challenge in trying to make this a good report, when I right clicked on the about Ubuntu item in the System menu, nothing was offered. I was hoping for properties to help me track down where this stuff is (or isn't) coming from. Is this from gnome-about??? Drew ** Attachment added: Screenshot-Version and Release Numbers.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23892412/Screenshot-Version%20and%20Release%20Numbers.png -- About Ubuntu page fails to report Ubuntu release info https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/329648 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to yelp in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 329648] Re: About Ubuntu page fails to report Ubuntu release info
Here's a screenshot of the blank about this document panel. Drew ** Attachment added: Screenshot-Ubuntu - Linux for Human Beings!.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23892461/Screenshot-Ubuntu%20-%20Linux%20for%20Human%20Beings%21.png -- About Ubuntu page fails to report Ubuntu release info https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/329648 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to yelp in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 329648] Re: About Ubuntu page fails to report Ubuntu release info
Re-reading the earlier info in this bug report taught me the package involved is yelp. So, to see what would happen, I took a snapshot of what packages I have installed (sudo dpkg -l installed) and then used Synaptic to uninstall yelp. Somewhat to my surprise, the uninstall also nuked ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-doc and gnome-user-guide. Immediately after the uninstall, I reinstalled all 4 packages. sudo dpkg -l installed-2; diff installed installed-2 showed the package list to be exactly as it was before. For the record: d...@drew-laptop:~/dpkg$ grep yelp installed ii yelp 2.24.0-0ubuntu2 Help browser for GNOME 2 d...@drew-laptop:~/dpkg$ grep ubuntu-doc installed ii ubuntu-docs8.10.2 The Ubuntu Documentation Project d...@drew-laptop:~/dpkg$ grep ubuntu-desktop installed ii ubuntu-desktop 1.124 The Ubuntu desktop system d...@drew-laptop:~/dpkg$ grep gnome-user-guide installed ii gnome-user-guide 2.24.0+svn20080922ubuntu2 GNOME user's guide After the about steps, about ubuntu had disappeared from my System menu. So I rebooted and not only did the about Ubuntu menu item come back, but the missing info has materialized too. Some postinstall script that didn't run during the original installation? Looking back in my notes, this system started out with 8.04 (Hardy) and then I followed the instructions on http://www.ubuntugeek.com/upgrade- ubuntu-804-hardy-heron-server-to-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex.html to upgrade it to intrepid. Only other installation novelty I can think of on this system is its a WUBI install on top of Vista.Attached is the handsome and now correct looking release/version page. Drew ** Attachment added: Screenshot-Version and Release Numbers-good.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23893599/Screenshot-Version%20and%20Release%20Numbers-good.png -- About Ubuntu page fails to report Ubuntu release info https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/329648 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to yelp in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 329648] Re: About Ubuntu page fails to report Ubuntu release info
Attached is the handsome and now correct looking about this document page.So to summarize, I've described here a work-around for what apparently is an installation glitch. Use Synaptic (or probably any other apt/dpkg set of tools that you like) to remove and reinstall yelp, ubuntu-doc, ubuntu-desktop and gnome-user-guide, then reboot and the problem is solved. I wonder if there's a gentler solution like just reinstalling yelp or some such. Drew ** Attachment added: Screenshot-Ubuntu - Linux for Human Beings!-good.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23893675/Screenshot-Ubuntu%20-%20Linux%20for%20Human%20Beings%21-good.png -- About Ubuntu page fails to report Ubuntu release info https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/329648 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to yelp in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
