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[JD]

On 08/25/2012 04:11 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 08/25/2012 03:00 PM, M A Young wrote:
>>
>> That is a rather useless generic error message (from gnome-shell I
>> think) which doesn't give you a clue as to what actually went wrong, so
>> the bug report you found could be a for completely different problem.
>
> And, AIUI, there's no clear way to get any further information about 
> what happened or how to correct it.  IMAO, whoever decided that it was 
> a good idea to use such a useless error message should be taken out 
> and shot.  Never mind waiting until sunrise, just taken out and shot![1]
>
> [1]Anybody who can tell me where I got that line from gets a $25 
> dollar gift certificate for the Hidalgo Trading Company.[2]
> [2]Hint, hint, hint!
  :) :)
The way the apps are stacked so deeply upon lib after lib, by the time 
the failure
is returned to the calling app, the app has no ide what happened. The 
high library
stack is very likely to blame.