Bug 766976 - gnome-shell is flooding ~/.xsession-errors with "this.icon is null" JS ERROR
Summary: gnome-shell is flooding ~/.xsession-errors with "this.icon is null" JS ERROR
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-shell
Version: 16
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Owen Taylor
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-12-12 21:33 UTC by Michal Jaegermann
Modified: 2013-02-13 20:12 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2013-02-13 20:12:45 UTC
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Description Michal Jaegermann 2011-12-12 21:33:42 UTC
Description of problem:

The following block repeats over and over (and over) in ~/.xsession-errors:

    JS ERROR: !!!   Exception was: TypeError: this.icon is null
    JS ERROR: !!!     lineNumber = '133'
    JS ERROR: !!!     fileName = '"/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/iconGrid.js"'
    JS ERROR: !!!     stack = '"(96)@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/iconGrid.js:133
([object _private_St_Bin])@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/iconGrid.js:150
([object Object],[object Array])@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/searchDisplay.js:397
_emit("search-completed",[object Array])@/usr/share/gjs-1.0/signals.js:124
([object Array])@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/search.js:434
("t")@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/search.js:390
("t")@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/searchDisplay.js:345
()@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/viewSelector.js:309
"'
    JS ERROR: !!!     message = '"this.icon is null"'

No indication what icon is causing such commotion and what user possibly can do about it. Even if this is somehow important then repeating that many times does not help at all.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-shell-3.2.1-2.fc16

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
Just try to start a desktop session.

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