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Bug 262153 - gnome-extra/deskbar-applet-2.24.3 fails to load
Summary: gnome-extra/deskbar-applet-2.24.3 fails to load
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] GNOME (show other bugs)
Hardware: AMD64 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team
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Reported: 2009-03-11 16:13 UTC by Marcello Magaldi
Modified: 2009-04-24 18:44 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

See Also:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---


Attachments
deskbar-applet.strace (deskbar-applet.strace,1.02 MB, text/plain)
2009-03-25 19:46 UTC, Marcello Magaldi
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Description Marcello Magaldi 2009-03-11 16:13:11 UTC
I succesfully updated gnome to 2.24 and deskbar-applet to 2.24.3 but when I try to add this applet to my panel it tells me that the applet terminated unexpectly, letting me choose to reload or not the applet, If I choose to reload the error comes out again.
Tell me how can I find the exact error and tell me if you need further informations.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.emerge =gnome-extra/deskbar-applet-2.24.3
2. Right click to the panel -> Add to panel-> select Deskbar -> click Add
3.

Actual Results:  
deskbar-applet crashes on startup

Expected Results:  
deskbar-applet should not crash

 emerge --info
Portage 2.1.6.7 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.8_p20080602-r1, 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r8-x86_64-AMD_Athlon-tm-_64_X2_Dual_Core_Processor_5200+-with-glibc2.2.5
Timestamp of tree: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:45:01 +0000
distcc 3.0 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [enabled]
ccache version 2.4 [enabled]
app-shells/bash:     3.2_p39
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7-r1, 2.1.7
dev-lang/python:     2.5.2-r7
dev-util/ccache:     2.4-r7
dev-util/cmake:      2.4.8
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.18.1-r2
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.63
sys-devel/automake:  1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2
sys-devel/binutils:  2.18-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.26
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.27-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -msse3 -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config /var/lib/hsqldb"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -msse3 -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="ccache distcc distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/gentoo/ http://gentoo.lagis.at/ http://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/"
LANG="it_IT.UTF-8@euro"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1"
LINGUAS="it en en_US en_GB"
MAKEOPTS="-j8"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local/layman/sunrise /usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="3dnow 3dnowext X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 amr amrnb amrwb apache2 arts aspnet audiofile avahi bash-completion beagle berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 c++ cairo cdda cddb cdparanoia cdr chm cli cracklib crypt css cups cvs cxx dbus dri dts dv dvb dvd dvdnav dvdr dvdread eds emacs emboss encode epiphany esd evo exif expat fam fame ffmpeg firefox flac foomaticdb fortran ftp galago gdbm gif gimp glade gnome gnome-keyring gnome-print gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk guile hal hddtemp iconv id3tag imagemagick inotify ipv6 isdnlog java java6 javascript joystick jpeg kde ladspa lame latex lcms ldap libnotify libsamplerate live lm_sensors logitech-mouse lzo mad matroska midi mikmod mjpeg mmx mmxext mono mp3 mp4 mpeg mplayer mudflap multilib musepack musicbrainz mysql nautilus ncurses network nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin nuv nvidia odbc offensive ogg ogm opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl php png ppds pppd pulseaudio python qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime readline reflection samba scanner scrobbler sdl session shout smp sndfile socks5 sourceview spell spl sql sqlite sqlite3 sse sse2 ssl startup-notification subversion svg sysfs syslog taglib tcpd theora threads thunderbird tiff timidity truetype twolame unicode upnp usb v4l v4l2 vcd videos vorbis wavpack wma wmf wxwindows x264 xcb xcomposite xemacs xine xml xorg xulrunner xv xvid xvmc zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="it en en_US en_GB" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia vga vesa nv"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Comment 1 Marcello Magaldi 2009-03-12 07:00:49 UTC
If I launch  /usr/lib/deskbar-applet/deskbar-applet -w I get this output:

$/usr/lib/deskbar-applet/deskbar-applet -w 
03-12 07:55:33 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader WARNING  Class EpiphanyBookmarksHandler in file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/epiphany.py has missing requirements. Skipping.
03-12 07:55:33 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader WARNING  Class EpiphanyHistoryHandler in file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/epiphany.py has missing requirements. Skipping.
03-12 07:55:33 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader WARNING  Class EpiphanySearchHandler in file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/epiphany.py has missing requirements. Skipping.
03-12 07:55:33 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader WARNING  Class EvolutionHandler in file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/evolution.py has missing requirements. Skipping.
03-12 07:55:33 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader WARNING  Class GoogleHandler in file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/googlesearch.py has missing requirements. Skipping.
03-12 07:55:34 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader WARNING  Class MozillaBookmarksHandler in file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/mozilla.py has missing requirements. Skipping.
03-12 07:55:34 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader WARNING  Class MozillaSearchHandler in file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/mozilla.py has missing requirements. Skipping.
03-12 07:55:34 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader WARNING  Class MozillaHistoryHandler in file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/mozilla.py has missing requirements. Skipping.
03-12 07:55:36 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader ERROR    Error while initializing Modelli: Argument out of range
03-12 07:55:36 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader ERROR    Argument out of range
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "//usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/deskbar/core/ModuleLoader.py", line 179, in initialize_module
    module.initialize ()
  File "//usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/templates.py", line 192, in initialize
    templates_dir = deskbar.core.Utils.get_xdg_user_dir(deskbar.core.Utils.DIRECTORY_TEMPLATES)
ValueError: Argument out of range

anyway launching deskbar-applet like this  doesn't make the applet crash.

Comment 2 Adam Bowers 2009-03-12 12:10:51 UTC
I have the exact same issue.  My results are the same when running in a window.

Portage 2.1.6.7 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0, gcc-4.3.3, glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2, 2.6.28-gentoo-r3 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-2.6.28-gentoo-r3-x86_64-Intel-R-_Xeon-R-_CPU_X5460_@_3.16GHz-with-glibc2.2.5
Timestamp of tree: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:45:01 +0000
ccache version 2.4 [enabled]
app-shells/bash:     4.0_p10
dev-java/java-config: 2.1.7
dev-lang/python:     2.5.4-r2
dev-util/ccache:     2.4-r8
dev-util/cmake:      2.6.2-r1
sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.0
sys-apps/openrc:     0.4.3-r1
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.5
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.63
sys-devel/automake:  1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2
sys-devel/binutils:  2.19.1
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1
sys-devel/libtool:   2.2.6a
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.28-r1
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=core2 -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=core2 -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="ccache distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo"
LANG="en_US.utf8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1"
MAKEOPTS="-j8"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 avahi bash-completion berkdb branding bzip2 cairo caps cddb cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dvd dvdr eds encode exif fam ffmpeg flac fuse gdbm gif gnome gnome-keyring gnutls gpm gstreamer gtk hal iconv java java6 jpeg kerberos ldap libedit libnotify lzma lzo mad midi mmap mmx mng mono mp3 mpeg mudflap multilib nautilus ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ogg openal opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl png ppds profile pulseaudio python readline samba sdl session slang spell spl sse sse2 ssl startup-notification svg symlink sysfs syslog tcpd theora threads tiff truetype unicode usb vorbis wmf x264 xattr xml xorg xpm xulrunner xv xvid zeroconf zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nv vesa"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Comment 3 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-03-15 12:18:17 UTC
Could you guys list xdg components you have installed ?

$ eix xdg -I -c

my deskbar-applet seems to be failing to but for another reason (python 2.6).
Comment 4 Marcello Magaldi 2009-03-15 14:02:26 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)
> Could you guys list xdg components you have installed ?
> 
> $ eix xdg -I -c
> 
> my deskbar-applet seems to be failing to but for another reason (python 2.6).
> 


$ eix xdg -I -c
[I] dev-python/pyxdg (0.15@22/02/2009): a python module to deal with freedesktop.org specifications.
[I] x11-misc/xdg-utils (1.0.2-r1@21/02/2009): Portland utils for cross-platform/cross-toolkit/cross-desktop interoperability
Found 2 matches.
Comment 5 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-03-15 21:02:09 UTC
could you try pyxdg-0.17-r1 and xdg-utils-1.0.2-r2 ?
Comment 6 Marcello Magaldi 2009-03-16 06:54:17 UTC
(In reply to comment #5)
> could you try pyxdg-0.17-r1 and xdg-utils-1.0.2-r2 ?
> 

same issue also with pyxdg-0.17-r1 and xdg-utils-1.0.2-r2
Comment 7 Marcello Magaldi 2009-03-16 06:59:12 UTC
(In reply to comment #6)
> (In reply to comment #5)
> > could you try pyxdg-0.17-r1 and xdg-utils-1.0.2-r2 ?
> > 
> 
> same issue also with pyxdg-0.17-r1 and xdg-utils-1.0.2-r2
> 

could it be a problem since I have mono 2.0.1-r1 installed ? 
Comment 8 Marcello Magaldi 2009-03-19 07:39:15 UTC
I tried in a x86 machine with the same package versions (same gnome version, same mono version, ecc) and I don't have this issue, could it be a amd64-only issue?
Comment 9 Marcello Magaldi 2009-03-21 13:47:07 UTC
I tried deskbar-applet-2.24.2 , it crashes like .3 but running it in a terminal with -w argument, disabling all extensions and then add to panel seems to work.
Since .2 has debug use flag I was able to get debug info :
 /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/deskbar-applet -d 
03-21 14:41:17 root         INFO     Starting Deskbar instance: <gnome.applet.Applet object at 0x1529b90 (PanelApplet at 0x1585000)> OAFIID:Deskbar_Applet
03-21 14:41:17 deskbar.core.Keybinder INFO     Binding Global shortcut <Alt>F3 to focus the deskbar
03-21 14:41:17 deskbar.core.CoreImpl INFO     Successfully binded Deskbar to <Alt>F3
03-21 14:41:17 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Ricerca Yahoo!' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/yahoo.py.
03-21 14:41:17 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Suggerimenti Yahoo!' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/yahoo.py.
03-21 14:41:17 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Beagle Live' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/beagle-live.py.
03-21 14:41:17 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Twitter' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/twitter.py.
03-21 14:41:17 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'identi.ca' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/twitter.py.
03-21 14:41:17 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'File, cartelle e risorse' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/files.py.
03-21 14:41:17 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Web' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/web_address.py.
03-21 14:41:17 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader WARNING  Class EpiphanyBookmarksHandler in file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/epiphany.py has missing requirements. Skipping.
03-21 14:41:17 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader WARNING  Class EpiphanyHistoryHandler in file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/epiphany.py has missing requirements. Skipping.
03-21 14:41:17 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader WARNING  Class EpiphanySearchHandler in file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/epiphany.py has missing requirements. Skipping.
03-21 14:41:17 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Segnalibri del.icio.us' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/desklicious.py.
03-21 14:41:17 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Documenti recenti' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/recent.py.
03-21 14:41:17 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader WARNING  Class EvolutionHandler in file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/evolution.py has missing requirements. Skipping.
03-21 14:41:17 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Cambia finestra' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/iswitch-window.py.
03-21 14:41:18 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader WARNING  Class GoogleHandler in file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/googlesearch.py has missing requirements. Skipping.
03-21 14:41:18 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Azioni del computer' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/gdmactions.py.
03-21 14:41:18 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Suggerimenti Wikipedia' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/wikipedia-suggest.py.
03-21 14:41:18 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Google - Ricerca codice' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/googlecodesearch.py.
03-21 14:41:18 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Beagle' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/beagle-static.py.
03-21 14:41:18 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Note Tomboy' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/tomboy.py.
03-21 14:41:18 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader WARNING  Class MozillaBookmarksHandler in file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/mozilla.py has missing requirements. Skipping.
03-21 14:41:18 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader WARNING  Class MozillaSearchHandler in file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/mozilla.py has missing requirements. Skipping.
03-21 14:41:18 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader WARNING  Class MozillaHistoryHandler in file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/mozilla.py has missing requirements. Skipping.
03-21 14:41:18 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Programmi' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/programs.py.
03-21 14:41:18 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Dizionario' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/programs.py.
03-21 14:41:18 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Cerca file e cartelle' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/programs.py.
03-21 14:41:18 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Documentazione per sviluppatori' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/programs.py.
03-21 14:41:18 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Modelli' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/templates.py.
03-21 14:41:18 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Calcolatrice' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/calculator.py.
03-21 14:41:18 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Cronologia' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/history.py.
/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/deskbar/ui/preferences/DeskbarPreferences.py:44: GtkWarning: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated
  self.glade = gtk.glade.XML(join(deskbar.SHARED_DATA_DIR, "prefs-dialog.glade"))


Anyway deskbar applet 2.24.3 DOESN'T have debug use flag so I don't know how to give you more info from that version.
Comment 10 Alessandro Zigliani 2009-03-25 19:29:43 UTC
I don't know if it has anything to do with this, but I got trouble with deskbar-applet while updating from gnome 2.23. I couldn't update actually. 
First, I noticed that glchess could not run. Then I got a problem similar to yours (at this point I was still using deskbar-applet-2.23, while the rest of gnome was already 2.24). 
Running strace told me that some pycairo related files were missing, even though pycairo was installed (?).
So I reemerged pycairo and it was ok.
Try posting the strace output (in case, strace is a nice utility you can get with "emerge strace").
Comment 11 Marcello Magaldi 2009-03-25 19:46:24 UTC
Created attachment 186248 [details]
deskbar-applet.strace

strace of deskbar-applet execution.
Comment 12 Marcello Magaldi 2009-03-25 19:47:28 UTC
I tried to re-emerge pycairo but it didn't solve my problem anyway I attached the strace of deskbar-applet.
Comment 13 Harris Landgarten 2009-03-29 05:07:55 UTC
/usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/deskbar-applet -d -w
03-29 01:05:10 root         INFO     Starting Deskbar instance: <gnome.applet.Applet object at 0x2b53690 (PanelApplet at 0x2b7c000)> None
03-29 01:05:10 deskbar.core.Keybinder INFO     Binding Global shortcut <Alt>F3 to focus the deskbar
03-29 01:05:10 deskbar.core.CoreImpl INFO     Successfully binded Deskbar to <Alt>F3
03-29 01:05:10 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Tracker Search' from file /home/harrisl/.local/share/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/tracker-module.py.
03-29 01:05:10 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Tracker Live Search' from file /home/harrisl/.local/share/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/tracker-module.py.
03-29 01:05:10 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Google Code Search' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/googlecodesearch.py.
03-29 01:05:10 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Mail (Address Book)' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/evolution.py.
03-29 01:05:10 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Recent Documents' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/recent.py.
03-29 01:05:10 deskbar.core.Utils WARNING  Icon devhelp Load Error: Icon 'devhelp' not present in theme (or Icon 'devhelp' not present in theme)
03-29 01:05:10 deskbar.core.Utils WARNING  Icon `stock_unknown' is not present in theme
03-29 01:05:10 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader WARNING  Class DevhelpHandler in file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/programs.py has missing requirements. Skipping.
03-29 01:05:10 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Programs' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/programs.py.
03-29 01:05:10 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Dictionary' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/programs.py.
03-29 01:05:10 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Files and Folders Search' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/programs.py.
03-29 01:05:10 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader WARNING  Class BeagleHandler in file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/beagle-static.py has missing requirements. Skipping.
03-29 01:05:10 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Files, Folders and Places' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/files.py.
03-29 01:05:10 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'Wikipedia Suggest' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/wikipedia-suggest.py.
03-29 01:05:10 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader WARNING  Class BeagleLiveHandler in file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/beagle-live.py has missing requirements. Skipping.
03-29 01:05:10 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader WARNING  Class EpiphanyBookmarksHandler in file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/epiphany.py has missing requirements. Skipping.
03-29 01:05:10 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader WARNING  Class EpiphanyHistoryHandler in file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/epiphany.py has missing requirements. Skipping.
03-29 01:05:10 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader WARNING  Class EpiphanySearchHandler in file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/epiphany.py has missing requirements. Skipping.
03-29 01:05:10 deskbar.core.ModuleLoader INFO     Loading module 'History' from file /usr/lib64/deskbar-applet/modules-2.20-compatible/history.py.
/usr/libexec/deskbar-applet: No such file or directory.
Comment 14 Marcello Magaldi 2009-04-02 15:29:47 UTC
Now mine deskbar-applet doesn't crash anymore, I really don't know what was the problem since I've done a "emerge -e world" after upgrading to gcc-4.3.2-r3 ... 
Comment 15 Harris Landgarten 2009-04-11 21:41:19 UTC
After running python-updater after the python-2.6 update 83 packages with reinstalled and the problem went away.
Comment 16 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-04-19 22:31:18 UTC
Let's just assume this is fixed. Please don't hesitate to reopen this bug if you have any more issues.

Thanks
Comment 17 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2009-04-20 06:24:49 UTC
When will python-2.6 get stabilized? I thought it would take more time and, as deskbar-applet is already marked as "stable"... :-/
Comment 18 Daniel Gryniewicz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-04-21 15:47:19 UTC
deskbar-applet depends on >=python-2.4, so that's fine.
Comment 19 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2009-04-21 20:13:37 UTC
(In reply to comment #18)
> deskbar-applet depends on >=python-2.4, so that's fine.
> 

But python-2.6 is not stabilized, then, current deskbar-applet "stable" version doesn't work
Comment 20 Daniel Gryniewicz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-04-24 17:18:48 UTC
Let me be clear:
Current stable deskbar-applet (2.24.3) works fine with python 2.4.  There is no problem there.

During python upgrade, you must run python-updater to update *everything* installed against the old python to the new python, or random things break.
Comment 21 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2009-04-24 18:44:57 UTC
(In reply to comment #20)
> Let me be clear:
> Current stable deskbar-applet (2.24.3) works fine with python 2.4.  There is no
> problem there.
> 

I have re installed it (I uninstalled deskbar as wasn't working for me) and now works :-/

> During python upgrade, you must run python-updater to update *everything*
> installed against the old python to the new python, or random things break.
> 

I am sure I run it when I updated to python-2.5, anyway, as now seems to be working... ok and thanks for your attention :-)