If a .desktop file contains a line that does not have a key=value, # or [ as leading characters TLDC will crash with a stacktrace in tlwebadm.log: > code 500, message Internal error on page '/desktop/' > 'GET /desktop/ HTTP/1.1' 500 - > ---------------------------------------- > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/opt/thinlinc/modules/thinlinc/xdg/IniFile.py", line 77, in parse > key, value = line.split("=", 1) > ValueError: not enough values to unpack (expected 2, got 1) > > During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/opt/thinlinc/modules/thinlinc/tlwebadm/server.py", line 162, in post_or_get > OooO0O00o0 , OOo = getattr ( IIiII11I , action ) ( I11ii1IiIii , query , OooO0O00o0 ) > File "/opt/thinlinc/modules/thinlinc/tlwebadm/main.py", line 130, in do_GET > self . _GET_METHODS . get ( page_name , self . error_404 ) ( query ) ) > File "/opt/thinlinc/modules/thinlinc/tlwebadm/desktop.py", line 74, in home > selfdefined = False ) ) > File "/opt/thinlinc/modules/thinlinc/tl_desktop/apps.py", line 64, in get_applications > ii1Ii ( i11IiIIiii1II , o00 , i11IiIIiii1II ) > File "/opt/thinlinc/modules/thinlinc/tl_desktop/apps.py", line 45, in ii1Ii > I1i = i1ii1 ( basedir , os . path . join ( oOoo0 , Iio0 ) ) > File "/opt/thinlinc/modules/thinlinc/tl_desktop/apps.py", line 27, in __init__ > self . parse ( self . path ) > File "/opt/thinlinc/modules/thinlinc/xdg/DesktopEntry.py", line 49, in parse > IniFile.parse(self, file, ["Desktop Entry", "KDE Desktop Entry"]) > File "/opt/thinlinc/modules/thinlinc/xdg/IniFile.py", line 79, in parse > raise ParsingError("Invalid line: " + line, filename) > thinlinc.xdg.Exceptions.ParsingError: ParsingError in file '/usr/share/applications/screensavers/cosmos-slideshow.desktop', Invalid line: asd > ---------------------------------------- In the browser the admin will see: > Error response > Error code: 500 > Message: Internal error on page '/desktop/'. > Error code explanation: 500 - Server got itself in trouble. We should probably handle this a bit more graceful and not serve a HTTP 500 which is far from user friendly.
This problem was reported by a user on the community, https://community.thinlinc.com/t/web-customizer-server-error/353/13 The file in question that gave the problem was /usr/share/applications/screensavers/glitchpeg.desktop that comes from the package xscreensaver-data-extra
