[LDTP-Dev] [Bug 566048] New: ldtp.getapplist() always throws an exception

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  LDTP | ldtp | Ver: 1.4.0
           Summary: ldtp.getapplist() always throws an exception
           Product: LDTP
           Version: 1.4.0
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: ldtp
        AssignedTo: ldtp-maint at gnome.bugs
        ReportedBy: hrhass at gmail.com
         QAContact: ldtp-dev at lists.freedesktop.org
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


Please describe the problem:
When one call ldtp.getapplist() one get an exception.

Steps to reproduce:
In a python console type the following:
1. import ldtp
2. ldtp.getapplist()

Observe the exception.


Actual results:
An exception is thrown with following message:

<class 'ldtplib.ldtplibutils.LdtpExecutionError'>: 'Parsing XML error: not
well-formed (invalid token): line 1, column 360'


Expected results:
A list of all currently running applications.

Does this happen every time?
Yes.

Other information:
/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/ldtp.py in getapplist()
   2818         if _responseStatus [0] != 0:
   2819             raise LdtpExecutionError ('getapplist failed: %s' %
_responseStatus [1])
-> 2820         return parseobjectlist (_responseData [1])
   2821     except LdtpExecutionError, msg:
   2822         raise

/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/ldtp.py in parseobjectlist(xmldata)
    125             else:
    126                 print traceback.print_exc ()
--> 127         raise LdtpExecutionError ('Parsing XML error: ' + str (msg))
    128 
    129 def parsexml (xmlpacket):


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