[Bugs] #1447 NORM: Display a message when an activity fails to start

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#1447: Display a message when an activity fails to start
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    Reporter:  wadeb        |          Owner:  tomeu            
        Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new              
    Priority:  Normal       |      Milestone:  0.88             
   Component:  sugar        |        Version:  Git as of bugdate
    Severity:  Unspecified  |       Keywords:                   
Distribution:  Unspecified  |   Status_field:  Unconfirmed      
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Comment(by wadeb):

 #1123 seems very relevant to this bug.  Here is the backtrace from the
 segfault for reference.

 {{{
 #0  PyErr_Fetch (p_type=0xbf93d39c, p_value=0xbf93d398,
 p_traceback=0xbf93d394) at Python/errors.c:235
 #1  0x00b1254f in dbus_py_variant_level_clear (self=0x9b2df80) at
 abstract.c:143
 #2  0x00b125f2 in DBusPyStrBase_tp_dealloc (self=0x9b2df80) at
 abstract.c:443
 #3  0x02064e34 in dict_dealloc (mp=0x9b341c4) at Objects/dictobject.c:911
 #4  0x02088155 in subtype_dealloc (self=0x9b2df6c) at
 Objects/typeobject.c:1006
 #5  0x02064e34 in dict_dealloc (mp=0x9b3402c) at Objects/dictobject.c:911
 #6  0x02088155 in subtype_dealloc (self=0x9a75b2c) at
 Objects/typeobject.c:1006
 #7  0x0207daa7 in tupledealloc (op=0x968e92c) at Objects/tupleobject.c:170
 #8  0x00df7121 in pyglib_error_check () from /usr/lib/python2.6/site-
 packages/gtk-2.0/glib/_glib.so
 #9  0x002cd984 in g_source_callback_unref (cb_data=0x9a283c0) at
 gmain.c:941
 #10 0x002cdf4e in g_source_destroy_internal (source=0x9adbbd0,
 context=<value optimized out>, have_lock=1) at gmain.c:720
 #11 0x002ce35b in g_main_dispatch (context=<value optimized out>) at
 gmain.c:1849
 #12 IA__g_main_context_dispatch (context=<value optimized out>) at
 gmain.c:2377
 #13 0x002d19e0 in g_main_context_iterate (context=0x90a2f80, block=<value
 optimized out>, dispatch=1, self=0x90a4e98)
     at gmain.c:2455
 #14 0x002d1e4f in IA__g_main_loop_run (loop=0x93f4e78) at gmain.c:2663
 #15 0x070e7c09 in IA__gtk_main () at gtkmain.c:1205
 }}}

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