MySQL Bugs: #48988: Output window is not opening

Bug #48988	Output window is not opening
Submitted:	23 Nov 2009 12:44	Modified:	25 Mar 2010 16:48
Reporter:	Geert Vanderkelen	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Workbench	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	5.2.8	OS:	MacOS (10.6.2)
Assigned to:	Alfredo Kojima	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
In Workbench Server Administration:

When there is an error connecting to the target database, there is a message saying to open the 'output' for details. But 'View > Advanced > Output Window' is not showing/opening anything (keystroke neither).

How to repeat:
* Open 'Manage Server Profiles'
* Open an instance > System Profile > Server Stats
* Put something "wrong" in 'get_mem_total' e.g. System Type is MacOSX, just put
    get_mem_total = sysctl hw.memsize
* Close the window, then open the instance.
* Status bar says:
  "Coult not connect to target database: error calling WbAdmin.openAdministrator: see output for details"

output window only visible in the context of a model document

This has been fixed

Is there currently any workaround for this? I see the bug has been fixed but it's not clear when the fix will make it into a release and meanwhile I can't connect to any of my servers and can't find out why, so I'm snookered and have had to revert to MySQL Administrator. I tried to find a file containing the output but failed.

You can create an empty model and open the Output view there. You can also view some debug messages in Console.app

output window has been changed to appear as a separate main tab (along with home, admin/query-sessions ...).
fixed in repository

A 'change' entry has been added to the 5.2.17 changelog:

The Output window only appeared in the Model context. MySQL Workbench has been changed so that the Output window now has its own tab on the main screen.