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

[23 Nov 2009 12:44] Geert Vanderkelen
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"
[23 Nov 2009 14:05] Johannes Taxacher
output window only visible in the context of a model document
[3 Mar 2010 12:56] Alfredo Kojima
This has been fixed
[3 Mar 2010 15:34] William Warby
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.
[3 Mar 2010 15:40] Alfredo Kojima
You can create an empty model and open the Output view there. You can also view some debug messages in Console.app
[25 Mar 2010 14:13] Johannes Taxacher
output window has been changed to appear as a separate main tab (along with home, admin/query-sessions ...).
fixed in repository
[25 Mar 2010 16:48] Tony Bedford
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.