I am getting an 'illegal value' error when trying to load a docset or check for updates

[buddylindsey]

I used default zeal from apt repository for ubuntu. Then I added the PPA and did another install. Both resulted in the same problems.

When I installed the app it started just fine and everything 'looks' fine. When I go to see a list of docsets I get an error saying illegal value

I thought maybe files were corrupted, so I went to check the folder the docsets were supposed to be in and there is nothing in them:

Finally, I thought maybe there might be a newer version so I tried the 'check for updates' button:

Any thoughts on how I can try to resolve this?

[buddylindsey]

And after a reboot zeal worked just fine. Odd.

I'll let a core dev close this so they can see it at least exists in case someone else hits it.

[trollixx]

Thanks for reporting! Zeal doesn't handle well any errors that occur during docset list retrieval. I need to look into that, and make it a reliable process.

[trollixx]

As I've said in #713 (comment) there's not much we can do here, other than improve the user experience a bit, and try to download the docset index again.

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