Adesklets not working in 9.10

[Tony Kernan]

Binary package hint: adesklets

I just upgraded to 9.10 and now adesklets is not working. I realize 9.10 is still in alpha. Adesklets worked fine with 9.04.

Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./weatherforecast.py", line 337, in <module>
Events(dirname(__file__)).pause()
File "./weatherforecast.py", line 98, in __init__
adesklets.Events_handler.__init__(self)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/adesklets/events_handler.py", line 158, in __init__
self._alarm()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/adesklets/events_handler.py", line 296, in _alarm
timeout=self.alarm()
File "./weatherforecast.py", line 144, in alarm
self._display()
File "./weatherforecast.py", line 248, in _display
adesklets.context_set_font(adesklets.load_font('Ve ra/%d' % self.config['location_font_size']))
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/adesklets/commands.py", line 706, in load_font
return comm.out()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/adesklets/commands_handler.py", line 103, in out
raise ADESKLETSError(4,message)
adesklets.error_handler.ADESKLETSError: adesklets command error - font 'Vera/10' could not be loaded

[Tony Kernan (ackernan)]

After many updates I still get following error. Adesklets was working fine with Jaunty.

tony@tony-laptop:~/download/weatherforecast-0.2.2$ ./weatherforecast.py
Do you want to (r)egister this desklet or to (t)est it? t
Now testing...
============================================================
If you do not see anything (or just an initial flicker
in the top left corner of your screen), try `--help',
and see the FAQ: `info adesklets'.
============================================================
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./weatherforecast.py", line 337, in <module>
    Events(dirname(__file__)).pause()
  File "./weatherforecast.py", line 98, in __init__
    adesklets.Events_handler.__init__(self)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/adesklets/events_handler.py", line 158, in __init__
    self._alarm()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/adesklets/events_handler.py", line 296, in _alarm
    timeout=self.alarm()
  File "./weatherforecast.py", line 144, in alarm
    self._display()
  File "./weatherforecast.py", line 248, in _display
    adesklets.context_set_font(adesklets.load_font('Vera/%d' % self.config['location_font_size']))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/adesklets/commands.py", line 706, in load_font
    return comm.out()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/adesklets/commands_handler.py", line 103, in out
    raise ADESKLETSError(4,message)
adesklets.error_handler.ADESKLETSError: adesklets command error - font 'Vera/10' could not be loaded

[Tony Kernan (ackernan)]

I did a new install of 9.10, final release, adesklets does not work.

[morphias (ajfunmanns1)]

Using the final build of Ubuntu 9.10, 64 bit and got the following dump when using Weather 0.0.5 (but other plugins are having similar dumps)...
=================
m0rph1as@m0rph1as-laptop:~/Apps/desklets/weather-0.0.5$ ./weather.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./weather.py", line 52, in <module>
    import adesklets
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/adesklets/__init__.py", line 30, in <module>
    from adesklets.initializer import _Initializer
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/adesklets/initializer.py", line 13, in <module>
    from children_handler import _Children_handler
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/adesklets/children_handler.py", line 5, in <module>
    from signal_handler import Signal_handler
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/adesklets/signal_handler.py", line 12, in <module>
    class Signal_handler:
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/adesklets/signal_handler.py", line 20, in Signal_handler
    func = posix_signal.signal
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'signal'
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by looking at the common issue with adesklets, it seems as if posix_signal is the common errorornous object. I am going to do some tweaks and post my findings.

[ojb (olejorgenb)]

I fixed this (in debian testing though) by installing ttf-bitstream-vera