electricsheep will not run in karmic

[Bryan Peters]

Binary package hint: compiz

1.
# cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"

2.
# apt-cache policy electricsheep
electricsheep:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.6.8-9ubuntu1
  Version table:
     2.6.8-9ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3. The screensaver is selectable in the Gnome screensaver properties, it has not once shown a "sheep" ~/.electricsheep has about 270MB of avi's in it from a previous installation of electricsheep in my previous Arch install. These should be completely interchangable. To ensure this was not the issue i moved the directory to a new name and tried again. (i deleted the deb off my system first and redownloaded it from the repo's)

after that i attempted to run it from the command line and get this error:

$ electricsheep
please be patient while the first sheep is downloaded...
lost contact with v2d6.sheepserver.net, cannot retrieve sheep.

4. No matter what the screensaver does not start.

[Bryan Peters (gnuisancev3-gmail)]

Same problem here:

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"

$ apt-cache policy electricsheep
electricsheep:
  Installed: 2.6.8-9ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.6.8-9ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.8-9ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.linux.duke.edu karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ uname -a
Linux karmic 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:05:01 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ electricsheep
please be patient while the first sheep is downloaded...
lost contact with v2d6.sheepserver.net, cannot retrieve sheep.

I have literally about 3GB of sheep downloaded manually in my ~/.electricsheep folder. I noticed there was also a ~/.sheep folder and I moved them there and attempted to start the screensaver, with the same error.

[Bryan Peters (gnuisancev3-gmail)]

Oh, and i've tried with compiz on and off.

[Eero (eero+launchpad)]

It will not work because 2.6 is deprecated and there are no servers for it. Check out bug 372040

[Fabrice Gabolde (fabrice-gabolde)]

I'm running the electricsheep package from Debian, on Karmic:

$ apt-cache policy electricsheep
electricsheep:
  Installed: 2.7~b12+svn20090708-1
  Candidate: 2.7~b12+svn20090708-1
  Version table:
 *** 2.7~b12+svn20090708-1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.6.8-9ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages

This version downloads sheep from the correct server. When run from the command line, it does display sheep in an mplayer window. However, when running as a screensaver, the screen remains blank and no sheep are ever displayed, even after a good while.

I'm running Compiz, but the bug can be reproduced when running plain metacity.

[Eero (eero+launchpad)]

Fabrice, Debian version has option "--zoom" or something like that in the screensavers script which you should remove. At least that's why it didn't work for me out of the box.

[Bruno Girin (brunogirin)]

Marking this bug as confirmed as I experience the same problem on my laptop. Full error log when running form command line is:

please be patient while the first sheep is downloaded...
curl: (6) Couldn't resolve host 'v2d6.sheepserver.net'
lost contact with v2d6.sheepserver.net, cannot retrieve sheep.

[Fabrice Gabolde (fabrice-gabolde)]

OK, a complete workaround (takes me from "can't connect and can't display") that works for me is to install the Debian packages and edit /usr/share/applications/screensavers/electricsheep.desktop (thanks Eero!) so that the "Exec" line reads:

Exec=electricsheep --root 0 --video-driver xv

Without changing the video driver, the sheep are not displayed in fullscreen. I'm not sure if that keeps the original aspect ratio, though.

[Bryan Peters (gnuisancev3-gmail)]

Where can i find this debian package? (64 bit)

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 6:00 AM, Fabrice Gabolde
<email address hidden>wrote:

> OK, a complete workaround (takes me from "can't connect and can't
> display") that works for me is to install the Debian packages and edit
> /usr/share/applications/screensavers/electricsheep.desktop (thanks
> Eero!) so that the "Exec" line reads:
>
> Exec=electricsheep --root 0 --video-driver xv
>
> Without changing the video driver, the sheep are not displayed in
> fullscreen. I'm not sure if that keeps the original aspect ratio,
> though.
>
> --
> electricsheep will not run in karmic
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459498
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “electricsheep” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: compiz
>
> 1.
> # cat /etc/lsb-release
> DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
> DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10
> DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic
> DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"
>
> 2.
> # apt-cache policy electricsheep
> electricsheep:
> Installed: (none)
> Candidate: 2.6.8-9ubuntu1
> Version table:
> 2.6.8-9ubuntu1 0
> 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> 3. The screensaver is selectable in the Gnome screensaver properties, it
> has not once shown a "sheep" ~/.electricsheep has about 270MB of avi's in
> it from a previous installation of electricsheep in my previous Arch
> install. These should be completely interchangable. To ensure this was not
> the issue i moved the directory to a new name and tried again. (i deleted
> the deb off my system first and redownloaded it from the repo's)
>
> after that i attempted to run it from the command line and get this error:
>
> $ electricsheep
> please be patient while the first sheep is downloaded...
> lost contact with v2d6.sheepserver.net, cannot retrieve sheep.
>
> 4. No matter what the screensaver does not start.
>

[Edward Karavakis (edward-karavakis)]

Hello Bryan,
check http://packages.debian.org/sid/electricsheep at the bottom of the page.

[Bryan Peters (gnuisancev3-gmail)]

much thanks

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Edward Karavakis
<email address hidden>wrote:

> Hello Bryan,
> check http://packages.debian.org/sid/electricsheep at the bottom of the
> page.
>
> --
> electricsheep will not run in karmic
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459498
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “electricsheep” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: compiz
>
> 1.
> # cat /etc/lsb-release
> DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
> DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10
> DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic
> DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"
>
> 2.
> # apt-cache policy electricsheep
> electricsheep:
> Installed: (none)
> Candidate: 2.6.8-9ubuntu1
> Version table:
> 2.6.8-9ubuntu1 0
> 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> 3. The screensaver is selectable in the Gnome screensaver properties, it
> has not once shown a "sheep" ~/.electricsheep has about 270MB of avi's in
> it from a previous installation of electricsheep in my previous Arch
> install. These should be completely interchangable. To ensure this was not
> the issue i moved the directory to a new name and tried again. (i deleted
> the deb off my system first and redownloaded it from the repo's)
>
> after that i attempted to run it from the command line and get this error:
>
> $ electricsheep
> please be patient while the first sheep is downloaded...
> lost contact with v2d6.sheepserver.net, cannot retrieve sheep.
>
> 4. No matter what the screensaver does not start.
>

[Bryan Peters (gnuisancev3-gmail)]

that throws a dependency error for flam3, by the way. and it's not in the
repositories as far as i can see.

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Edward Karavakis
<email address hidden>wrote:

> Hello Bryan,
> check http://packages.debian.org/sid/electricsheep at the bottom of the
> page.
>
> --
> electricsheep will not run in karmic
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459498
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “electricsheep” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: compiz
>
> 1.
> # cat /etc/lsb-release
> DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
> DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10
> DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic
> DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"
>
> 2.
> # apt-cache policy electricsheep
> electricsheep:
> Installed: (none)
> Candidate: 2.6.8-9ubuntu1
> Version table:
> 2.6.8-9ubuntu1 0
> 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> 3. The screensaver is selectable in the Gnome screensaver properties, it
> has not once shown a "sheep" ~/.electricsheep has about 270MB of avi's in
> it from a previous installation of electricsheep in my previous Arch
> install. These should be completely interchangable. To ensure this was not
> the issue i moved the directory to a new name and tried again. (i deleted
> the deb off my system first and redownloaded it from the repo's)
>
> after that i attempted to run it from the command line and get this error:
>
> $ electricsheep
> please be patient while the first sheep is downloaded...
> lost contact with v2d6.sheepserver.net, cannot retrieve sheep.
>
> 4. No matter what the screensaver does not start.
>

[Edward Karavakis (edward-karavakis)]

hm, you can use these one for flam3: http://packages.debian.org/sid/flam3 or according to http://community.electricsheep.org/node/51 there's a ppa for electricsheep and flac3 @ https://launchpad.net/~flam3/+archive/ppa
The packages for karmic are not there yet but I have used the intrepid ones and they're working fine on 9.10.
Cheers,
Eddie