gDesklets won't load

[Tommy Prevatt]

I get this error when I try to run gDesklets from a terminal:

      tp@spidersense:~$ gdesklets
            Starting gdesklets-daemon...
            Connecting to daemon [ ### ]
            ================================================== ========[04/14/10-12:45:43]===
            Could not import tiling module!

            Cannot establish connection to daemon: timeout!
            The log file might help you solving the problem.

It says the log file may help, but there is not log file in ~/.gdesklets/logs

[Joe Sapp (sappj)]

What version of python? What version of gDesklets?

[Tommy Prevatt (tommyprevatt)]

Sorry,

gDesklets version is 0.36.1-4
Python python is 2.6.5

Thanks.

[Tommy Prevatt (tommyprevatt)]

I just found the 0.36.1-3 file on launchpad and tried installing it and it works for me.

Is there something I can do to help find the bug so it can be fixed?

[Joe Sapp (sappj)]

Are those Ubuntu versions? I would check the release notes or with the Ubuntu distributor to see what he changed between versions. Also, I would assign this bug to him...I believe there's a similar one out there already and your feedback would likely be helpful.

[kumm (kumm)]

I can confirm the bug, and the versions.
good: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdesklets/0.36.1-3ubuntu1
bad: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdesklets/0.36.1-4

A duplicate exists here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdesklets/+bug/563196

[kumm (kumm)]

sorry...
here is the duplicate: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdesklets/+bug/544840

[Bjoern Koch (h.humpel)]

OK, this looks like the "typical" ubuntu bug for the tiling module...

So, if you are compiling from source, please try the following steps in your gdesklets source code directory:

cd utils
ln -s .libs/*.so .
cd ../libdesklets/system
ln -s .libs/*.so .

This usually fixes the "Could not import tiling module!"

If you are using ubuntu (or any other distribution that ships gDesklets), please ask the appropriate bug list (like for ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdesklets ).

Putting this one into triage for a few days before closing it...