gok not starting with vnc, but starting with nx

[Francesco Fumanti]

Binary package hint: gok

System:
- headless celeronbox with an uptodate edgy desktop i386 upgraded from dapper
- remote connection through openssh, nx and vnc shipped with ubuntu

gok does not start when forwarding the session through vnc; here is what I get when I try to start it from the terminal:

frafu@UbuntuDesktop:~$ gok
GTK Accessibility Module initialized
Bonobo accessibility support initialized
/dev/js0: No such file or directory

** (gok:14590): WARNING **: Cannot open input device!

Segmentation fault (core dumped)
frafu@UbuntuDesktop:~$ gok &
[1] 14602
frafu@UbuntuDesktop:~$ GTK Accessibility Module initialized
Bonobo accessibility support initialized
/dev/js0: No such file or directory

** (gok:14602): WARNING **: Cannot open input device!

[1]+ Segmentation fault (core dumped) gok

However, when I login into the ubuntubox with nx, gok starts up. Here is what I get when I start it up from the terminal:

frafu@UbuntuDesktop:~$ gok &
[1] 8678
frafu@UbuntuDesktop:~$ GTK Accessibility Module initialized
Bonobo accessibility support initialized

** (gok:8678): WARNING **: Keyboard Geometry cannot be read from your X Server.
/dev/js0: No such file or directory
0 event types available
login mode = false
Word prediction dictionary contains a total of 2979 words
GTK Accessibility Module initialized
Bonobo accessibility support initialized
Usage:program_name [address][:port]

Have a nice day.

frafu

[Francesco Fumanti (frafu)]

Here is the dump from /var/crash corresponding to the vnc crash.

[Francesco Fumanti (frafu)]

I was told, that it was a duplicate of bug 42308 that can be found here:
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gok/+bug/42308

By the way, you can find in the comments of bug 42308 a link with an explanation about how to fix the problem.