gdesklets doesn.t work

[dancer58]

I am using Ubuntu 8.04

gDesklets worked on 7.10 but will not load desklets on 8.04. I have removed and reinstalled using Synaptic Package Manager but still would not work

[Iulian Udrea (iulian)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. I have classified this bug as a bug in gdesklets.

Unfortunately we can't fix it, because your description didn't include enough information. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem. Could you please attach some logs files to the bug report? Please run gdesklets from a terminal and attach the log here. Do you get any errors that can help us to fix the bug?

Thanks!

[dancer58 (dancer581)]

harold@asus:~$ gdesklets
Starting gdesklets-daemon...
Connected to daemon in 1404 milliseconds.
harold@asus:~$ ./Shell/__init__.py:153: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.threads_init is deprecated, use gtk.gdk.threads_init instead
  gtk.threads_init()
/usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/ErrorFormatter.py:118: RuntimeWarning: Python C API version mismatch for module gtop: This Python has API version 1013, module gtop has version 1012.
  module = _old_imp(name, globs, locls, fromlist)
Connected to daemon in 105 microseconds.
Connected to daemon in 123 microseconds.

==========================================================[01/14/08-16:02:51]===
=== Unhandled error! Something bad and unexpected happened. ===

[EXC]
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/shell/ItemBrowser.py: line 114 __on_activate_item
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/Observable.py: line 45 update_observer
in ./DisplayBrowser/__init__.py: line 121 __on_activate
in ./gDeskletsClient/__init__.py: line 36 open_display
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/main/client.py: line 58 open_display
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/main/client.py: line 42 __send
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/xdr.py: line 75 recv
[EXC]/usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/xdr.py

[---] 70 chunk = ""
[---] 71 while (True):
[---] 72 try:
[---] 73 length = ord(s.recv(1))
[---] 74 except:
[ERR]> 75 raise XDRError
[---] 76
[---] 77 if (length): chunk += s.recv(length)
[---] 78
[---] 79 flag = s.recv(1)
[---] 80 if (flag == _CONT): continue
[---] 81

gDesklets Log:
Log messages of /home/harold/.gdesklets/logs/gdesklets%3A0.0.log
/usr/lib/gdesklets/main/__init__.py:118: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.threads_init is deprecated, use gtk.gdk.threads_init instead
  gtk.threads_init()
/usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/ErrorFormatter.py:118: RuntimeWarning: Python C API version mismatch for module tiling: This Python has API version 1013, module tiling has version 1012.
  module = _old_imp(name, globs, locls, fromlist)
/usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/ErrorFormatter.py:118: RuntimeWarning: Python C API version mismatch for module x11: This Python has API version 1013, module x11 has version 1012.
  module = _old_imp(name, globs, locls, fromlist)
/usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/ErrorFormatter.py:118: RuntimeWarning: Python C API version mismatch for module systray: This Python has API version 1013, module systray has version 1012.
  module = _old_imp(name, globs, locls, fromlist)
/usr/lib/gdesklets/gdesklets-daemon:119: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.threads_enter is deprecated, use gtk.gdk.threads_enter instead
  gtk.threads_enter()
/usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/ErrorFormatter.py:118: Warning: instance with invalid (NULL) class pointer
  module = _old_imp(name, globs, locls, fromlist)
/usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/ErrorFormatter.py:118: Warning: g_signal_handlers_destroy: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
  module = _old_imp(name, globs, locls, fromlist)

[Christian Meyer (chrisime)]

RuntimeWarning: Python C API version mismatch for module tiling
...
means python glue lib doesn't match
Maybe you have another copy of gdesklets somewhere else on your system. ->
NOTABUG
Otherwise I've already seen this problem somewhere else on
launchpad.net(bugs). -> DUPLICATE

[dancer58 (dancer581)]

I installed gdesklets on my laptop, which is running Gutsy, and it installed ok so I coppied the .deb install files from cache and installed them on my desktop but had the same problem. I would have to assume that the update on Herron must break gdesklets.

Harold

[Christian Meyer (chrisime)]

ok, seems to be a duplicate then

[Robert Kubík (Pastierovič) (just-me)]

dancer58 wrote:
> I installed gdesklets on my laptop, which is running Gutsy, and it
> installed ok so I coppied the .deb install files from cache and
> installed them on my desktop but had the same problem. I would have to
> assume that the update on Herron must break gdesklets.
>
> Harold
>
>
That's wrong. That .deb package was compiled for Gutsy configuration.
Use the .deb for Hardy Heron instead (if it's available) or compile it
from source.

Robo

[Iulian Udrea (iulian)]

I couldn't find any duplicates of this bug. If it is really a dup please mark it.

Thank you!

[Tim Besard (maleadt)]

I am having the same problem, with the "official" Hardy package. gDesklets log:

Log messages of /home/tim/.gdesklets/logs/gdesklets%3A0.0.log
/usr/lib/gdesklets/main/__init__.py:118: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.threads_init is deprecated, use gtk.gdk.threads_init instead
  gtk.threads_init()
/usr/lib/gdesklets/gdesklets-daemon:119: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.threads_enter is deprecated, use gtk.gdk.threads_enter instead
  gtk.threads_enter()
/usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/ErrorFormatter.py:118: Warning: instance with invalid (NULL) class pointer
  module = _old_imp(name, globs, locls, fromlist)
/usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/ErrorFormatter.py:118: Warning: g_signal_handlers_destroy: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
  module = _old_imp(name, globs, locls, fromlist)

gDesklets output:

tim@tim-desktop:/usr/lib/gdesklets$ ./Shell/__init__.py:153: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.threads_init is deprecated, use gtk.gdk.threads_init instead
  gtk.threads_init()
Verbonden met daemon in 115 microseconden.
Verbonden met daemon in 124 microseconden.

==========================================================[02/20/08-16:06:58]===
=== Unhandled error! Something bad and unexpected happened. ===

[EXC]
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/shell/ItemBrowser.py: line 114 __on_activate_item
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/Observable.py: line 45 update_observer
in ./DisplayBrowser/__init__.py: line 121 __on_activate
in ./gDeskletsClient/__init__.py: line 36 open_display
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/main/client.py: line 58 open_display
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/main/client.py: line 42 __send
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/xdr.py: line 75 recv
[EXC]/usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/xdr.py

[---] 70 chunk = ""
[---] 71 while (True):
[---] 72 try:
[---] 73 length = ord(s.recv(1))
[---] 74 except:
[ERR]> 75 raise XDRError
[---] 76
[---] 77 if (length): chunk += s.recv(length)
[---] 78
[---] 79 flag = s.recv(1)
[---] 80 if (flag == _CONT): continue
[---] 81

Does not seems a dup for me, as the fix mentioned in the other bug (replace env python by env python2.4, as python 2.5 causes the breakage) does not work, sadly.

[dancer58 (dancer581)]

Just a point of interest

I am using Hardy alpha4/python-2.5.1-6 and have gDesklets .36beta and it is working for the calender. I used (./configure, make && checkinstall -D) to build a .deb file and have used it a couple of times.

I did move gDesklets-data files to .gdesklets so they could be found

Hope this is useful

Harold