gdesklets broken since last update

[timosha]

Binary package hint: gdesklets

Since last update gdesklets don't start anymore.

When starting in a terminal the message "Could not import tiling module!", then it tries to connect to a daemon, then it hangs.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Mar 23 08:07:32 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gdesklets 0.36.1-4
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-15.22-generic
SourcePackage: gdesklets
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-15-generic i686

[timosha (timosha)]

Problem solved with reverting to version 0.36.1-3

[skiwithpete (workwithpete)]

how do I revert to 0.36.1-3?

[kumm (kumm)]

Revert steps:
1. download .deb from here: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36963616/gdesklets_0.36.1-3ubuntu1_i386.deb
(for find for your architecture, for example amd64 here: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdesklets/0.36.1-3ubuntu1)

2. install.
>sudo dpkg -i <downloadedfile>

3. Mark it for hold at upgrades
>sudo apt-get install wajig
>sudo wajig hold gdesklets

After the fix released, you can unhold the package with:
>sudo wajig unhold gdesklets

[meral (meral)]

Reverting is not a good idea since firstly it does not solve the problem and secondly if you have an AMD64 architecture, you'd have to compile gdesklets_0.36.1-3ubuntu1 from source which depends on a whole lot of development packages (totalling over 200MB).

[kumm (kumm)]

I use AMD64, without any depend problems and compiles.
binary package here: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36995611/gdesklets_0.36.1-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb

[Seth Massey (jsethmassey)]

I get the same "Could not import tiling module!" message trying to run gdesklets 0.36.1-4 on a fresh install of lucid amd64. Haven't tried to revert yet.

The log file (attached) doesn't look too interesting to me, but I'm a noob so what do I know...

[Linuxboy (linuxboy)]

In Ubuntu LUCID LYNX the problem with "Could not import tiling module!" seems to be a fault caused by the wrong version of python (seems that this module is present under older version of python and lucid has 2.6.5).

Read here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?format=multiple&id=498268.

Solution with LUCID LYNX:

Download the sources of package gdesklets and apply the following patch, then rebuild the package and install it.

--- gDesklets-0.36.1/utils/ErrorFormatter.py 2008-03-19 16:00:59.000000000 -0700
+++ gDesklets-0.36.1.new/utils/ErrorFormatter.py 2009-05-12 22:32:47.000000000 -0700
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@
 # give us an absolute path.
 #
 _old_imp = __import__
-def _new_imp(name, globs = {}, locls = {}, fromlist = []):
+def _new_imp(*args, **kwargs):

- module = _old_imp(name, globs, locls, fromlist)
+ module = _old_imp(*args, **kwargs)
     # builtin modules have no "__file__" attribute, so we have to check for it
     if (module):
         if (hasattr(module, "__file__")):

[Joe Sapp (sappj)]

See bug #563196 for a proposed solution. And if you're going to go so far as to compile gDesklets from source, at least download 0.36.2 (http://archive.gdesklets.info/gDesklets/gDesklets-0.36.2.tar.bz2). I believe this issue has been fixed.

[lupita sosa De alba (dealbalupita)]

Excuse me, where exactly do I apply this patch? What's "sources of package"? Thank you.