xSPIM application does not start

[Paul Stewart]

I installed xSPIM from the Ubuntu Software Centre.

I rebooted my machine.

I went to the menu Applications-Science-xSPIM and clicked on it.
Nothing happens, the application does not start
I ran the 'top' command in the terminal and the application does not appear to be in the list.

Work-around (doesn't work with all the Ubuntu releases): Write into the terminal "sudo apt-get install xfonts-75dpi xfonts-100dpi"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: spim 8.0+dfsg-5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Aug 10 10:11:45 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: spim
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Paul Stewart (paulbrianstewart)]

I downloaded the code from launchpad using the command
bzr branch lp:ubuntu/natty/spim

Then, following the instructions in the README file I tried to make the code.

I got the following error.

gcc -m32 -g -I. -I../CPU -Dlinux -D__i386__ -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199309L -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_SVID_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DFUNCPROTO=15 -DNARROWPROTO `cat configuration` -DTEXT_SIZE=65536 -DDATA_SIZE=131072 -DK_TEXT_SIZE=65536 -DDEFAULT_EXCEPTION_HANDLER="\"/usr/lib/spim/exceptions.s\"" -DSPIM_VERSION="\"`cat ../VERSION`\"" -c -o spim-utils.o ../CPU/spim-utils.c
In file included from /usr/include/features.h:388:0,
                 from /usr/include/stdio.h:28,
                 from ../CPU/spim-utils.c:34:
/usr/include/gnu/stubs.h:7:27: fatal error: gnu/stubs-32.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make: *** [spim-utils.o] Error 1

[Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)]

The problem is caused by the absence of the "xfonts-75dpi" and "xfonts-100dpi" in the package dependencies list, since many students in the Jaume I University (uji.es) noticed that after installing these dependencies xspim worked again.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

Maco
On Nov 1, 2011 11:15 PM, "Alberto Salvia Novella" <email address hidden>
wrote:

> The problem is caused by the absence of the "xfonts-75dpi" and "xfonts-
> 100dpi" in the package dependencies list, since many students in the
> Jaume I University (uji.es) noticed that after installing these
> dependencies xspim worked again.
>
> ** Attachment added: "Discursion in Jaume I University"
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/spim/+bug/824084/+attachment/2582401/+files/Conversation%20%28ES%29.pdf
>
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>
> Title:
> xSPIM application does not start
>
> Status in “spim” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I installed xSPIM from the Ubuntu Software Centre.
>
> I rebooted my machine.
>
> I went to the menu Applications-Science-xSPIM and clicked on it.
> Nothing happens, the application does not start
> I ran the 'top' command in the terminal and the application does not
> appear to be in the list.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: spim 8.0+dfsg-5
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic x86_64
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Wed Aug 10 10:11:45 2011
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64
> (20110427.1)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_US:en
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: spim
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/spim/+bug/824084/+subscriptions
>

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

Thanks! I'll look into adding those dependencies, but a new Qt-based
interface has recently become available which may not require it in the
next release. Should still be able to fix the dependencies for the released
version though.

[Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)]

Still there, till 13.04.

[Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)]

The workaround is not working in Ubuntu 13.04.

[Ma Hsiao-chun (mahsiaochun)]

I guess another subtle bug, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfonts-100dpi/+bug/904043 , makes the origin workaround useless now.

Another workaround might be start xspim with "xspim -font 6x10"