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Re: [Wlug] Re: Unsuccessfull installation of gDesklets...

by Jared Greenwald

Have you configured yum at all? I think the http://fedorafaq.org wesite has a good yum.conf file that you can just apply to your system. I was able to find many packages through yum with this config. There is also a way to install apt on redhat/fedora, which adds the deps checking automatically. We use this setup on our redhat el as 3 desktops at work for those that don't really want to track down all of those deps. -Jared On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:43:53 -0500, Ken Jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> wrote: > Before my plea could be published on the WLUG list Jared Greenwald > suggested that I look harder for a RPM version of gDesklets. I found > one in http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/packages.php > > It worked! > > Thanks everyone just for being there. > > Ken Jones > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

March 17, 2005

Re: Unsuccessfull installation of gDesklets...

by Ken Jones

Before my plea could be published on the WLUG list Jared Greenwald suggested that I look harder for a RPM version of gDesklets. I found one in http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/packages.php It worked! Thanks everyone just for being there. Ken Jones

March 17, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Unsuccessful installation of gDesklets

by Jared Greenwald

Question? Did you search yum for gdesklets? On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:49:36 -0500, Ken Jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> wrote: > You've piqued my interest in gDesklets. I am trying to install it with > no success. I am running Fedora Core 3. The README warns me not to > attempt to compile this package, but it offers me no alternative. > > I downloaded, unzipped and tar'd gDesklets-0.34.2.tar.bz2. I ran the > configure file. It failed for lack of pygtk-2.0. (see below) I > downloaded, unzipped and tar'd > pygtk-2.4.1.tar.bz2. This successfully compiled and installed. > > I even helped by modifying and exporting environmental PKG_CONFIG_PATH > But still gDesklets did not. Any ideas? > > -----snip of command [kjones@kjones-fedora gDesklets-0.34.2]$ ./configure > . > . > checking for pygtk-2.0 >= 2.4.0 pyorbit-2 >= 2.0.1 gnome-python-2.0 >= > 2.6.0... Package pygtk-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path. > Perhaps you should add the directory containing `pygtk-2.0.pc' > to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable > No package 'pygtk-2.0' found > > configure: error: Library requirements (pygtk-2.0 >= 2.4.0 pyorbit-2 >= > 2.0.1 gnome-python-2.0 >= 2.6.0) not met; consider adjusting the > PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a > nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them. > > --------------------- > I successfully installed pgytk-2.4.1. Here is the last step: > [root@kjones-fedora pygtk-2.4.1]# make install > Making install in codegen > . > . > make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. > make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. > make[2]: Leaving directory > `/home/kjones/downloads/FedoraCore3/pygtk-2.4.1/tests' > make[1]: Leaving directory > `/home/kjones/downloads/FedoraCore3/pygtk-2.4.1/tests' > [root@kjones-fedora pygtk-2.4.1]# > > I set PKG_CONFIG_PATH as suggested. > > [kjones@kjones-fedora pygtk]$ ls $PKG_CONFIG_PATH > pygtk-2.0 > [kjones@kjones-fedora pygtk]$ echo $PKG_CONFIG_PATH > /usr/bin/include > [kjones@kjones-fedora pygtk]$ > > Still no good. What do you think? > > Ken Jones > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

March 17, 2005

Unsuccessful installation of gDesklets

by Ken Jones

You've piqued my interest in gDesklets. I am trying to install it with no success. I am running Fedora Core 3. The README warns me not to attempt to compile this package, but it offers me no alternative. I downloaded, unzipped and tar'd gDesklets-0.34.2.tar.bz2. I ran the configure file. It failed for lack of pygtk-2.0. (see below) I downloaded, unzipped and tar'd pygtk-2.4.1.tar.bz2. This successfully compiled and installed. I even helped by modifying and exporting environmental PKG_CONFIG_PATH But still gDesklets did not. Any ideas? -----snip of command [kjones@kjones-fedora gDesklets-0.34.2]$ ./configure . . checking for pygtk-2.0 >= 2.4.0 pyorbit-2 >= 2.0.1 gnome-python-2.0 >= 2.6.0... Package pygtk-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing `pygtk-2.0.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable No package 'pygtk-2.0' found configure: error: Library requirements (pygtk-2.0 >= 2.4.0 pyorbit-2 >= 2.0.1 gnome-python-2.0 >= 2.6.0) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them. --------------------- I successfully installed pgytk-2.4.1. Here is the last step: [root@kjones-fedora pygtk-2.4.1]# make install Making install in codegen . . make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/kjones/downloads/FedoraCore3/pygtk-2.4.1/tests' make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/kjones/downloads/FedoraCore3/pygtk-2.4.1/tests' [root@kjones-fedora pygtk-2.4.1]# I set PKG_CONFIG_PATH as suggested. [kjones@kjones-fedora pygtk]$ ls $PKG_CONFIG_PATH pygtk-2.0 [kjones@kjones-fedora pygtk]$ echo $PKG_CONFIG_PATH /usr/bin/include [kjones@kjones-fedora pygtk]$ Still no good. What do you think? Ken Jones

March 17, 2005

SuSE 9.1 YaST2 online_update problem

by Chuck Noyes

Hi All, I just installed the SuSE SLES 9 (kernel 2.6.5-7.97). I can't get the 'YOU' utility to work. A box pops up asking for a username/password pair. I have this set up to run automatically every day at 5:00AM, but it fails with an error message "Unable to check for updates". If I run the YOU GUI by hand, a box pops up asking for authentication data (a username and password). During the installation of the O/S, it actually ran YOU successfully and downloaded some updates. I've looked at the /etc/sysconfig/onlineupdate file and I can't see anything obviously wrong. There is a password file in /var/lib/YaST2/you. I've tried using the root password, my personal password, but nothing works. What am I overlooking? Thanks, -Chuck

March 17, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Fetchmail

by Dennis Payne

> Surely you log in as just "foobar", no? > You have to have gotten through the domain name system > and be connected to a definite port on a definite IP > address before you even get the login prompt. I agree it should just be "foobar" but that doesn't work. All the instructions say to use the foobar(a)domain.com. Since they didn't ask me when designing the system, I have to live with what I got. Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com

March 17, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Problem starting gdesklets on login

by Andrew Robert

Hi Jared, That did it. Thanks for the help. Much appreciated. Jared Greenwald wrote: >yea, gnome-session-properties > > >On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:28:56 -0500, Eric 'Freak4u' Martin ><freak4uxxx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >>There's some setting that will exec programs on startup under gnome. >>It's in gnome, under sessions I think...I'm installing gnome right now >>so I can find it exactly. >> >> >>On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:50:54 -0500, Andrew Robert <arobert(a)townisp.com> wrote: >> >> >>>I am using gnome under FC3. >>> >>>Jared Greenwald wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>You using kde or gnome? >>>> >>>>On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:50:00 -0500, Andrew Robert <arobert(a)townisp.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Good morning everyone, >>>>> >>>>>I recently installed gdesklets on FC3 and it works fine except it does >>>>>not start automatically on login. >>>>> >>>>>I've tried saving the gnome session but the gdesklets are not captured. >>>>> >>>>>I've also tried automatinng the start by adding the call to my >>>>>.bash_profile file but that doesn't do the trick either. >>>>> >>>>>Does anyone know how to overcome this issue? >>>>> >>>>>Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>Thank you, >>>>>Andrew Robert >>>>>Systems Architect >>>>>Information Technologies - OpenVMS >>>>>Massachusetts Financial Services >>>>>Phone: (617) 954-5882 >>>>>Pager: (781) 945-1742 >>>>>E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com >>>>> >>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>Wlug mailing list >>>>>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>>>>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>Wlug mailing list >>>>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>>>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>-- >>>Thank you, >>>Andrew Robert >>>Systems Architect >>>Information Technologies - OpenVMS >>>Massachusetts Financial Services >>>Phone: (617) 954-5882 >>>Pager: (781) 945-1742 >>>E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Wlug mailing list >>>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >>> >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>Wlug mailing list >>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > -- Thank you, Andrew Robert Systems Architect Information Technologies - OpenVMS Massachusetts Financial Services Phone: (617) 954-5882 Pager: (781) 945-1742 E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com

March 16, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Problem starting gdesklets on login

by Jared Greenwald

yea, gnome-session-properties On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:28:56 -0500, Eric 'Freak4u' Martin <freak4uxxx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > There's some setting that will exec programs on startup under gnome. > It's in gnome, under sessions I think...I'm installing gnome right now > so I can find it exactly. > > > On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:50:54 -0500, Andrew Robert <arobert(a)townisp.com> wrote: > > I am using gnome under FC3. > > > > Jared Greenwald wrote: > > > > >You using kde or gnome? > > > > > >On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:50:00 -0500, Andrew Robert <arobert(a)townisp.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > >>Good morning everyone, > > >> > > >>I recently installed gdesklets on FC3 and it works fine except it does > > >>not start automatically on login. > > >> > > >>I've tried saving the gnome session but the gdesklets are not captured. > > >> > > >>I've also tried automatinng the start by adding the call to my > > >>.bash_profile file but that doesn't do the trick either. > > >> > > >>Does anyone know how to overcome this issue? > > >> > > >>Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. > > >> > > >>-- > > >>Thank you, > > >>Andrew Robert > > >>Systems Architect > > >>Information Technologies - OpenVMS > > >>Massachusetts Financial Services > > >>Phone: (617) 954-5882 > > >>Pager: (781) 945-1742 > > >>E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com > > >> > > >>_______________________________________________ > > >>Wlug mailing list > > >>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > >>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Wlug mailing list > > >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Thank you, > > Andrew Robert > > Systems Architect > > Information Technologies - OpenVMS > > Massachusetts Financial Services > > Phone: (617) 954-5882 > > Pager: (781) 945-1742 > > E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

March 16, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Problem starting gdesklets on login

by Eric 'Freak4u' Martin

There's some setting that will exec programs on startup under gnome. It's in gnome, under sessions I think...I'm installing gnome right now so I can find it exactly. On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:50:54 -0500, Andrew Robert <arobert(a)townisp.com> wrote: > I am using gnome under FC3. > > Jared Greenwald wrote: > > >You using kde or gnome? > > > >On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:50:00 -0500, Andrew Robert <arobert(a)townisp.com> wrote: > > > > > >>Good morning everyone, > >> > >>I recently installed gdesklets on FC3 and it works fine except it does > >>not start automatically on login. > >> > >>I've tried saving the gnome session but the gdesklets are not captured. > >> > >>I've also tried automatinng the start by adding the call to my > >>.bash_profile file but that doesn't do the trick either. > >> > >>Does anyone know how to overcome this issue? > >> > >>Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. > >> > >>-- > >>Thank you, > >>Andrew Robert > >>Systems Architect > >>Information Technologies - OpenVMS > >>Massachusetts Financial Services > >>Phone: (617) 954-5882 > >>Pager: (781) 945-1742 > >>E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Wlug mailing list > >>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > >>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >> > >> > >> > >_______________________________________________ > >Wlug mailing list > >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > > > -- > Thank you, > Andrew Robert > Systems Architect > Information Technologies - OpenVMS > Massachusetts Financial Services > Phone: (617) 954-5882 > Pager: (781) 945-1742 > E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

March 16, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Problem starting gdesklets on login

by Andrew Robert

I am using gnome under FC3. Jared Greenwald wrote: >You using kde or gnome? > >On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:50:00 -0500, Andrew Robert <arobert(a)townisp.com> wrote: > > >>Good morning everyone, >> >>I recently installed gdesklets on FC3 and it works fine except it does >>not start automatically on login. >> >>I've tried saving the gnome session but the gdesklets are not captured. >> >>I've also tried automatinng the start by adding the call to my >>.bash_profile file but that doesn't do the trick either. >> >>Does anyone know how to overcome this issue? >> >>Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. >> >>-- >>Thank you, >>Andrew Robert >>Systems Architect >>Information Technologies - OpenVMS >>Massachusetts Financial Services >>Phone: (617) 954-5882 >>Pager: (781) 945-1742 >>E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Wlug mailing list >>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > -- Thank you, Andrew Robert Systems Architect Information Technologies - OpenVMS Massachusetts Financial Services Phone: (617) 954-5882 Pager: (781) 945-1742 E-mail: arobert(a)mfs.com

March 16, 2005