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desklets-daemon will not run - FIXED!

by Ken Jones

I found the answer to my problem in <http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=26681&page=4> All I needed to do was to "yum install gnome-python2-gnomevfs.i386" It took a while, but that's alright:-) Thanks everyone. Ken Jones

March 18, 2005

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

by Andrew Robert

Go to the DAG repository and you can pull it down via yum or apt depending on how you configure yourself. Jared Greenwald wrote: >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 >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >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 17, 2005

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