(SOLVED) Possible Cairo Dock bug?

TheFunk · n00b Joined: 24 Mar 2012 Posts: 8

I installed x11-misc/cairo-dock today from the Sabayon overlay. I also installed x11-plugins/cairo-dock-plugins from the same overlay. The program appears to have installed correctly, however it can't find the plugins folder. It appears to be looking for something in 'lib64/cairo-dock'. The leading slash mark isn't present in the directory name that was in the error, leading me to believe that there was a typo in the program. Although, I'm more apt to believe that I am more at fault for whatever is amiss here.

Output when running "cairo-dock -c" from the terminal:

aCOSwt · Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:19 pm Post subject:

With sabbayon's ebuild, your pwd must be /usr when you launch the docks.

BTW, warning : sabbayon's ebuild is faulty. It has critical problems in terms of hidden dependencies and, if I remember correctly, exhibits a major security warning at the end of the build.

I am trying to make my ebuilds for cairo-docks-3.1.2 make their way onto sunrise... but... It is a bit... hmmm... difficult.
I'll post them on glx-docks forum if I cannot succeed.
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TheFunk · n00b Joined: 24 Mar 2012 Posts: 8

Woah! It worked! Thanks, I tried the Quarks ebuild and it was doing the same thing, so I guess it has to launch from /usr as well. I didn't get a security warning, but even so, I haven't had time to configure iptables yet, so I 'll probably wait on your build to start using the dock, just to be safe. I knew I wasn't crazy!

Also for anyone else in a similar situation, don't run the dock without OpenGL if you use Compiz as a standalone manager, your window decorations will disappear and you will no longer be able to move or resize windows. CCSM will not help you as she is a cruel mistress who just wants to watch the world burn.
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Quarky · n00b Joined: 22 Dec 2012 Posts: 4

I added an updated version of cairo-dock-3.1.2 incl. the plugins to my overlay at http://www.startux.de/gitweb/quarks.git

It solved the lib64 /usr issue on one of my machines

Give it try!

TheFunk · n00b Joined: 24 Mar 2012 Posts: 8

Thanks! I gave it a go, but alas my system didn't like it as much as yours. It ran for a few moments without a problem, but then it added a black background directly behind the dock, and a moment later my X server crashed. I made a short script to run your version from /usr on startup though, and it appears to be working fine that way. One of these days I'll actually know enough about programming to be able to help out. I just need to dive into these books I've got sitting around.

Preemptive edit: running "cairo-dock -o 1> infofile 2> errorfile" seems to be a working solution...

The errorfile appears empty, which is good. The infofile contains just a line about gvfs not being present on dbus (not worried about it) and system monitor being broken (also not worried about it).

Edit: And here I thought I wouldn't have to edit this post. After fixing those two problems, which were specific to my system, the dock now works fine from any directory. Thank you Quarky!
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