can't get gdesklets working

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bigfam · Post by **bigfam** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:54 pm

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/gdesklets/factory/DisplayFactory.py", line 101, in create_display
dsp.new_child(childtype, settings, children)
File "/usr/lib/gdesklets/display/Display.py", line 214, in new_child
self.__group = targetregistry.create(childtype, self)
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'create'

gdesklet emerged fine, i can start it, but whenever i launch any desklet i get the same error, i noticed in the gentoo thread on the gdesklet forum a few other people are having the same problem but alas there is no fix over there, so i thought id try here..

i even downloaded the source and compiled that...same error

servermonk · Post by **servermonk** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:00 pm

What version of gdesklets are you running? Also, what version of python?

bigfam · Post by **bigfam** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:15 pm

latest version of gdesklet...
python no idea, whatever one portage downloaded in past week

servermonk · Post by **servermonk** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:58 pm

Latest as in 0.33.1? or non ~x86 latest version 0.26.2 (or is it 0.32 now?)?
If you have resently upgraded python run "python-updater". then run python-config and tell us what it says.

bigfam · Post by **bigfam** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 12:26 am

yeah 0.33.1...

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root@BIGFAM bigfam # python-updater
 * Starting Python Updater from 2.2 to 2.3 :
 * Searching for packages with files in /usr/lib/python2.2 ..
 * Calculating Upgrade Package List ..
 * Re-ordering packages to merge ..
 * Preparing to merge these packages in this order:
 * Python update completed successfully.
root@BIGFAM bigfam #

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root@BIGFAM bigfam # python-config
-lpython2.3 -lm -L/usr/lib/python2.3/config 
root@BIGFAM bigfam #

i installed 0.26.2
and now get

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root@BIGFAM bigfam # gdesklets
Error loading target html
/usr/bin/gdesklets:65: DeprecationWarning: the 'argc' parameter is optional and deprecated
  client.set_restart_command(1, [sys.argv[0]])
gDesklets 0.26.2
Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 The gDesklets Team

This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL.

/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:90: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.mainloop is deprecated, use gtk.main instead
  self.warn(message, DeprecationWarning)

servermonk · Post by **servermonk** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 3:36 am

You might want to try re-emerging gdeslets now that python us up to date. Not sure why you would get an error with "gDesklets 0.26.2" in it :/[/code]

bigfam · Post by **bigfam** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:29 am

servermonk wrote:You might want to try re-emerging gdeslets now that python us up to date. Not sure why you would get an error with "gDesklets 0.26.2" in it :/[/code]

did that and a now getting the original error again...

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/gdesklets/factory/DisplayFactory.py", line 101, in create_display
    dsp.new_child(childtype, settings, children)
  File "/usr/local/lib/gdesklets/display/Display.py", line 214, in new_child
    self.__group = targetregistry.create(childtype, self)
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'create'

also i had accept_keywords="~x86" in my make.conf ever since i originally put everything together, i don't know if its related or anything, but i doubt it, as this is the first time ive really run into a program where i couldn't get it to work

servermonk · Post by **servermonk** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 6:31 am

If you run this do you get errors as well?

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gdesklets shell

bigfam · Post by **bigfam** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 8:45 am

servermonk wrote:If you run this do you get errors as well?
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gdesklets shell

nope, i can open that up and install plugins, i get this error message when i launch ANY plugin

jans · Post by **jans** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 1:17 pm

Exactly the same problem here.
HELP...

markandrew · Post by **markandrew** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 5:55 pm

i was under the impression that this was because recent versions of gdesklets-core use a new layout which is incompatible with most current desklets - until they're upgraded. i have 3 desklets running (analog clock - LT i think, RSS news display, and battery display), all the others i tried don't work.

is this right?

AgaKhan · Post by **AgaKhan** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 9:59 pm

I had a lot of problems with 0.33.. try:

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emerge =gnome-extra/gdesklets-core-0.32

worsk like a charm for me.

comprookie2000 · Post by **comprookie2000** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 10:21 pm

It will work if you are running "x86" first I would suggest removing everything in /home/yourname/.gdesklets add this to /etc/portage/package.keywords

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gnome-extra/gdesklets-core ~x86
dev-python/gnome-python ~x86
dev-python/pyorbit ~x86
x11-plugins/desklet-starterbar ~x86
x11-plugins/desklet-goodweather ~x86
x11-plugins/desklet-weather ~x86
x11-plugins/desklet-psisensors ~x86
x11-plugins/desklet-psiextras ~x86
x11-plugins/desklet-psidisplays ~x86
x11-plugins/desklet-clock ~x86
gnome-base/libgtop ~x86

Everthing is working for now but that could change
then reemerge everything and cross your fingers
gdesklets start good luck

graphic23 · Post by **graphic23** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:00 am

As aforementioned, I've seen in many threads here that gdesklets-0.33.1 is not working properly, and some of the plugins don't even work. gdesklets-0.32.1 is what I'm using.

Corax · Post by **Corax** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:07 am

I had a similar error some weeks ago, with gdesklets 0.30 and 0.32. What I needed to fix this was a recent version of libgtop. I set it ~x86 and got version 2.8.2. From this point on gdesklets worked fine, but consumed a lot of cpu time...