No preferences under KDE nor using terminal

I'm not sure, but can you try to install libgnomevfs2-dev instead of gnome-vfs-extfs?

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, I have the dev package installed as well.

You need to install:

python-gnome2-desktop
python-gnome2
python-gnome2-extras

Thanks,

That helped a little but now it says I need to install pycairo. This isn't available in Ubuntu Feisty repositories so I guess I'll have to wait until it's backported or summat?

I believe that its python-cairo that you want

http://www.planetblur.org/hosted/awnforum/index.php?shard=forum&action=g_reply&ID=758&page=1&isLive=true

Hello. The above topic from the forums helped me to compile AWN again but awn-manager is still elusive!

Launching it with Alt+F2, the window appears for a millisecond...

Launching from terminal I get this error. Is this a bug?

pepe@ubuntu:~$ awn-manager
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
  Major opcode: 147
  Minor opcode: 3
  Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
  Major opcode: 147
  Minor opcode: 3
  Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/awn-manager", line 199, in <module>
    awnmanager = AwnManager()
  File "/usr/local/bin/awn-manager", line 94, in __init__
    self.appletManager = awnApplet(self.wTree)
  File "/usr/local/share/avant-window-navigator/awn-manager/awnApplet.py", line 70, in __init__
    self.make_model()
  File "/usr/local/share/avant-window-navigator/awn-manager/awnApplet.py", line 218, in make_model
    self.refresh_tree (applets)
  File "/usr/local/share/avant-window-navigator/awn-manager/awnApplet.py", line 283, in refresh_tree
    icon, text = self.make_row(path)
  File "/usr/local/share/avant-window-navigator/awn-manager/awnApplet.py", line 227, in make_row
    return self.make_icon (item.get_string(gnomedesktop.KEY_ICON)), text
  File "/usr/local/share/avant-window-navigator/awn-manager/awnApplet.py", line 247, in make_icon
    icon = gtk.gdk.pixbuf_new_from_file_at_size (name, 32, 32)
gobject.GError: Unrecognized image file format
pepe@ubuntu:~$ awn-manager
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
  Major opcode: 147
  Minor opcode: 3
  Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
  Major opcode: 147
  Minor opcode: 3
  Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/awn-manager", line 199, in <module>
    awnmanager = AwnManager()
  File "/usr/local/bin/awn-manager", line 94, in __init__
    self.appletManager = awnApplet(self.wTree)
  File "/usr/local/share/avant-window-navigator/awn-manager/awnApplet.py", line 70, in __init__
    self.make_model()
  File "/usr/local/share/avant-window-navigator/awn-manager/awnApplet.py", line 218, in make_model
    self.refresh_tree (applets)
  File "/usr/local/share/avant-window-navigator/awn-manager/awnApplet.py", line 283, in refresh_tree
    icon, text = self.make_row(path)
  File "/usr/local/share/avant-window-navigator/awn-manager/awnApplet.py", line 227, in make_row
    return self.make_icon (item.get_string(gnomedesktop.KEY_ICON)), text
  File "/usr/local/share/avant-window-navigator/awn-manager/awnApplet.py", line 247, in make_icon
    icon = gtk.gdk.pixbuf_new_from_file_at_size (name, 32, 32)
gobject.GError: Unrecognized image file format
pepe@ubuntu:~$

OK, I deleted every file associated with awn and re-compiled. Now I've lost my previous set-up and with awn-manager still not working, I can't do much apart from changing launchers/icons and gconf settings.

AWN is pretty much useless to me unless I can get it to autohide again.

Launching awn-manager from terminal gives this output: -

pepe@ubuntu:~$ awn-manager
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/awn-manager", line 43, in <module>
    from awnTheme import AwnThemeManager
ImportError: No module named awnTheme
pepe@ubuntu:~$

I've seen this problem elsewhere on the forums but can't find a way to solve it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Oops. I've found the gconf option to put autohide on now. Still would be great to try out awn-manager if there is a way to get it working..

I have the same problem as Perran. Can anybody helps me?

I've gone back to using the bzr .deb from the repos and can only use gconf to set preferences which isn't very intuitive. Maybe when I have time I'll compile from source again and see if things have improved.

Solved! Compiled from source, Deleted avant-window-navigator folder from .gconf folder in my home directory

similar problem fixed by using gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders to fix my
gdk-pixbuf.loaders file.
1) find your gdk-pixbuf.loaders file mine was:
   /usr/local/etc/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders
2) check where gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders executable is. I found two places.
   /usr/local/bin and /usr/bin.
    The one in /usr/local/bin generated output that didn't know about svg
    files, and caused the problem.
3) run the correct one and redirect its output to replace your
   gdk-pixbuf.loaders file. In my case:

/usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders > /usr/local/etc/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders

4) Celebrate