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Awn-manager fails silently

Asked by EGECK

hello,

i have serious problems with awn-manager.
when i start the manager from the k-menu, the icon bounces but nothing happens.
when i start the manager from the avant-window-navigator menu completely nothing happens.
and when i start it from console i only get this:

user@kubuntu:~$ awn-manager
user@kubuntu:~$

i tried to install from source via bzr and from http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42 repository. both ways the same error.
my system is a clean kubuntu gutsy 7.10 (installed 5 minutes ago)
i have an intel pentium 4, ati radeon x600 and 1 gb ram but no swap (i think 1 gb ram should be enough)

i already seen these post
https://answers.launchpad.net/awn/+question/13387
but i don't know which name the glade and python bindings have, so i can't install them via apt-get.

please help me, i loved awn with feisty.

have a nice day

egeck

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Luis Vitorio Cargnini (capunderpantsrlz) said : 		#1

try to start the awn before use the awn-manager
(enterprise:) lvcargnini% avant-window-navigator
Error: Screen isn't composited. Please run compiz (-fusion) or another compositing manager.

use the command: avant-window-navigator

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lee.crabtree (lee-crabtree) said : 		#2

I have exactly the same problem. I installed gutsy clean (NOT an upgrade...I formatted the machine), installed AWN through the bzr repository, and started it. The bar appeared and seemed to function pretty well, so I went to start the preferences. When starting from the K menu, the icon bounces for a moment, then disappears. When running from the terminal, I'm immediately returned to the prompt (no error messages, no trace, nothing). Interestingly, if I watch a process monitor while trying to start it, it doesn't appear on the list at all.

I've uninstalled, cleaned all the files, reinstalled, tried starting awn-manager before avant-window-navigator, and as many of the other workarounds as I've been able to find here and on the AWN forum.

If someone knows what the problem is, I'd really like to fix this. AWN looks like a really great app.

DC

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Luis Vitorio Cargnini (capunderpantsrlz) said : 		#3

yep 8-)
I solved it running inside gnome xcompmgr (enable composite on xorg.conf before) and I have an AIGLX enabled, do this steps and voi'la tout vous travaile doucement

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lee.crabtree (lee-crabtree) said : 		#4

I'm running Compiz, so I'm already composited. I don't think that's the problem.

DC

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EGECK (egeck) said : 		#5

my screen is composited, compiz runs without problems, awn runs without problems, but awn-manager does nothing. i've tried both starting awn after awn-manager and starting awn-manager after awn, nothing helped.
i only noticed, that the first time after an installation awn-manager needs little time in the terminal to return to the prompt.

egeck

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lee.crabtree (lee-crabtree) said : 		#6

I finally got mine working. Turns out I didn't have one of the python libraries installed. I think it was python-gnome2-desktop.

DC

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EGECK (egeck) said : 		#7

i already had installed python-gnom2-desktop
awn-manager still fails silently

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Michal Hruby (mhr3) said : 		#8

Did you check you have all the python dependencies?

python-gtk2 python-gconf gnome-common python-dev python-gtk2-dev python-cairo-dev python-gnome2-dev python-gnome2-desktop gnome-panel python-glade2

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EGECK (egeck) said : 		#9

yeah, that fixed it for me!

thank you very much!

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nik (nmunawwar) said : 		#10

hi! I still havent solved the problem..
i already have all the dependencies but the AWN manager still ignores me...
this has been bugging me...
please help.Tq

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Mark Lee (malept) said : 		#11

Run awn-manager via the command line and paste the output here.

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Pieter (pierreke) said : 		#12

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/awn-manager", line 220, in <module>
    awnmanager = AwnManager()
  File "/usr/bin/awn-manager", line 136, in __init__
    self.prefManager = awnPreferences(self.wTree)
  File "/usr/share/avant-window-navigator/awn-manager/awnPreferences.py", line 109, in __init__
    self.setup_look(defs.BAR, defs.BAR_ANGLE, self.wTree.get_widget("look"))
  File "/usr/share/avant-window-navigator/awn-manager/awnPreferences.py", line 363, in setup_look
    self.changed_look(dropdown)
  File "/usr/share/avant-window-navigator/awn-manager/awnPreferences.py", line 377, in changed_look
    self.reload_look(0, dropdown)
  File "/usr/share/avant-window-navigator/awn-manager/awnPreferences.py", line 368, in reload_look
    if self.client.get_int(defs.BAR, defs.BAR_ANGLE) == 0:
glib.GError: Ongelijk type: Verwachte ‘int’ kreeg ‘float’ voor sleutel /apps/avant-window-navigator/bar/bar_angle