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FAQ #264: “OAFIID:GNOME_GnoMenu Error”.

Thanks, but none of that works. There is no hidden file.. I pastes the content of themedata.xml for the /Vista folder.

The Command GnoMenu doesnt work unless i go to /urs/bin and then I get that error I pasted.

Invalid syntax?

I have installed no themes, prior to installing GnoMenu.

Thanks.

What install method did you use the deb package or the source package?

I used the source package, as im on fedora core 6. Is there a way to use the .deb on here?

I went into GnoMenu and did

$make install

Thanks.

What version of Python are you using?

In /usr/bin i have python 2.4.3 is this ok?

Thanks.

That might be why you are having an issue as GnoMenu is built on 2.5 series. However, use the FAQ I referred you to earlier and use the last part where it talks about python bindings. See if instead of changing the line to use 2.6 to use 2.4 and see what happens.

I have my doubts it will work but worth a shot.

I did this before the reply, it didnt work.

Okay then the only thing left is to update Python to 2.5, which most likely means you need to update FC6 to FC9 or FC10.

Thought as much, didnt really want it to come to this as my wireless messes up on later FC's down to wlan0 getting installed on first install..and getting rt2500 and ra0 to work along side that is near impossible.

I will maybe try suse.

Rich.

I have now updated to FC10 and it has Python 2.5.

Still getting this error....

I found the hidden file this time in /home/xxxx, did make uninstall...deleted the file and did make install. Did not work.

I also changed the line in GnoMenu_Object.py to 2.6. Did not work.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

[root@biLLY gnomenu]# GnoMenu.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/GnoMenu.py", line 41, in <module>
    from GnoMenu_Object import GnoMenu
  File "/usr/lib/gnomenu/GnoMenu_Object.py", line 40, in <module>
    import Images
  File "/usr/lib/gnomenu/Images.py", line 280, in <module>
    ReloadSettings()
  File "/usr/lib/gnomenu/Images.py", line 43, in ReloadSettings
    glist = gconf_client.get_list("/apps/panel/general/applet_id_list", 1)
glib.GError: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.)

This is output of GnoMenu.py by the way.

"I also changed the line in GnoMenu_Object.py to 2.6. Did not work."

Change this back to 2.5, this change will break GnoMenu under Python 2.6 and is only for those whom have Python 2.6 installed.

Once you have done that follow the instructions in this FAQ:
FAQ #264: “OAFIID:GNOME_GnoMenu Error”.

Sorry, I meant it would break GnoMenu under Python 2.5 and is only for Python 2.6 users

I changed the line back to 2.5 and ran the in window command. This is the output...same as before

Any ideas? Thanks for your help so far, I really appreciate it.

[root@biLLY GnoMenu]# GnoMenu.py run-in-window
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/GnoMenu.py", line 41, in <module>
    from GnoMenu_Object import GnoMenu
  File "/usr/lib/gnomenu/GnoMenu_Object.py", line 40, in <module>
    import Images
  File "/usr/lib/gnomenu/Images.py", line 280, in <module>
    ReloadSettings()
  File "/usr/lib/gnomenu/Images.py", line 43, in ReloadSettings
    glist = gconf_client.get_list("/apps/panel/general/applet_id_list", 1)
glib.GError: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.)

Uhm were you signed in as root when you ran this?

If you run this as root from a terminal while logged in as a user then this kind of stuff is going to happen.

Run GnoMenu.py -run-in-window from the terminal as the user not root and see what happens.

Gooffed command it should be:

GnoMenu.pt run-in-window

I cannot type today.

GnoMenu.py run-in-window

Please run the FULL command

[root@biLLY GnoMenu]# GnoMenu.py run-in-window
None
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/GnoMenu.py", line 41, in <module>
    from GnoMenu_Object import GnoMenu
  File "/usr/lib/gnomenu/GnoMenu_Object.py", line 41, in <module>
    from GnoMenu_Main import Main_Menu
  File "/usr/lib/gnomenu/GnoMenu_Main.py", line 69, in <module>
    exec "from PGMenu import ProgramList"
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/share/gnomenu/Themes/Widget/Classic/PGMenu.py", line 17, in <module>
    from XDG import XDGMenu
  File "/usr/lib/gnomenu/XDG.py", line 22, in <module>
    import xdg.Menu
ImportError: No module named xdg.Menu
[root@biLLY GnoMenu]#

This was run logged in under root.

[richard@biLLY ~]$ GnoMenu.py run-in-window
None
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/GnoMenu.py", line 41, in <module>
    from GnoMenu_Object import GnoMenu
  File "/usr/lib/gnomenu/GnoMenu_Object.py", line 41, in <module>
    from GnoMenu_Main import Main_Menu
  File "/usr/lib/gnomenu/GnoMenu_Main.py", line 69, in <module>
    exec "from PGMenu import ProgramList"
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/share/gnomenu/Themes/Widget/Classic/PGMenu.py", line 17, in <module>
    from XDG import XDGMenu
  File "/usr/lib/gnomenu/XDG.py", line 22, in <module>
    import xdg.Menu
ImportError: No module named xdg.Menu
[richard@biLLY ~]$

This was as the user, no root login.

Okay is this the 1.6 source or trunk source package?

I downloaded this one from the menu.

 GnoMenu-1.6.tar.bz2 (md5) 1.6 1.6

Untar > enter file > make install > GnoMenu.py run-in-window

Did some digging, you may have to install xdg.menu in Fedora

I installed PyXDG and now I have a keybind error.

[richard@biLLY GnoMenu]$ GnoMenu.py
None
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/GnoMenu.py", line 41, in <module>
    from GnoMenu_Object import GnoMenu
  File "/usr/lib/gnomenu/GnoMenu_Object.py", line 46, in <module>
    from _keybinder import tomboy_keybinder_bind as bindkey
ImportError: No module named _keybinder
[richard@biLLY GnoMenu]$

Use YUM toi search for xdg and you should find all the modules you need. In Ubuntu its labeled menu-xdg. So see if that helps. Please let me know as I need to document this if it is correct.

Also make sure that you have all dependencies installed

python2.5
python-xdg
python-cairo
python-gconf
python-xlib
deskbar-applet

Yum search results for xdg bring back 4 things which are all installed.

I get a new error now, did you read this one?

[richard@biLLY ~]$ GnoMenu.py
None
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/GnoMenu.py", line 41, in <module>
    from GnoMenu_Object import GnoMenu
  File "/usr/lib/gnomenu/GnoMenu_Object.py", line 46, in <module>
    from _keybinder import tomboy_keybinder_bind as bindkey
ImportError: No module named _keybinder
[richard@biLLY ~]$

If xdg isnt installed, i need help doing it since I cannot do it through yum. Im not good enough on linux to install manually it seems. It gives me some ROX error, even tho I have it installed.

Thanks.

Hey, I got it working...

The last thing I did before I got it working was install some of these files you put here.

15:10:22 : Installed:
15:10:22 : --> GConf2-devel-2.24.0-1.fc10.x86_64
15:10:22 : --> deskbar-applet-2.24.0-2.fc10.x86_64
15:10:22 : --> pycairo-devel-1.4.12-4.fc10.x86_64
15:10:22 : --> pycairo-devel-1.4.12-4.fc10.i386
15:10:22 : --> pyclutter-cairo-0.8.0-1.fc10.x86_64
15:10:22 : --> python-xlib-0.14-2.fc10.noarch
15:10:22 : --> python-xlib-doc-0.14-2.fc10.noarch
15:10:22 : Dependency Installed:
15:10:22 : --> ORBit2-devel-2.14.16-1.fc10.x86_64
15:10:22 : --> clutter-0.8.2-1.fc10.x86_64
15:10:22 : --> clutter-cairo-0.8.2-1.fc10.x86_64
15:10:22 : --> gnome-python2-gnomedesktop-2.23.0-1.fc10.x86_64
15:10:22 : --> gnome-python2-gnomekeyring-2.23.0-1.fc10.x86_64
15:10:22 : --> libIDL-devel-0.8.11-1.fc10.x86_64
15:10:22 : --> pyclutter-0.8.0-1.fc10.x86_64

Then i ran the command GnoMenu run-in-window and it worked like a charm.

Thanks for all of your help with this, I really appreciate it. And I hope Ive provided some useful documentation with regards to whats needed, and which error related to what.

Thanks again,

Richard.

Question converted to a FAQ