need help with Frostwire

I would attempt to remove your Frostwire configuration files from your Home folder.

1. Open "Places > Home Folder"
2. Hit Ctrl+H (to toggle showing hidden files)
3. Delete the file/folder named ".frostwire" (or just move it somewhere else if you like)

Good luck!

Why? What will that do? Do you mean remove them as part of an
uninstall-reinstall?

Thx

JF

On 4/2/07, Stu Hood <email address hidden> wrote:
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> Stu Hood proposed the following answer:
> I would attempt to remove your Frostwire configuration files from your
> Home folder.
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> 1. Open "Places > Home Folder"
> 2. Hit Ctrl+H (to toggle showing hidden files)
> 3. Delete the file/folder named ".frostwire" (or just move it somewhere
> else if you like)
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> Good luck!
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Uninstalling Frostwire will not remove the configuration-files in ~/.frostwire or /home/yourusername/.frostwire

There might be some problems with the configuration, and by removing them Frostwire will generate a new default configuration when it is started next time. (it thinks you're running it for the first time when you do this)

I've also had more success with Frostwire when using the version of Java provided by Sun, like this:

  sudo aptitude install sun-java5-jre

..after doing that you can check that the correct version of Java will be used by doing:

  lars@ibmr52:~$ java -version
  java version "1.5.0"
  Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.5.0)
  Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0, mixed mode, sharing)

Note that you might not get something exactly like that printed, but it should be similar. I'm running the Frostwire provided as a .deb from the Frostwire site by the way.

Thanks for your help--the problem went away after two (!) reinstallations, but I think it had something to do with my external hard drive.

However, I still have no Frostwire icon in my list of applications, just a blank rectangle.

???

JF

For the icon, you can go into Alacarte (right click on the GNOME Menu and hit "edit menus") and right click on Frostwire, left click where it says "no icon" and pick one.

Jeff, Frostwire's not in the repos so I'm not sure how much it counts on that "stability rating." Anything installed from insert-random-part-of-internet-here doesn't really count.

that makes sense...that being said, any idea why FW won't shut down when I try and quit?
I have to do a restart to get it off my desktop...

JF