[winswitch] xpra (client) on Centos 5.7

[Antoine Martin]

On 02/28/2012 05:52 AM, Bob Tennent wrote:
>  >|However... I've just committed a workaround which allows python2.5 to be
>  >|used again:
>  >|https://xpra.org/trac/changeset/553
>  >|Then a bunch of other fixes for CentOS's completely outdated version of
>  >|(Py)GTK in r554 to r558
>  >|Note: don't use CentOS as an Xpra server.
>  >|
>  >|The updated beta packages are here:
>  >|https://xpra.org/beta/
>  >|
>  >|And I've now actually tested that it runs OK on CentOS 5.x
> 
> Thanks!  The messages one gets on attaching are somewhat scary:
I didn't mean to scare anyone! ;)

> 
>   failed to setup mmap: No module named ctypes
If you want to be able to use mmap transfers (ie: if you want really
fast performance connecting from localhost), then install:
python-ctypes
Otherwise it is safe to ignore, just slower.

>   '['setxkbmap', '-query']' failed with exit code 255
> 
>   the server will try to guess your keyboard mapping, which works
>   reasonably well in most cases however, upgrading 'setxkbmap' to a
>   version that supports the '-query' parameter is preferred
If your keyboard mapping is ok, you can ignore this.
(eventually, I intend to get rid of this by using native code)

>   glib is missing, cannot set the application name, please install glib's
>   python bindings: No module named glib
Also safe to ignore.

> but it does seem to work.
Great!

Antoine

> 
> Bob T.