[winswitch] Server only?

Antoine Martin antoine at nagafix.co.uk
Thu May 2 13:01:04 BST 2013


On 05/02/2013 06:54 PM, Michael Klitgaard wrote:
> Thanks!
> 
> Should I install from trunk, or wait for a release?
> I'm ok with waiting a week or two :)
It's been overdue for months already... I'll leave it at that.

Antoine


> 
> 
> Sincerely
> Michael
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Antoine Martin <antoine at nagafix.co.uk
> <mailto:antoine at nagafix.co.uk>> wrote:
> 
>     On 05/02/2013 06:34 PM, Michael Klitgaard wrote:
>     > So, more errors :)
>     >
>     > It seems the glib in python2.6 on CentOS6 does not have
>     glib.threads_init()
>     >
>     > I can see that there is a workaraound for xpra:
>     > http://xpra.org/trac/ticket/11
>     <http://xpra.org/trac/ticket/114#comment:3>4
>     >
>     > could this also work for winswitch?
>     >
>     > Here is the output of winswitch server:
>     >
>     > [root at a6134s01 winswitch-0.12.18]# winswitch_server
>     > [DD] 2013/02/05 13:25:54.162540 <tel:54.162540>
>     main_loop.loop_init(False)
>     > Traceback (most recent call last):
>     >   File "/usr/bin/winswitch_server", line 5, in <module>
>     >     server_wrapper.main()
>     >   File
>     >
>     "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/winswitch/server/server_wrapper.py",
>     line
>     > 50, in main
>     >     from winswitch.server.controller import WinSwitchServer
>     >   File
>     "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/winswitch/server/controller.py",
>     > line 20, in <module>
>     >     reactor = loop_init(False)
>     >   File
>     "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/winswitch/util/main_loop.py", line
>     > 21, in loop_init
>     >     glib.threads_init()
>     > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'threads_init'
>     This is already fixed in trunk:
>     https://winswitch.org/trac/changeset/5154
> 
>     I will have to make a new release... on my TODO list.
> 
>     Cheers
>     Antoine
> 
> 
> 
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Michael Klitgaard
>     <michael at klitgaard.dk <mailto:michael at klitgaard.dk>>wrote:
>     >
>     >> It is working now, thanks!
>     >>
>     >> libXfont did the trick. You are obviously better at googling than
>     me :)
>     >>
>     >> I will try my luck with compiling winswitch from source.
>     >>
>     >> Thank you for the help!
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> Sincerely
>     >> Michael
>     >>
>     >> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Antoine Martin
>     <antoine at nagafix.co.uk <mailto:antoine at nagafix.co.uk>>wrote:
>     >>
>     >>> On 05/02/2013 05:05 PM, Michael Klitgaard wrote:
>     >>>> Thanks for the input.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> xorg-x11-server-utils was not installed.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> I can't find the package:
>     >>>> xorg-x11-fonts-base
>     >>>>
>     >>>> It does not seem to be in:
>     >>>> http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/Packages/
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Is it in xorg-x11-fonts-misc, here it states:
>     >>>>
>     >>>
>     http://pkgs.org/centos-6-rhel-6/centos-rhel-i386/xorg-x11-fonts-misc-7.2-9.1.el6.noarch.rpm.html
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Provides
>     >>>> xorg-x11-fonts-base
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Even after the installation, I have the same error, and the
>     same log..
>     >>> googling suggests:
>     >>> yum -y install libXfont
>     >>>
>     >>> See also:
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8817196/problems-with-bundling-xvfb-into-application
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Antoine Martin
>     <antoine at nagafix.co.uk <mailto:antoine at nagafix.co.uk>
>     >>>> <mailto:antoine at nagafix.co.uk <mailto:antoine at nagafix.co.uk>>>
>     wrote:
>     >>>>
>     >>>>     On 05/02/2013 04:28 PM, Michael Klitgaard wrote:
>     >>>>     > I do not know if it is related, but I have problems
>     starting xpra.
>     >>>>     >
>     >>>>     > If I do:
>     >>>>     > xpra start :7
>     >>>>     >
>     >>>>     > The log says:
>     >>>>     >
>     >>>>     > [mkl at a6134s01 .xpra]$ cat :7.log
>     >>>>     (snip)
>     >>>>     > [dix] Could not init font path element
>     >>> catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d,
>     >>>>     > removing from list!
>     >>>>     > [dix] Could not init font path element built-ins,
>     removing from
>     >>> list!
>     >>>>     >
>     >>>>     > Fatal server error:
>     >>>>     > could not open default font 'fixed'
>     >>>>     > could not connect to X server on display ':7' after 3 seconds
>     >>>>     > 2013-05-02 11:23:19,967 removing socket
>     >>>>     > /home/mkl/.xpra/a6134s01.wpcorpnet.com-7
>     >>>>     A quick googling tells me you need some font package or
>     library.
>     >>>>     I think you need all of those:
>     >>>>     xorg-x11-font-utils
>     >>>>     xorg-x11-server-utils
>     >>>>     xorg-x11-fonts-base
>     >>>>     xorg-x11-fonts-misc
>     >>>>     Let me know which one is missing from the RPM dependency
>     list and
>     >>> I'll
>     >>>>     add it for the next release.
>     >>>>
>     >>>>     Cheers
>     >>>>     Antoine
>     >>>>
>     >>>>     >
>     >>>>     > What am I doing wrong?
>     >>>>     >
>     >>>>     >
>     >>>>     > Sincerely
>     >>>>     > Michael
>     >>>>     >
>     >>>>     >
>     >>>>     > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Michael Klitgaard
>     >>>>     <michael at klitgaard.dk <mailto:michael at klitgaard.dk>
>     <mailto:michael at klitgaard.dk <mailto:michael at klitgaard.dk>>>wrote:
>     >>>>     >
>     >>>>     >> Hello,
>     >>>>     >>
>     >>>>     >> I have a linux cluster, and I have installed xpra on it a
>     >>>>     frontend, it is
>     >>>>     >> running CentOS 6.3.
>     >>>>     >> Can my winswitch on my machine (windows xp) connect to
>     this, or
>     >>>>     do I need
>     >>>>     >> to install winswitch on the server?
>     >>>>     >>
>     >>>>     >> I have some problems installing winswitch. If I need to
>     install
>     >>>>     winswitch
>     >>>>     >> on the server, is there a way to install a 'minimal'
>     winswitch,
>     >>>>     which only
>     >>>>     >> works as a server and does not have dependencies on eg. nx?
>     >>>>     >> I don't see any use for the graphical docked tool on the
>     server.
>     >>>>     >>
>     >>>>     >>
>     >>>>     >> Sincerely
>     >>>>     >> Michael
>     >>>>     >>
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