[winswitch] Server only?

Michael Klitgaard michael at klitgaard.dk
Thu May 2 12:54:18 BST 2013


Thanks!

Should I install from trunk, or wait for a release?
I'm ok with waiting a week or two :)


Sincerely
Michael


On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Antoine Martin <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 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
> >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
> >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>> 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>>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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