[winswitch] Server only?

Michael Klitgaard michael at klitgaard.dk
Thu May 2 14:44:22 BST 2013


I took it from trunk, it works fine now :)
Winswitch is a nice tool, Im sure the users will appreciate it :)


Sincerely
Michael


On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Antoine Martin <antoine at nagafix.co.uk>wrote:

> 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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