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Kilian
Crashes if gnome-settings-daemon is not running
If gnome-settings-daemon is not running, fluxgui crashes with the following:
$ fluxgui
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/fluxgui/fluxgui.py", line 365, in <module>
app = Fluxgui()
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/fluxgui/fluxgui.py", line 17, in __init__
self.indicator = Indicator(self)
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/fluxgui/fluxgui.py", line 134, in __init__
self.setup_indicator()
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/fluxgui/fluxgui.py", line 145, in setup_indicator
'gtk-icon-theme-name')
ValueError: could not find setting
This can be a problem in KDE, which obviously doesn't run gnome-settings-daemon by default.
f.lux used gconf to save settings, If you can tell me how to make it more gnome-agnostic, I'd love to know!
Well, I'm pretty sure that I've been using other GNOME programs that save settings using gconf without actually running gnome-settings-daemon, and none of them crash at startup.
I think I have a fix for this in an upcoming version (next couple of days). Would you be willing to test with that?
Hey DarwinAwardWinner,
The new version has been available for a while now.have you been able to run it yet?
I get the same problem with the following version installed:
% wajig policy fluxgui fluxgui: Installed: 1.1.7-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1.1.7-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1.1.7-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kilian/f.lux/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
What is the status of this problem? I'd like to use this on KDE without having to use gnome-settings-daemon.
Still unresolved. the problem lies with this line: http://github.com/Kilian/f.lux-indicator-applet/blob/master/src/fluxgui/fluxgui.py#L161 in which i check which theme is used for the icon in the gnome-toolbar. It will be resolved in version 1.1.9
even with the gnome-settings-daemon running but without a desktop environment, fluxgui won't start (at least while running the window manager ratpoison)--i just get a message about 'fluxgui is already running' though it had never run successfully before (due to no gnome-settings-daemon). is 1.1.9 coming out soonish?
It's fixed in trunk, so if you do a clone and build, it should work. 1.1.9. still has some blocking stuff.
The git version still doesn't seem to be working for me, am I doing something wrong here?
f.lux-indicator-applet$ fluxgui
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/fluxgui/fluxgui.py", line 381, in
what OS are you running? There are currently problems with running F.lux on oneiric.
Yup, same problem here:
$ fluxgui
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/fluxgui/fluxgui.py", line 381, in <module>
app = Fluxgui()
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/fluxgui/fluxgui.py", line 17, in __init__
self.indicator = Indicator(self)
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/fluxgui/fluxgui.py", line 149, in __init__
self.setup_indicator()
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/fluxgui/fluxgui.py", line 162, in setup_indicator
'gtk-icon-theme-name')
ValueError: could not find setting
system:
$ uname -mr
3.0.0-14-generic x86_64 Kubuntu 11.10
$ dpkg -s kdm | grep Version
Version: 4:4.7.3a-0ubuntu0.1
fluxgui:
$ dpkg -s fluxgui | grep Version
Version: 1.1.8
python:
$ dpkg -s python | grep Version
Version: 2.7.2-7ubuntu2
after every run to be able to rerun I have to do:
rm -f /tmp/fluxgui_*.pid
# you may replace * with your username or:
rm -f /tmp/fluxgui_`whoami`.pid # this should work for current user
edit: I'm writing about 1.1.8 since it's the repo version and I couldn't find newer one :(
redshift seems to have no gnome dependence, so it works nicely if you are on something like kde.
I tried redshift too, and it requires gnome geoclue, which seems even more difficult to fix than f.lux gtk-icon-theme-name problem. I was hoping someone will sit and try to fix it in finite time, but I guess I'm going to inspect it myself soon :)
You can input the location data manually in the command prompt, thereby bypassing the need for geoclue. So run the command like: redshift -l XX:-XX -m vidmode
Better yet, keep it in the config file (default is ~/.config/redshift.conf).
[redshift]
location-provider=manual
[manual]
lat=<your latitude here>
lon=<your longitude here>
Thanks for all the support on redshift in f.lux repo issues :P. Anyway that solution isn't really good for me since I travel a lot and also I'm kinda used to using f.lux :). When I find some time I'll attempt to fix it, who knows, maybe it'll work :)
Any movement on this bug? I have just installed f.lux on KUbuntu from the repo as described on http://stereopsis.com/flux/linux.html, and it fails in the same way. Moreover, once it fails, it cannot be started again without manually deleting the file /tmp/fluxgui_username.pid. Is the project actually still active? Does the command-line version avoid the issue?
I worked around this bug by running the gnome-setting-deamon on startup in KDE. This will probably cause problems later but it is a solution.
This bug is still present. BUT you can fix it by modifying line 162 of /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/fluxgui/fluxgui.py
Change the theme= line to look like theme = 'ubuntu-mono-dark'. If you don't have that theme installed, no problem, it just uses a default. Lines 161,162, and 163 should look like this:
if gtk.gdk.screen_get_default():
theme = 'ubunto-mono-dark'
if theme == 'ubuntu-mono-dark':
why the same issue have been appearing for long time. I like this application but it might be hard for all users to fix before use. I would like request to make it painless for kde system.
I was having the same problem and found that the workaround from @sricks did the trick!
I'm on Linux Mint 17 Qiana (Ubuntu 14.04.1) running the KDE desktop
