my-weather-indicator applet
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my-weather-indicator applet
Anyone got the my-weather-indicator applet to work with Porteus? With the Cinnamon DE especially?
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Re: my-weather-indicator applet
I tried installing it on the most recent Openbox version but that failed:
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# deb2xzm indicator-weather_1.1-0ubuntu5_all.deb
Checking required libraries ...
#############################
# Missing library #
#############################
You are missing libbfd. Please
activate 05_devel or run the
command: getpkg binutils
and installpkg the file.

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Re: my-weather-indicator applet

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Re: my-weather-indicator applet
Here: my-weather-indicator applet
It's in the code box you posted. Oh, you think I should have included the code tags. Ok.
It's in the code box you posted. Oh, you think I should have included the code tags. Ok.

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Re: my-weather-indicator applet
You made it seem as I was the one writing this verbatim, when I was not. Learn to quote correctly, please.
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Re: my-weather-indicator applet
Ok, I was instructed to start the app then " Taskbar->Troubleshoot->Looking Glass" to view error logs and look for msgs related to the app. The problem is, Right clicking on the Taskbar and Troubleshoot and Looking Glass doesn't produce anything. No logs, no error msgs, no window.
Help!!
Help!!

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Re: my-weather-indicator applet
For now, I was not able to get the applet running in Openbox, so I cannot help you. Is there a forum for the applet itself somewhere outside the Porteus sphere? Maybe you find help there…Ed_P wrote: ↑31 Jan 2019, 00:42Ok, I was instructed to start the app then " Taskbar->Troubleshoot->Looking Glass" to view error logs and look for msgs related to the app. The problem is, Right clicking on the Taskbar and Troubleshoot and Looking Glass doesn't produce anything. No logs, no error msgs, no window.
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Re: my-weather-indicator applet
The applet's forum is what directed me to use the Troubleshoot>Looking Glass function. Unfortunately it isn't working for me.
I don't know if the function's problem is a Cinnamon error or a Porteus error. Anyone else use the panel's Troubleshooting features before?
Does Cinnamon 180702 have the Melange-Cinnamon Debugger application?

I don't know if the function's problem is a Cinnamon error or a Porteus error. Anyone else use the panel's Troubleshooting features before?
Does Cinnamon 180702 have the Melange-Cinnamon Debugger application?
Re: my-weather-indicator applet
Ed_P, cannot give you the dependency packages at the moment, so only instructions.
For cinnamon looking glass, you need pyinotify. pyinotify can be installed using python pip. But you need to install python pip itself
. python-pip also needs python-setuptools. Install python-setuptools, python-pip from slackware current.
So as root,
Then,
Once these are done, you can start looking glass as:
There should be a tab called "log", I believe.
Slackware current has moved since Cinnamon 180702. You could give it a try, but on latest cinnamon you can certainly install these python dependecies from slackware current.
For cinnamon looking glass, you need pyinotify. pyinotify can be installed using python pip. But you need to install python pip itself

So as root,
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getpkg python-setuptools
getpkg python-pip
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pip3 install pyinotify
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cinnamon-looking-glass
Slackware current has moved since Cinnamon 180702. You could give it a try, but on latest cinnamon you can certainly install these python dependecies from slackware current.
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Re: my-weather-indicator applet
Thank you
jssouza.
The only step you left out was the 2 python xzm modules needed to be activated to run the pip3 install.
Whether the looking-glass log will help debug the applet I don't know.


The only step you left out was the 2 python xzm modules needed to be activated to run the pip3 install.

Whether the looking-glass log will help debug the applet I don't know.
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root@porteus:/home/guest# cinnamon-looking-glass
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-looking-glass/cinnamon-looking-glass.py", line 551, in <module>
sessionBus = dbus.SessionBus ()
File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 211, in __new__
mainloop=mainloop)
File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 100, in __new__
bus = BusConnection.__new__(subclass, bus_type, mainloop=mainloop)
File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 122, in __new__
bus = cls._new_for_bus(address_or_type, mainloop=mainloop)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
root@porteus:/home/guest#
Re: my-weather-indicator applet
No no! That's not the log, that's a crash! What I also should have mentioned was to run cinnamon-looking-glass as guest and not as root.Ed_P wrote: ↑31 Jan 2019, 07:01Whether the looking-glass log will help debug the applet I don't know.Code: Select all
root@porteus:/home/guest# cinnamon-looking-glass Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-looking-glass/cinnamon-looking-glass.py", line 551, in <module> sessionBus = dbus.SessionBus () File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 211, in __new__ mainloop=mainloop) File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 100, in __new__ bus = BusConnection.__new__(subclass, bus_type, mainloop=mainloop) File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 122, in __new__ bus = cls._new_for_bus(address_or_type, mainloop=mainloop) dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. root@porteus:/home/guest#
You should get an application window.
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Re: my-weather-indicator applet
Would my-weather-indicator applet work in a reasonable way on Openbox or XFCE (dev version), without having to activate a huge overload of dependencies?
Or is all I would need as dependency the above "2 python xzm" modules?
Or is all I would need as dependency the above "2 python xzm" modules?
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Re: my-weather-indicator applet
The applet requires a DE so right click on your panel and see if it's an option. The 05-devel module is required to download it but not to run it.