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drapes package

drapes won't autostart

Bug #563269 reported by teJECSke
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drapes (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: drapes

drapes do not start on login even if it set in startup programs thing in control panel

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: drapes 0.5.2-3.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-20.30-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-20-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Apr 14 20:37:32 2010
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=hu_HU.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: drapes

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teJECSke (attila-jecs) wrote :
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Eric Baudach (cs-sniffer) wrote :

I had the same problem.. this patch fix that.

Changed in drapes (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Eric Baudach (cs-sniffer)
status: New → Fix Committed
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David Hamm (davidthamm) wrote :

patch + source from website didn't work for me. Is the patched in the repos? Anyone else have problems with autostart?

Eric Baudach (cs-sniffer)
Changed in drapes (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Confirmed
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David Hamm (davidthamm) wrote :

Just though i'd add what i'm using now. Seeing as xml is eventually going to replace this program anyway I took the script from the comments on the page bellow and updated it a little. Every time I add photos to my dropbox dir I just run the script. Ex. sudo /usr/local/bin/mkwlppr.sh Dropbox.xml 14400 /home/david/Dropbox/Photos/*.jpg

The script now puts the xml files in the right dir so all you have to do is select it in (change background). Of course, could put this in (sudo crontab -e) and have it auto update.

http://pastebin.com/Vs32fMAp
http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/create-custom-transitioning-background-your-gnome-228-desktop

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KevinM (kevbert1) wrote :

Also fails to autostart with 64 bit Lucid kernel. I get this in .xsession-errors:
gnome-session[1837]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file /home/kevin/.config/autostart/drapes.desktop: Key file does not have key 'Type'
gnome-session[1837]: WARNING: could not read /home/kevin/.config/autostart/drapes.desktop

Eric Baudach (cs-sniffer)
Changed in drapes (Ubuntu):
assignee: Eric Baudach (cs-sniffer) → nobody
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David Futcher (bobbo) wrote :

Eric, I can't get your patch to apply to the Ubuntu source (0.5.2-3.2). I get the following output from patch:

patching file drapes/ConfigMenu.cs
patching file drapes/Wallpaper.cs
patching file drapes/ConfigMenu.cs
Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n] n
Apply anyway? [n] n
Skipping patch.
1 out of 1 hunk ignored -- saving rejects to file drapes/ConfigMenu.cs.rej
patching file drapes/Makefile.in
patching file drapes/Traylib.cs

I have therefore marked this bug as "patch-needswork". If you wanted to retry and submit a new patch, I'd love to check it out, just attach it here and remove the patch-needswork tag. Thanks alot!

tags: added: patch-needswork
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hawthornso23 (hawthorn) wrote :

The .desktop file which is added to ~/.config/autostart is defective. In particular it lacks a Type=application line.

Attached is a functional launcher. Delete the existing one from ~/.config/autostart and replace it with the attachment. That will fix the problem.

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hawthornso23 (hawthorn) wrote :

Note that the replacement launcher in #8 is a workaround not a fix. But it'll do the job until a proper fix comes along.

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KevinM (kevbert1) wrote :

Thanks for the workaround. It works like a dream.
Cheers
Kevin.

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