[clue-tech] Missing Synaptic [was Re: Grab your coat, it'sstill on!]

[WILLIAM PATTERSON+I*I SMITH]

[bill at localhost ~]$ tail -f --lines=20 ~/.xsession-errors
QObject::connect:  (sender name:   'kicker')
QObject::connect:  (receiver name: 'animtt')
ASSERT: "!name.isEmpty()" in ./kio/kio/kdirlister.cpp (969)
QWidget::setMinimumSize: The smallest allowed size is (0,0)
QWidget::setMinimumSize: The smallest allowed size is (0,0)
Error: "/home/bill/.kde/socket-localhost" points to "/home/bill/tmp/ksocket-bill" instead of "/tmp/ksocket-bill".
/home/bill/.net_applet should be set to TRUE or use net_applet --force at /usr/bin/net_applet line 27.
/home/bill/.gtkrc-2.0:56: Clearlooks configuration option "menuitemstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
/home/bill/.gtkrc-2.0:57: Clearlooks configuration option "listviewitemstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
/home/bill/.gtkrc-2.0:58: Clearlooks configuration option "progressbarstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:42: Invalid symbolic color 'fg_color'
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:42: error: invalid identifier `fg_color', expected valid identifier
Flash Player: Warning: environment variable G_FILENAME_ENCODING is set and is not UTF-8
Flash Player: Warning: environment variable G_FILENAME_ENCODING is set and is not UTF-8
kio_trash: WARNING: couldn't stat /home/bill/.local/share/Trash/files/ToDo.txt~
X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3
  Major opcode:  19
  Minor opcode:  0
  Resource id:  0x280006d
konsole: WARNING: Unable to use /usr/share/apps/konsole/screen.desktop
                                                                              

Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:17:47 -0700
Subject: Re: [clue-tech] Missing Synaptic [was Re: Grab your coat, it'sstill 	on!]
From: g1ccross at gmail.com
To: clue-tech at cluedenver.org

That is the great thing about the tail command, just add the -f flag 

tail -f --lines=20 ~/.xsession-errors

and it will keep reading those last 20 lines. Now with tail reading the last 20 lines go ahead and try and open synaptic again and see if anything shows up while you are opening it. If something does happen in the terminal with the tail command then just ctrl+c to stop it and copy and paste that information.




On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Jed S. Baer <cluemail at jbaer.cotse.net> wrote:

On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:40:58 -0700

WILLIAM PATTERSON+I*I SMITH wrote:



> Does this help?



Well, it would if various window managers, X programs, etc. wouldn't

insist on bit-spewing .xsession-errors with so much cruft that the error

messages you really want to see get completely buried.



I'd hoped that about 20 lines would get back far enough to find the

actuall error. It's important to look at .xsession-errors immediately

following whatever event you're concerned with. You might have to keep

working backwards through .xsession errors until you find lines

complaining about something related to synaptic. Sometimes, it's easier

to just pull the whole file into a text editor, and then search backwards

for the command.



--

Ok, so we should be thinking of a lovable, cuddly, stuffed penguin

sitting down after having gorged itself on herring. Still with me?

 -- Linux Torvalds

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