Description of problem: When I select the icon for Desktop Switching Tool from the Preferences > More Preferences menu (or from the Start Here method) nothing happens Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): switchdesk-gui-4.0.2-1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Select menu Preferences > More Preferences 2.Click on Desktop Switching Tool 3. Actual results: Nothing happens Expected results: Dialog to select desktop should appear Additional info: I did a fresh custom install of FC2 Test3, looking through all the packages. I either missed or did not find a selection for Desktop Switching. I later installed it using up2date.
Run the command 'switchdesk' from a terminal and verify whether there is any output from python. In my case it exits with this traceback: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/switchdesk/switchdesk-gui.py", line 36, in ? from backend import * File "/usr/share/switchdesk/backend.py", line 18 PROGNAME = @NAME@ ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Did as suggested in Comment # 1. Output below: [gerry@gstpc gerry]$ switchdesk Red Hat Linux switchdesk 4.0 Copyright (C) 1999-2004 Red Hat, Inc Redistributable under the terms of the GNU General Public License Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/switchdesk/switchdesk-gui.py", line 36, in ? from backend import * File "/usr/share/switchdesk/backend.py", line 18 PROGNAME = @NAME@ ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax
It's fixed in 4.0.3-1. Many thanks for your report.
Thanks for fixing it. I just downloaded and tried 4.0.3.1 and indeed it works.
Oops, just one small detail. If you are in Gnome, and open the gui desktop switching tool, you must select KDE to go there on next login. That works just fine. However, if you are in KDE and want to use Gnome next login, the radio button is already selecting Gnome, so if you click OK, you expect the next login to be for Gnome. Unless you first select something else and then reselect Gnome before clicking OK, you will log back into KDE the next time.
Where to get 4.0.3-1? It is not coming down with yum or up2date...
Gerry Tool: this problem is now fixed in 4.0.4-1. David Collantes: the new version will be showed up in rawhide. I don't plan to make update for FC2 ATM.
you have to reconfigure your WM with 4.0.4-1 first to take effect