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Description of problem:
switchdesk craps out as soon as you try to run it. I know some people
have been reporting troubles with it on the mailing list but they're
saying they've gotten it to run at least once. I cannot get it to run
at all.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
switchdesk-4.0.2-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run switchdesk from the menu or the commandline
2. it fails
3.
    

Actual Results:  switchdesk did not run at all.

Expected Results:  it should have given me my desktop options.

Additional info:

[root@stealth root]# 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