Vista Start Menu for Gnome Panel

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I so far have been able to install the deb package of this panel plugin in debian testing.

Yet, since there is one unmet dependency python-gconf, I can not retain vistamenu without being warned about the situation with every apt update...etc

Using the non deb version I've run into OAFIID:GNOME_VistaMenu, which users suggest deleting .VistaMenuSettings.xml.

Seems not to work in my current situation.

Might be safe to assume it's just the dependency holding me back..in which case what is the debian testing alternative to python-gconf?

or has this been answered before.

thanks!!!!

Re: Debian Testing: Lenny

by qb89dragon on: Aug 31 2008

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Try running from terminal ./Vista_Menu.py run-in-window and paste any debugging output here.

Re: Re: Debian Testing: Lenny

by raschko on: Aug 31 2008

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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/vistamenu/Vista_Menu_Object.py", line 175, in timeout_callback
self.hwg.setup(origin[0], origin[1])
File "/usr/lib/vistamenu/Vista_Menu_Main.py", line 173, in setup
self.PGL = ProgramList()
File "/usr/share/vistamenu/Themes/Widget/Classic/PGMenu.py", line 24, in init
self.XDG = XDGMenu()
File "/usr/lib/vistamenu/XDG.py", line 23, in init
self.BaseMenu = xdg.Menu.parse("applications.menu")
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/xdg/Menu.py", line 501, in parse
raise ParsingError('File not found', "/etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu")
xdg.Exceptions.ParsingError: ParsingError in file '/etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu', File not found
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/vistamenu/Vista_Menu_Object.py", line 128, in button_press
self.ShowMenu()
File "/usr/lib/vistamenu/Vista_Menu_Object.py", line 206, in ShowMenu
if origin != Images.SavedOriginState:
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'SavedOriginState'

Re: Re: Re: Debian Testing: Lenny

by qb89dragon on: Sep 2 2008

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the program expects your XDG menu list to be in the location /etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu . It's worked for everyone so far across quite a range of distributions - as it's the first time I've heard of this error happening. Has something changed about the way menus are stored in debian?

Missing File

by raschko on: Sep 3 2008

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Am not entirely certain on that but, will be poking around to find the specified file.

I would love this menu to work across everything!

As of right now I can actually see the panel button, but clicking only changes to the down state without changing back; menu does not display.

Re: Missing File

by caleb12 on: Sep 16 2008

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I, too, am having the same issue... Panel item appears, clicking reveals the down state but no menu.

Also, on Debian Lenny (testing) and could not locate the python-gconf package, so I installed from the tar ball.

Launching from the command line produces no response, just sits for about a minute and then silently exits. My menu items are located in /etc/xdg.

Hopefully, someone made some head way with this... I'm still not sure why there is no python-gconf package for Debian.

Thanks for the work though!

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by caleb12 on: Sep 16 2008

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I, too, am having the same issue... Panel item appears, clicking reveals the down state but no menu.

Also, on Debian Lenny (testing) and could not locate the python-gconf package, so I installed from the tar ball.

Launching from the command line produces no response, just sits for about a minute and then silently exits. My menu items are located in /etc/xdg.

Hopefully, someone made some head way with this... I'm still not sure why there is no python-gconf package for Debian.

Thanks for the work though!

It looks like the python-gconf package was merged with the python-gnome2 package in Debian systems. At least that's where the gconf.so module is now.

Ah HA!!!!

by raschko on: Oct 27 2008

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I haven't had the time to poke around recently until this morning; in debian testing applications.menu is now

gnome-applications.menu

Works with the change, Button states however remain an issue.

Missing Icons

by Azraelthe7th on: Sep 9 2008

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For some reason while I was editing my GTK icon theme, the Vista menu's main icons simply went missing. I have no idea how it happened, but it's a pretty ugly bug.

Also, if I log out of the session, and come back in, the menu doesn't show up in the tray. I can't even completely stop it from the System Monitor, and it requires me to restart the PC for it to work again.

Re: Missing Icons

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Weird, what version of what distro are you on?
Try reinstalling it (and not the .deb package)
Can you run it from a terminal Vista_Menu.py , then leave the blank terminal window, and add it to the panel - leaving the terminal, and then all the debugging you get in the terminal window, you can paste back in here.

Re: Re: Missing Icons

by Azraelthe7th on: Sep 9 2008

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I'm using Ubuntu 8.04.1

I already had tried removing the .deb file using the --purge option, and deleted the hidden configuration file, and re-installing it with the other file. The strange thing is that the icons are missing on one user account, but not the other.

As for it disappearing when I log out and back in, I was hoping that 1.08_2 would have corrected that issue, but it appears I'm the only one who had this problem.

Re: Re: Re: Missing Icons

by qb89dragon on: Sep 10 2008

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nobody's had a similar error. I'm using ubuntu 8.04 myself, so it's likely a configuration problem at your end. Try making a brand new user account and trying it there with a logoff. Did the debug show anything on the account that didn't have any icons.

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by Azraelthe7th on: Sep 10 2008

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The terminal didn't print anything on the account with the missing icons.

The terminal would print this with the other account:
Warning: Name location identifier not recognised from: <Name Id="Enabled" Loc="DesktopIntegrationTable" Text="Enabled"/>
Warning: Name location identifier not recognised from: <Name Id="Disabled" Loc="DesktopIntegrationTable" Text="Disabled"/>
/usr/lib/vistamenu/Vista-Menu-Settings.py:469: Warning: IA__g_object_set_property: object class `GtkCellRendererPixbuf' has no property named `image'
gtk.main()
cleanup
Saving Icon Cache...
XDG: Icon cache successfully written to user's home directory

As for the menu disappearing when I log out, I noticed it did that on a number of computers. I can't pinpoint why exactly, but the system monitor would show that /usr/bin/Vista_ is indeed running when it isn't. The best workaround I found is to remove the menu, log out and log back in, then re-install it.

I'll try adding a third account to test it out, see if anything went wrong somewhere.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Missing Icons

by Azraelthe7th on: Sep 15 2008

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Ok, I tested it out with a third account, and it's cleared. I think that the hidden menuiconcache.xml file could have been the cause of the issue. I can't confirm it since I deleted the account and started from scratch, but maybe the file was corrupted somehow.

As for the log out issue, it still persists, and it does that on most PCs I installed the menu on. Any idea what could cause this?

install

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sudo apt-get install python2.5 python-xdg python-cairo python-gconf python-xlib deskbar

this doesn't work for me... it says that apt is not a program or something...
i use Open SuSE 11.0... does anyone knows what i might be doing wrong?...
i also tried with yast, but i didn't found these packages...

thanks

GREAT!!!

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Very Nice Job!!!

I am going to change your start menu icon though, I hope you don't mind.

I want a regular Vista icon.
I migrated my 77 year old dad's Vista desktop to Hardy. The more familiar looking the better for him.

Have you seen any Vista start icons? I have looked for three days & still have not found one <GGG>

Terrific menu. This should be very easy for him. It installed in like 30 seconds!

Good directions!

Thanks Much!

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Ooops, Scratch that question! I found your vista button...

ubuntu dependencies

by nulall on: Sep 19 2008

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For ubuntu, the list is wrong (it has deskbar instead of deskbar-applet)
It should be:

sudo apt-get install python2.5 python-xdg python-cairo python-gconf python-xlib deskbar

Sorry if this was already spotted, I didn't read the 22 pages of comments...

But I love this applet and can't wait to see how it progresses! I'd love to see more themes integrated or (even better) a theme to match the current interface/icons.