[SOLVED] xmonad + panel logging applets

Until recently I used xmonad-log-applet, but after the last update, xmonad is unable to connect to dbus. I get the following error:
xmonad-x86_64-linux: D-Bus Error (org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply): Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
As this is quite a generic message, google wasn't of much help. and I know practically nothing about dbus, so I do not to know where to start looking for the problem. As an alternative I also tried this, which seems to take a simpler approach. But when I try to load it into my (xfce) panel (via XfApplet) I get this message:
An internal error occurred and the applet could not be loaded.
which is also quite informative... Starting a "real" gnome panel also doesn't help. Here I have the suspicion of some missing dependencies, although the program compiles just fine.
Does anyone have some clues?
Last edited by davvil (2011-04-28 09:19:15)

I deserve a big facepalm! For the gnome-socket-applet I didn't export the GNOME_SOCKET_APPLET_PORT variable, so the program didn't start. I should have RTFM in more detail. But the socket-applet works at my computer at home, but not on the one at work
I will mark this topic as solved, as I can use the dbus solution at work and the socket solution at home, but I am still intrigued why the difference arises. If I find the time, I will try to port the gnome-socket-applet to a native xfce panel applet and hopefully it will be more stable.
BTW I uploaded a PKGBUILD for gnome-socket-applet

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I deserve a big facepalm! For the gnome-socket-applet I didn't export the GNOME_SOCKET_APPLET_PORT variable, so the program didn't start. I should have RTFM in more detail. But the socket-applet works at my computer at home, but not on the one at work
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[SOLVED] Xmonad: trasparency doesn't work with compton intel

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[probably SOLVED] xmonad + gnome again

Hi folks!
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Last edited by nexus7 (2009-01-11 14:07:52)

Ugh!
Because starting x takes always 5-10 minutes I liked to speed it up. I thought it still could be gnome fighting against xmonad, since here xmonad is added as starting program while at the same time you have the "/usr/share/applications/xmonad.desktop" (see above). So I liked to see what happens after deselecting xmoand as starting program in the sessions manager... But from now on gnome wouldn't start at all anymore! Neither
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nor
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[Solved] - Can't Log In After Upgrade

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rchiang wrote:libicule.so is in icu package. not sure if re-install icu will fix it.
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Hej all,
I posted some comments on the package hdapsd http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=5401. At the moment, loading the modules from tp_smapi and starting hdaps works without problems, when enabling the unload_heads by executing as root
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Fri Mar 6 17:30:48 2009: Starting hdapsd
Fri Mar 6 17:33:16 2009: parking
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Fri Mar 6 17:33:19 2009: un-parking
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So, does someone has ideas how to debug this further?
Thanks,
Andreas
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