Update_to_GTK2 do nothing

Forum: Gtk2
Topic: Update_to_GTK2 do nothing
started by: Curtis

Posted by Curtis on June 02 2006,10:34

I have DSL 2.4 and i need to install GTK2.

Te problem is that when i click on Update_to_GTK2 dsl starts openning processes and then close them but do nothing.

I've the dsl installed in a 256Mb DOM. I think i could not have space enough to update to GTK2. I'd like someone to say me if i am wrong or right or if someone could tell me an answer

Thanks :;):

Posted by ZoOp on June 02 2006,15:11

Hi,
just load gtk2, update and load an app funtioning with gtk2 (as Thunderbird f.ex.). If Thunderbird loads, then gtk2 has been loaded and updated right.
yours
z

Posted by Curtis on June 03 2006,14:04

Hi and thanks for replying.

how do i load GTK2?

Posted by ZoOp on June 03 2006,15:08

download the package from the right repository (probably 'system') with mydslbrowser; once downloaded, open emelfm, go to your gtk2-....dsl package (in the repository where you downloaded it), hit 'mydsl' in the front of emelfm (on the top), and you have then the gtk2 libs; after having loaded the libs, menu-->mydsl-->update and it will update the libraries. Then, download and load thunderbird following the same steps first indicated here. If thunderbird loads, it works.
yours
z

PS just if you would like to get more of the fun of dsl: once a .dsl package loaded, you can't un-loaded it in a single session; .dsl packages are not .uci apps, which you can mount and unmount in a session at your conveniance; the very point in the development of dsl 3.0 RC1 is to realize an .unc extension enabling to convert .dsl packages in .unc packages in order to load and un-load them within a session. So, you see the concept: you have a kernel and modular apps that you can use at your conveniance, depending of what you want to/have to do. It's just a new way of computing.

Posted by cbagger01 on June 04 2006,05:37

FYI

You might not have enough RAM or more accurately (RAM + disk swap space) to run the GTK2 extension.

Posted by Curtis on June 05 2006,06:53

OK i'll try bouth things.

Posted by KerowynM on June 15 2006,00:33

Seems a good enough place to ask, considering I just about lost my mind trying to get firefox 1.5 to work. I know about enabling gtk2 but I moved firefox and gtk2 out of optional and for some reason expected gtk2 to load when I booted. How can I make gtk2 load on boot? for that matter how can I get my mixer settings to save? I always have to go in and turn off my input or I get horrible hissing.

Posted by dtf on June 15 2006,00:54

Code Sample

# start up gtk2
/usr/bin/start_gtk2 &

Add the /usr/bin... line to /opt/bootlocal.sh

To get gtk2 started on boot you need to have the gtk2-0705.dsl package in your mydsl directory. For me that is /mnt/hdc3 and then put the quoted line above in the /opt/bootlocal.sh file.

I don't have an answer for the mixer settings as I can't get mine save either.

Posted by KerowynM on June 15 2006,01:12

Thanks. I tried putting "sudo pon" in the bootlocal.sh once before and it didn't work, but I'll give that line a shot.

Edit: Success! much thanks