Re: No fonts on Menu
> On Feb 16, 2015, at 11:31, sean wrote: > > Hello All, > > Thanks in advance for any replies. > I have a fresh install of the FreeBSD, 10.1-Release-p5, and Windowmaker > .95.6_4 built from ports. > > The menu is blank, no fonts, though if you click on a tile, whatever is under > that tile will load. > I have installed Firefox, Thunderbird, and some other applications and no > font issues. > > After quitting Xorg, the following is reported on the screen. > > wmaker(getPLArray(proplist.c:738)): warning: syntax error in file > /usr/local/etc/WindowMaker/WMRootMenu, line 96: missing or unterminated > PropList array > > This next line repeats twice > wmaker(getPLArray(proplist.c:748)): warning: syntax error in file > /usr/local/etc/WindowMaker/WMRootMenu, line 96: could not get PropList array > element > > wmaker(readGlobalDomain(defaults.c:825)): warning: could not load domain > WMRootMenu from global defaults database > Hello All, I have been experimenting with this issue seeing if I can find a cause. Since this was a new install I was not worrying about messing anything up. Eventually after trying a few things I decided to rebuild the system from scratch, the problem still persisted with the same errors above. Messed around more and then eventually decided to again rebuild from scratch. This time I instead specified the “vesa” driver in Xorg configuration instead of the “nv” driver. The flickering display of the menu is no longer a problem, though the above errors still appear when I exit to the command line. Decided to rebuild again and this time I built the system with the official nvidia driver and used that in my Xorg configuration. Again, the menu is displaying properly, and I still see the above notices when I quit to a command line. So perhaps there is an issue of some sort centering around the “nv” driver? I still cannot explain the command line appearance of the syntax errors above when quitting Windowmker to the terminal. Right now I do not wish to rebuild the system again and test what would happen if I was to go back to the “nv” driver. Have Fun, Sean -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
Re: No fonts on Menu
> On Feb 17, 2015, at 04:54, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > >> > > According to his report, it looks like this is already the default menu > file: > > "syntax error in file /usr/local/etc/WindowMaker/WMRootMenu" > > Sean, did you run wmaker.inst? Do you have a GNUstep folder in your > $HOME? > Hello Carlos, I just ran the wmaker.inst that you suggested. It made no difference, same strange sometimes missing text, and error I wrote up previously. Have Fun, Sean -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
Re: No fonts on Menu
> On Feb 17, 2015, at 04:54, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > >> > > According to his report, it looks like this is already the default menu > file: > > "syntax error in file /usr/local/etc/WindowMaker/WMRootMenu" > > Sean, did you run wmaker.inst? Do you have a GNUstep folder in your > $HOME? > > Hello Carlos, I did not run the wmaker.inst, just installed it from the port tree with the standard for FreeBSD, “make install clean” after running “make config-recursive” for install options. It has worked in the past for me. I have not seen this wmaker.inst option written anywhere previously. Have Fun, Sean -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
Re: No fonts on Menu
Hello Doug,
I will give it a try when I have the chance and let you know the
results.
Likely not till the weekend.
Have Fun,
Sean
> On Feb 16, 2015, at 22:47, Torrance, Douglas
> wrote:
>
> On 02/16/2015 12:06 PM, sean wrote:
>>Attached is the WMRootMenu file.
>
> I believe the problem is the following line (line 96):
> ("Preferences Utility", EXEC, PREFIX
> "/GNUstep/Applications/WPrefs.app/WPrefs")
>
> It's not parsing the file correctly because of the PREFIX string. Try
> replacing it with the actual path to WPrefs, e.g.,
> ("Preferences Utility", EXEC, "/usr/bin/WPrefs")
>
>> When I first bring up the menu it is blank, however if I click on the
>> title bar and move the menu, the black text appears. Open a submenu,
>> it will be blank, move the menu and the black text appears.
>>
>> Sometimes as I move the text around it might start to fade out, but
>> move the menu again, and it reappears.
>
> It's interesting that you're getting all this strange behavior. On my
> system, when Window Maker realizes it can't parse the menu file, it
> spits out an error message and loads a default menu instead. My guess
> is that for you, it's just trying to deal with this menu it can't parse
> and weird things are happening. At some point, I'll have to take a look
> at the source.
>
> I hope this helps!
> Doug
>
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Re: No fonts on Menu
On 02/17/2015 03:54 AM, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > According to his report, it looks like this is already the default menu > file: When I ran diff on his file versus the one in the source tree, there was one difference (line 96, the line in question). Maybe it's a FreeBSD port issue? Doug -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
Re: No fonts on Menu
On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 at 3:47:47 +, Torrance, Douglas wrote:
> On 02/16/2015 12:06 PM, sean wrote:
> > Attached is the WMRootMenu file.
>
> I believe the problem is the following line (line 96):
>("Preferences Utility", EXEC, PREFIX
> "/GNUstep/Applications/WPrefs.app/WPrefs")
>
> It's not parsing the file correctly because of the PREFIX string. Try
> replacing it with the actual path to WPrefs, e.g.,
>("Preferences Utility", EXEC, "/usr/bin/WPrefs")
>
> > When I first bring up the menu it is blank, however if I click on the
> > title bar and move the menu, the black text appears. Open a submenu,
> > it will be blank, move the menu and the black text appears.
> >
> > Sometimes as I move the text around it might start to fade out, but
> > move the menu again, and it reappears.
>
> It's interesting that you're getting all this strange behavior. On my
> system, when Window Maker realizes it can't parse the menu file, it
> spits out an error message and loads a default menu instead.
According to his report, it looks like this is already the default menu
file:
"syntax error in file /usr/local/etc/WindowMaker/WMRootMenu"
Sean, did you run wmaker.inst? Do you have a GNUstep folder in your
$HOME?
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Re: No fonts on Menu
On 02/16/2015 12:06 PM, sean wrote:
> Attached is the WMRootMenu file.
I believe the problem is the following line (line 96):
("Preferences Utility", EXEC, PREFIX
"/GNUstep/Applications/WPrefs.app/WPrefs")
It's not parsing the file correctly because of the PREFIX string. Try
replacing it with the actual path to WPrefs, e.g.,
("Preferences Utility", EXEC, "/usr/bin/WPrefs")
> When I first bring up the menu it is blank, however if I click on the
> title bar and move the menu, the black text appears. Open a submenu,
> it will be blank, move the menu and the black text appears.
>
> Sometimes as I move the text around it might start to fade out, but
> move the menu again, and it reappears.
It's interesting that you're getting all this strange behavior. On my
system, when Window Maker realizes it can't parse the menu file, it
spits out an error message and loads a default menu instead. My guess
is that for you, it's just trying to deal with this menu it can't parse
and weird things are happening. At some point, I'll have to take a look
at the source.
I hope this helps!
Doug
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Re: No fonts on Menu
On 02/16/15 12:26, Torrance, Douglas wrote:
On 02/16/2015 10:31 AM, sean wrote:
wmaker(getPLArray(proplist.c:738)): warning: syntax error in file
/usr/local/etc/WindowMaker/WMRootMenu, line 96: missing or unterminated
PropList array
This next line repeats twice
wmaker(getPLArray(proplist.c:748)): warning: syntax error in file
/usr/local/etc/WindowMaker/WMRootMenu, line 96: could not get PropList array
element
Could you attach that file so we can take a look?
Thanks!
Doug
Hello Doug,
Attached is the WMRootMenu file.
I just came across another interesting observation.
When I first bring up the menu it is blank, however if I click on the
title bar and move the menu, the black text appears. Open a submenu, it
will be blank, move the menu and the black text appears.
Sometimes as I move the text around it might start to fade out, but move
the menu again, and it reappears.
Amusing!
Have Fun,
Sean
("Applications",
("Info",
("Info Panel", INFO_PANEL),
("Legal", LEGAL_PANEL),
("System Console", EXEC, "xconsole"),
("System Load", SHEXEC, "xosview || xload"),
("Process List", EXEC, "xterm -e top"),
("Manual Browser", EXEC, "xman")
),
("Run...", SHEXEC, "%a(Run,Type command to run:)"),
("XTerm", EXEC, "xterm -sb"),
("Mozilla Firefox", EXEC, "firefox"),
("Workspaces", WORKSPACE_MENU),
("Applications",
("Gimp", SHEXEC, "gimp >/dev/null"),
("Ghostview", EXEC, "ghostview %a(Enter file to view)"),
("Xpdf", EXEC, "xpdf %a(Enter PDF to view)"),
("Abiword", EXEC, "abiword"),
("Dia", EXEC, "dia"),
("OpenOffice.org",
("OpenOffice.org", EXEC, "ooffice"),
("Writer", EXEC, "oowriter"),
("Spreadsheet", EXEC, "oocalc"),
("Draw", EXEC, "oodraw"),
("Impress", EXEC, "ooimpress")
),
("Editors",
("XEmacs", EXEC, "xemacs"),
("Emacs", EXEC, "emacs"),
("XJed", EXEC, "xjed"),
("VI", EXEC, "xterm -e vi"),
("GVIM", EXEC, "gvim"),
("NEdit", EXEC, "nedit"),
("Xedit", EXEC, "xedit")
),
("Multimedia",
("XMMS",
("XMMS", EXEC, "xmms"),
("XMMS play/pause", EXEC, "xmms -t"),
("XMMS stop", EXEC, "xmms -s")
),
("Xine video player", EXEC, "xine"),
("MPlayer", EXEC, "mplayer")
)
),
("Utils",
("Calculator", EXEC, "xcalc"),
("Window Properties", SHEXEC, "xprop | xmessage -center -title 'xprop' -file
-"),
("Font Chooser", EXEC, "xfontsel"),
("Magnify", EXEC, "wmagnify"),
("Colormap", EXEC, "xcmap"),
("Kill X Application", EXEC, "xkill")
),
("Selection",
("Copy", SHEXEC, "echo '%s' | wxcopy"),
("Mail To", EXEC, "xterm -name mail -T Pine -e pine %s"),
("Navigate", EXEC, "mozilla %s"),
("Search in Manual", EXEC, "MANUAL_SEARCH(%s)")
),
("Commands",
("Hide Others", HIDE_OTHERS),
("Show All", SHOW_ALL),
("Arrange Icons", ARRANGE_ICONS),
("Refresh", REFRESH),
("Lock", EXEC, "xlock -allowroot -usefirst")
),
("Appearance",
("Themes", OPEN_MENU, "-noext #wmdatadir#/Themes
$HOME/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Themes WITH setstyle"),
("Styles", OPEN_MENU, "-noext #wmdatadir#/Styles
$HOME/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Styles WITH setstyle"),
("Icon Sets", OPEN_MENU, "-noext #wmdatadir#/IconSets
$HOME/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/IconSets WITH seticons"),
("Background",
("Solid",
("Black", EXEC, "wdwrite WindowMaker WorkspaceBack '(solid, black)'"),
("Blue", EXEC, "wdwrite WindowMaker WorkspaceBack '(solid,
\"#505075\")'"),
("Indigo", EXEC, "wdwrite WindowMaker WorkspaceBack '(solid,
\"#243e6c\")'"),
("Bluemarine", EXEC, "wdwrite WindowMaker WorkspaceBack '(solid,
\"#224477\")'"),
("Purple", EXEC, "wdwrite WindowMaker WorkspaceBack '(solid,
\"#554466\")'"),
("Wheat", EXEC, "wdwrite WindowMaker WorkspaceBack '(solid, wheat4)'"),
("Dark Gray", EXEC, "wdwrite WindowMaker WorkspaceBack '(solid,
\"#40\")'"),
("Wine", EXEC, "wdwrite WindowMaker WorkspaceBack '(solid,
\"#400020\")'")
),
("Gradient",
("Sunset", EXEC, "wdwrite WindowMaker WorkspaceBack '(mvgradient,
deepskyblue4, black, deepskyblue4, tomato4)'"),
("Sky", EXEC, "wdwrite WindowMaker WorkspaceBack '(vgradient, blue4,
white)'"),
("Blue Shades", EXEC, "wdwrite WindowMaker WorkspaceBack '(vgradient,
\"#7080a5\", \"#101020\")'"),
("Indigo Shades", EXEC, "wdwrite WindowMaker WorkspaceBack '(vgradient,
\"#746ebc\", \"#242e4c\")'"),
("Purple Shades", EXEC, "wdwrite WindowMaker WorkspaceBack '(vgradient,
\"#654c66\", \"#151426\")'"),
("Wheat Shades", EXEC, "wdwrite WindowMaker WorkspaceBack '(vgradient,
\"#a09060\", \"#302010\")'"),
("Grey Shades", EXEC, "wdwrite WindowMaker WorkspaceBack '(vgradient,
\"#636380\", \"#131318\")'"),
("Wine Shades", EXEC, "wdwrite WindowMaker WorkspaceBack '(vgradient,
\"#600040\", \"#180010\")'")
),
("Images", OPEN_MENU, "-noext #wmdatadir#/Backgrounds
$HOME/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Backgrounds WITH wmsetbg -u -t")
),
("
Re: No fonts on Menu
On 02/16/2015 10:31 AM, sean wrote: > wmaker(getPLArray(proplist.c:738)): warning: syntax error in file > /usr/local/etc/WindowMaker/WMRootMenu, line 96: missing or unterminated > PropList array > > This next line repeats twice > wmaker(getPLArray(proplist.c:748)): warning: syntax error in file > /usr/local/etc/WindowMaker/WMRootMenu, line 96: could not get PropList array > element Could you attach that file so we can take a look? Thanks! Doug -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
