So, more errors :) It seems the glib in python2.6 on CentOS6 does not have glib.threads_init()
I can see that there is a workaraound for xpra: http://xpra.org/trac/ticket/11 <http://xpra.org/trac/ticket/114#comment:3>4 could this also work for winswitch? Here is the output of winswitch server: [root@a6134s01 winswitch-0.12.18]# winswitch_server [DD] 2013/02/05 13:25:54.162540 main_loop.loop_init(False) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/winswitch_server", line 5, in <module> server_wrapper.main() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/winswitch/server/server_wrapper.py", line 50, in main from winswitch.server.controller import WinSwitchServer File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/winswitch/server/controller.py", line 20, in <module> reactor = loop_init(False) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/winswitch/util/main_loop.py", line 21, in loop_init glib.threads_init() AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'threads_init' On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Michael Klitgaard <[email protected]>wrote: > It is working now, thanks! > > libXfont did the trick. You are obviously better at googling than me :) > > I will try my luck with compiling winswitch from source. > > Thank you for the help! > > > Sincerely > Michael > > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Antoine Martin <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On 05/02/2013 05:05 PM, Michael Klitgaard wrote: >> > Thanks for the input. >> > >> > xorg-x11-server-utils was not installed. >> > >> > I can't find the package: >> > xorg-x11-fonts-base >> > >> > It does not seem to be in: >> > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/Packages/ >> > >> > >> > Is it in xorg-x11-fonts-misc, here it states: >> > >> http://pkgs.org/centos-6-rhel-6/centos-rhel-i386/xorg-x11-fonts-misc-7.2-9.1.el6.noarch.rpm.html >> > >> > >> > Provides >> > xorg-x11-fonts-base >> > >> > Even after the installation, I have the same error, and the same log.. >> googling suggests: >> yum -y install libXfont >> >> See also: >> >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8817196/problems-with-bundling-xvfb-into-application >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Antoine Martin <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> > On 05/02/2013 04:28 PM, Michael Klitgaard wrote: >> > > I do not know if it is related, but I have problems starting xpra. >> > > >> > > If I do: >> > > xpra start :7 >> > > >> > > The log says: >> > > >> > > [mkl@a6134s01 .xpra]$ cat :7.log >> > (snip) >> > > [dix] Could not init font path element >> catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d, >> > > removing from list! >> > > [dix] Could not init font path element built-ins, removing from >> list! >> > > >> > > Fatal server error: >> > > could not open default font 'fixed' >> > > could not connect to X server on display ':7' after 3 seconds >> > > 2013-05-02 11:23:19,967 removing socket >> > > /home/mkl/.xpra/a6134s01.wpcorpnet.com-7 >> > A quick googling tells me you need some font package or library. >> > I think you need all of those: >> > xorg-x11-font-utils >> > xorg-x11-server-utils >> > xorg-x11-fonts-base >> > xorg-x11-fonts-misc >> > Let me know which one is missing from the RPM dependency list and >> I'll >> > add it for the next release. >> > >> > Cheers >> > Antoine >> > >> > > >> > > What am I doing wrong? >> > > >> > > >> > > Sincerely >> > > Michael >> > > >> > > >> > > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Michael Klitgaard >> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>wrote: >> > > >> > >> Hello, >> > >> >> > >> I have a linux cluster, and I have installed xpra on it a >> > frontend, it is >> > >> running CentOS 6.3. >> > >> Can my winswitch on my machine (windows xp) connect to this, or >> > do I need >> > >> to install winswitch on the server? >> > >> >> > >> I have some problems installing winswitch. If I need to install >> > winswitch >> > >> on the server, is there a way to install a 'minimal' winswitch, >> > which only >> > >> works as a server and does not have dependencies on eg. nx? >> > >> I don't see any use for the graphical docked tool on the server. >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> Sincerely >> > >> Michael >> > >> >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > shifter-users mailing list >> > > [email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > http://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users >> > > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > shifter-users mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]> >> > http://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users >> > >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ shifter-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users
