On Tuesday 20 October 2009 05:54:11 am Santhosh Joseph wrote:

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 2:26 PM, David C. Rankin

wrote:

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Devs,

I don't know if I should bug this since it is a svn package, but enlightenment (the e-svn package) segfaults and cannot recover if you choose the standard setup. It goes through the initial setup screens OK, but as soon as it tries to start, it segfaults and cannot be recovered.

Hi David,

I've been experimenting with E17(from the repo) + ecomorph (AUR) for the last couple of days, I've never had E17 segfault. So, I doubt its e17 itself, sure e17 is still in development phase, but afaik, it doesn't crash as often as you say.

Try creating a test user and login and see if it segfaults, also, try unloading some modules and enable one after the other to see if any particular module is causing this, some like bling has troubled me in the past.

Cheers! Joseph

Joseph, I already did that. Like I mentioned, the problem is the "Battery" module on my Toshiba 205d laptop. There is some fatal conflict when it is loaded, enlightenment segfaults. Since the Battery module is loaded by default in the "standard" install ... you get the picture. As mentioned, I did a "minimal" install and it worked fine. I added modules one-by-one until I got to the battery module and then it segfaulted. I tried it again with only the battery module selected to confirm. I don't know where to report the battery module problem. I suspect that's an enlightenment issue. What I was amazed by is how refined and usable e17 was. The interface is really cool for a reasonably light weight desktop. I think it will become my new remote desktop for launching through vnc. The menu and shelf handling and configuration is way beyond those of openbox, icewm and flux that I have been using as my remote access DT. It will be fun figuring out what all I can do with it. First thing on the agenda is to go find a replacement theme for the Black & White default. Very well done theme, but not quite my taste. Let me know if there is anything else I need to do as far as reporting the issue with Arch. If not, I'll just follow up with the enlightenment folks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com

On 10/21/2009 03:34 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:

On the plus side, e17 is one helluva a good looking desktop (especially with the dark a-sblack-esp1 theme -- Wow!) Screenshot showing e17 running via vncviewer from my Arch server (it is light weight enough to be a great remote dt):

http://www.3111skyline.com/download/screenshots/archlinux/e-17-a-sblack- esp1.jpg

Nice dark theme! (As you know, I'm a big fan.) Here's my latest - my previous (KDE3) dark theme now upgraded for KDE4: http://www.darose.net/DaroseDesktop2009-10.png DR

Interesting side note. It looks like a developer is working on a combination of e17 and compiz. It's called 'ecomorph' if anyone is interested. The info for the site is: http://code.google.com/p/itask-module/wiki/Stuff -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com

On Thursday 22 October 2009 09:17:45 am David Rosenstrauch wrote:

Some cool pics in there (esp. the space ones). Tnx for the pointer!

DR

(side note of the shuttle pics) Before going into law, my undergraduate was in aerospace engineering and I worked at NASA from '89-'95 in flight design and mission operations. I still have a few friends there that send me pictures when the get some good one... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com