iDesk error in Openbox

[Terraman]

Hi all,

I am trying to run iDesk in my machine (see specs in signature) with Openbox as WM. Apparently it has some errors.
I quote the next message when I run idesk in terminal:
"terminate called after throwing an instance of'std::ios_base::failure' what(): basic_filebuf::underflow error reading file
Aborted"

This is my .ideskrc file in $HOME:

table Config
FontName: tahoma
FontSize: 8
FontColor: #ffffff
ToolTip.FontSize: 9
ToolTip.FontName: gothic
ToolTip.ForeColor: #0000FF
ToolTip.BackColor: #FFFFFF
ToolTip.CaptionOnHover: true
ToolTip.CaptionPlacement: right
Locked: false
Transparency: 100
Shadow: true
ShadowColor: #000000
ShadowX: 1
ShadowY: 2
Bold: false
ClickDelay: 300
IconSnap: true
SnapWidth: 55
SnapHeight: 100
SnapOrigin: BottomRight
SnapShadow: true
SnapShadowTrans: 200
CaptionOnHover: false
FillStyle: FillHLine
Background.File:
Background.Delay: 20
Background.Source: /home/herman/.wallpaper
Background.Mode: Scale
Background.Color: #C2CCFF
end
table Actions
Lock: right doubleClk
Drag: left hold
EndDrag: left singleClk
Execute[0]: left doubleClk
end

The next file is my icon file in .idesktop directoy in $HOME.

table Icon
Caption: File Manager
Command: pcmanfm
Icon: /usr/share/fbpanel/images/file-manager.png
X: 100
Y: 50
end

Can someone help me?

Thanks in advance!

[Terraman]

Someone?

[Terraman]

Anybody?

[urukrama]

According to this thread (on a French forum) this problem can be solved if you have both a Command[0] and Command[1] line (instead of having just a Command line) in your icon file (as explained on the Wiki). Perhaps that helps you as well.

Since you only specify Execute[0] in your ideskrc and don't have an Execute[1] option, perhaps only changing the Command to Command[0] might do. It shouldn't be necessary, but it could be worth a try.

I don't use idesk, otherwise I'd experiment with it myself.

[Terraman]

urukrama,

I have followed your suggestion, unfortunately it is still showing the same message.

PS: nice Openbox Guide, it has been extremely helpful so far.

[Terraman]

Nobody?

[kerry_s]

i would try starting again, remove everything(uninstall: sudo apt-get remove --purge idesk), reinstall it(sudo apt-get install idesk), than copy the files(cp /usr/share/idesk/idesrc ~/.ideskrc (i think?)), create the folder(mkdir ~/.idesktop), don't put nothing in it yet. just start it up(idesk &), than kill it(killall idesk), than do your thing.

you know pcmanfm does desktop icons?
put "pcmanfm -d &" in your startup, makes it run as a daemon(aka:faster), than turn on the desktop support, go to /usr/share/applications, copy & paste what ever programs you want to ~/Desktop. it's very simple.

[Terraman]

i would try starting again, remove everything(uninstall: sudo apt-get remove --purge idesk), reinstall it(sudo apt-get install idesk), than copy the files(cp /usr/share/idesk/idesrc ~/.ideskrc (i think?)), create the folder(mkdir ~/.idesktop), don't put nothing in it yet. just start it up(idesk &), than kill it(killall idesk), than do your thing.

you know pcmanfm does desktop icons?
put "pcmanfm -d &" in your startup, makes it run as a daemon(aka:faster), than turn on the desktop support, go to /usr/share/applications, copy & paste what ever programs you want to ~/Desktop. it's very simple.

kerry_s

When I put "pcmanfm -d &" a message "Files does not exist" por up. However, with "pcmanfm &" there is no message and the file manager is running.

[kerry_s]

kerry_s

When I put "pcmanfm -d &" a message "Files does not exist" por up. However, with "pcmanfm &" there is no message and the file manager is running.

yeah, i guess it doesn't work in some wm's, i'm using twm and using the daemon causes a zombie. that's okay it's just slow the first time it's started without it. it's a undocumented setting, so my guess is it's not completely ready. when it does work it's great, pcmanfm starts instantly the first time it's used. works in my jwm setup on my other laptop.

[Terraman]

kerry_s

Ok! But iDesk is showing the same message:

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::ios_base::failure' what(): basic_filebuf::underflow error reading the file