On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 12:50:58PM -0400, cga2000 wrote: > > > > > Did you try starting WPrefs from a shell prompt -- rather than clicking > > > on an icon..? There might be useful messages there. > > > > Yes, but get only this like error message: > > "WPrefs warning: could not locate image file iconprefs" eleven times for > > icons: iconprefs, ergonomic, paths, workspace, configs, menus, > > keyshortcuts, mousesettings, appearance, fonts, and expert. > > > And this is with the "regular sarge version" .. ?
Yes, my system is Debian Sarge, and this happen with regular wmaker sarge version. > I assume you are running stable? Yes. > Now, _maybe_ we're on to something: > > I am running the 0.80.2 version from the sarge repository and there is > no such thing as a "fonts" option in WPrefs. > > This option was added to WPrefs starting with 0.9x. > > Does the following directory exist on your system: > > /usr/lib/GNUstep/System/Applications/WPrefs.app/ Yes it exist. > If it does, what are its contents? /tiff/ *WPrefs WPrefs.tiff WPrefs.xpm > > Now I have installed only wmaker 0.91.0 without any additional package, > > like wmaker-data, or wmakerconf.. > > So you're back with the tarball, right? Now, the tarball have version 0.92.0 and the regular sarge version is 0.91.0 . > Something as small and hard to notice as a broken symbolic link to a > directory -- that might or might not look like it's related to our > problem .. could prevent the install from working correctly. > > Just an example .. I have no idea what's going on here. > > One strategy when doing tarball installs: > > 1. Create an empty "anchor" file > 2. Run the install (./configure && make && make install) > 3. Run a "find" command that lists all files more recent than the > anchor file redirecting the output to a file. > > Far from perfect since there's always a chance that unrelated files > might be created while the install is running. Thanks for this advice! > Check the following: > > 1. locate mousesettings.tiff /usr/lib/GNUstep/System/Applications/WPrefs.app/tiff/mousesettings.tiff > 2. ls -al mousesettings.tiff > > Permissions should be: > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root (...) mousesettings.tiff -rw-r--r-- 1 root root (...) mousesettings.tiff It seem it is OK. > If this is a system you installed a couple of days ago and have not > customized anything I would probably do the same. No, this system is a couple month ago: Debian Sarge. > My concern is that there may be other things that you haven't had a > chance to notice yet that may not work. > > So if the above doesn't help -- which wouldn't surprise me, since I > know nothing of wmaker's internals .. I suggest you do the following: > > 1. get back to the version that's in the debian repository I did, I get back to the sarge version: 0.91.0 . > 2. install wmakerconf and use that to customize wmaker I did so. > 3. wait till the wm-user list is back up. OK > Try to keep it simple & hopefully someone on the list will be able to > help. OK -- Regards, Paul Csányi http://csanyipal.info/moodle <<<--- Moodle - Course Management System http://csanyipal.info:81 <<<--- sTeam - Cooperative Learning -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
