gdesklets doesn't start

Thanks for your bug report. Can you try to launch gdesklets from a terminal and see if an error occurs ?
gdesklet runs well here.

I came upon the same problem

memo@memo-desktop:~$ gdesklets
Starting gdesklets-daemon...
Cannot establish connection to daemon: timeout!
The log file might help you solving the problem.
memo@memo-desktop:~$

I am not shure though where to search that log.

I have figured it out somehow ...

memo@memo-desktop:~$ gdesklets shell
memo@memo-desktop:~$ ./Shell/__init__.py:153: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.threads_init is deprecated, use gtk.gdk.threads_init instead
  gtk.threads_init()

I've the same Bug,
I'm using Ubuntu 7.04 x86_64.
This bug appeared since I update edgy to feisty the last week !

See the log file:

Log messages of /home/manu-d/.gdesklets/logs/gdesklets%3A0.0.log
/usr/lib/gdesklets/main/__init__.py:118: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.threads_init is deprecated, use gtk.gdk.threads_init instead
  gtk.threads_init()

==========================================================[04/02/07-22:02:11]===
Could not import tiling module!

Gdesklets doesn't start when and when I try to open the gdesklets admin, the windows freeze

ProblemType: Bug
Date: Sat Mar 3 22:21:20 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
Uname: Linux Ubuntu 2.6.20-8-386 #2 Tue Feb 13 05:15:43 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

Exact same thing for me, it seems that gtk is not the problem, it looks more like that missing tiling module is responsible for that.

+1 for me on this bug as well. My log file says:

mbt@sage:~/.gdesklets/logs$ cat gdesklets%3A0.0.log
Log messages of /home/mbt/.gdesklets/logs/gdesklets%3A0.0.log
/usr/lib/gdesklets/main/__init__.py:118: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.threads_init is deprecated, use gtk.gdk.threads_init instead
  gtk.threads_init()

==========================================================[04/12/07-03:07:20]===
Could not import tiling module!

mbt@sage:~/.gdesklets/logs$

Not sure where the problem is exactly yet, though. Need to find out what, exactly, is kicking out that error.

i've got the same problem dudes. i click gdesklets and a window appears like it's gonna start but it's just blank and just stays there hanging and you have to force quit it...

I have the exact same problem, I'm using LinuxMint Bianca, same as Ubuntu 6.10. gdesklets worked perfectly on my machine until 6 April 2007, there were updates installed by Synaptic on this date but I don't know if they are the cause of the problem!
Upgraded the following packages:
automatix2 (1.1-2.34-6.10edgy_i386) to 1.1-2.35-6.10edgy_i386
kdelibs-data (4:3.5.5-0ubuntu3.2) to 4:3.5.5-0ubuntu3.3
kdelibs4c2a (4:3.5.5-0ubuntu3.2) to 4:3.5.5-0ubuntu3.3

In a terminal window I get the following message when I try to start gdesklets
Starting gdesklets-daemon...
Cannot establish connection to daemon: timeout!
The log file might help you solving the problem.

The log file referred to says

Log messages of /home/keith/.gdesklets/logs/gdesklets%3A0.0.log
/usr/lib/gdesklets/main/__init__.py:118: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.threads_init is deprecated, use gtk.gdk.threads_init instead
  gtk.threads_init()

==========================================================[04/18/07-22:35:13]===
=== Unhandled error! Something bad and unexpected happened. ===

[EXC]db type could not be determined
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/gdesklets-daemon: line 127 ?
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/gdesklets-daemon: line 114 _gdesklets_main
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/ErrorFormatter.py: line 118 _new_imp
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/main/Starter.py: line 2 ?
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/ErrorFormatter.py: line 118 _new_imp
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/config/DaemonConfigger.py: line 1 ?
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/ErrorFormatter.py: line 118 _new_imp
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/config/StateSaver.py: line 128 ?
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/config/StateSaver.py: line 30 __init__
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/config/Backend.py: line 68 Backend
in shelve.py: line 234 open
in shelve.py: line 215 __init__
in anydbm.py: line 80 open
[EXC]/usr/lib/python2.4/anydbm.py

[---] 75 mod = _defaultmod
[---] 76 else:
[---] 77 raise error, "need 'c' or 'n' flag to open new db"
[---] 78 elif result == "":
[---] 79 # db type cannot be determined
[ERR]> 80 raise error, "db type could not be determined"
[---] 81 else:
[---] 82 mod = __import__(result)
[---] 83 return mod.open(file, flag, mode)

Dpn't know what this db type is.

Same problem here. Here is my log file

Log messages of /home/gla/.gdesklets/logs/gdeskletslocalhost%3A1.0.log
/usr/lib/gdesklets/main/__init__.py:118: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.threads_init is deprecated, use gtk.gdk.threads_init instead
  gtk.threads_init()

==========================================================[04/24/07-15:50:17]===
Could not import tiling module!

GL

Me too.

Log messages of /home/.../.gdesklets/logs/gdesklets%3A0.0.log
/usr/lib/gdesklets/main/__init__.py:118: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.threads_init is deprecated, use gtk.gdk.threads_init instead
  gtk.threads_init()

==========================================================[06/12/07-12:01:32]===
Could not import tiling module!

I also got the following when executing gdesklets shell from the CLI:

./Shell/__init__.py:153: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.threads_init is deprecated, use gtk.gdk.threads_init instead
  gtk.threads_init()
/usr/lib/gdesklets/libdesklets/system/gtop.so: undefined symbol: Py_InitModule4
System in /usr/lib/gdesklets/Controls/System is NOT a valid plugin!

Perhaps I should also have mentioned I'm running Ubuntu Feisty Fawn AMD64 when getting these errors...

Exactly the same fault here using ubuntu 7.04 for AMD64:

   Log messages of /home/abc/.gdesklets/logs/gdesklets%3A0.0.log
   /usr/lib/gdesklets/main/__init__.py:118: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.threads_init is deprecated, use gtk.gdk.threads_init instead
     gtk.threads_init()

   ==========================================================[08/03/07-16:50:00]===
   Could not import tiling module!

[Expired for gdesklets (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Expired! What happened? I have this problem! Where's the solution?

i guess it's been fixed and the system somehow does something that i don't
understand

a beta of 0.36 will be out this weekend. you should try it. all major
problems should be fixed now.

Fresh install Ubuntu 8.04.1 amd64 2 procs
 uname -a
Linux yyz 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Jun 18 14:15:37 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I have the same problem.

I just now added python 2.4 (the default right now is 2.5) and I get a little different error. Hope this helps.
#gdesklets
Starting gdesklets-daemon...
Connected to daemon in 409 milliseconds.

==========================================================[07/15/08-10:13:25]===
=== Unhandled error! Something bad and unexpected happened. ===

[EXC]
in /usr/bin/gdesklets: line 393 <module>
in /usr/bin/gdesklets: line 268 parse_command
in /usr/bin/gdesklets: line 177 __open_profile
in /usr/bin/gdesklets: line 167 __client_daemon
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/main/client.py: line 208 set_remove_command
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/main/client.py: line 38 __send
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/xdr.py: line 75 recv
[EXC]/usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/xdr.py

[---] 70 chunk = ""
[---] 71 while (True):
[---] 72 try:
[---] 73 length = ord(s.recv(1))
[---] 74 except:
[ERR]> 75 raise XDRError
[---] 76
[---] 77 if (length): chunk += s.recv(length)
[---] 78
[---] 79 flag = s.recv(1)
[---] 80 if (flag == _CONT): continue
[---] 81

 tank you,
and works

2008/7/15 Ronnie Redd <email address hidden>:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 83922 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/83922
>
> Fresh install Ubuntu 8.04.1 amd64 2 procs
> uname -a
> Linux yyz 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Jun 18 14:15:37 UTC 2008 x86_64
> GNU/Linux
> I have the same problem.
>
> --
> gdesklets doesn't start
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/89585
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug (via bug 83922).
>

Unpacking gdesklets (with .../gdesklets_0.36-5build1_i386.deb) ...

Unknown media type in type 'all / all'

Unknown media type in type 'all / allfiles'

Unknown media type in type 'uri / mms'

Unknown media type in type 'uri / mmst'

Unknown media type in type 'uri / mmsu'

Type in unknown media type 'uri / pnm'

Unknown media type in type 'uri / rtspt'

Unknown media type in type 'uri / rtspu'

Unknown media type in type 'fonts / package'

Unknown media type in type 'interface / x-winamp-skin'

Setting up gdesklets (0.36-5build1) ...
GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE =
/ usr / lib / gdesklets / sensor / Sensor.py: 82: SyntaxWarning: assertion is always true, perhaps remove parentheses?
   assert (self.__id, "The ID is invalid in the constructor.")

jayson@jayson-desktop:~$ sudo aptitude install gdesklets gdesklets-data
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Initialising package states... Done
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
jayson@jayson-desktop:~$

this is what i get and aint got a clue please help

I had this problem.

I deleted .gdesklets folder in my home directory and then it went away.

I have the same problem. gdesklets do not start. I hadn't this problem on ubuntu 9.10 but now in 10.04 exist.

Same problem here. The log file is empty.
==
laptop:~$ gdeskets
No command 'gdeskets' found, did you mean:
 Command 'gdesklets' from package 'gdesklets' (universe)
gdeskets: command not found
elden@elden-laptop:~$ gdesklets
Starting gdesklets-daemon...
Connecting to daemon [ ### ]
==========================================================[08/01/10-01:43:41]===
Could not import tiling module!

Cannot establish connection to daemon: timeout!
The log file might help you solving the problem.

I ran into this with 10.10 64bit and used
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9621464&postcount=4 to fix this. Specifically replacing:

def _new_imp(name, globs = {}, locls = {}, fromlist = []):
with
def _new_imp(name, globs = {}, locls = {}, fromlist = [], test = []):
in "/usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/ErrorFormatter.py"

The solution proposed by wonderfullyrich in #25 worked for me, I was getting the "Could not import tiling module!" message also. I'm also running Ubuntu 10.10 64 bit.

I have this bug as well, Ubuntu 10.04.

Link mentioned in #25 worked beautifully, thanks :D

I fixed the problem by #25 as well. My system is 10.04 linux 2.6.32-35 gnome 2.30.2