Desktop Switching Tool

zjimward · #1 29th April 2004, 05:37 PM

Has any one experienced the following problem under FC2 Test 3?

When I select the Desktop Switching Tool under either GNOME or KDE it executes and never appears to run.

Bobmeister · #2 29th April 2004, 07:15 PM

I can't even find it on the menu, however using the command-ling switchdesk works fine. On my fresh install of Test 3, just like test 2, I couldn't find any gui version of the desktop switcher anywhere...

Could be a "me" oversight though because I didn't look too hard...

LordMorgul · #3 29th April 2004, 09:08 PM

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla....cgi?id=121840

If you have version 4.0.2-1 installed then this bug might be the problem.. if you have an earlier version installed, then the problem might be something else.

btw, yum/apt may fail to update from the earlier version if this is not a clean install of test3. I had to manually update switchdesk.

For the gui.. install switchdesk-gui.

lord_sean · #4 30th April 2004, 12:17 AM

Yup, same issue here, have yey to find a resoultion

LordMorgul · #5 30th April 2004, 01:29 AM

Well, in the meantime you can list the files owned by switchdesk, rpm -ql switchdesk and then copy the desired .Xclients.<windowmanage> file to your home directory's .Xclients-default.

That is the general operation carried out by switchdesk anyway.

I'm sure the maintainer will be all over the syntax error soon. (of course anyone knowing python could drop a patch on the bug and help him out..)

zjimward · #6 30th April 2004, 06:07 PM

Thanks for all the responses. For those that don't know where the Desktop Switching Tool is now located. Look under Preferences|More Preferences|Desktop Switching Tool

Running switchdesk from the command line worked great.

The version installed is 4.0.2-1 and I noticed that according to

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzill...g.cgi?id=121840

link that 4.0.3-1 no longer has this bug. Until then switchdesk on the command line works fine.