AWN Dock AWN Main Menu applet : could not create applet

AMA · 09-02-2011, 08:20 AM

Hello,

I've installed avant-window-navigator along with awn-extras-applets, but the Awn Main Menu applet crashes. When I run it from terminal, the error i get is

Code:

** (avant-window-navigator:1031): DEBUG: Spawned awn-applet[1052] for "main-menu.desktop", UID: 1314967229, XID: 31457328

** (awn-applet:1052): WARNING **: Unable to find settings.menu

** (awn-applet:1052): WARNING **: Could not create applet!

Where should i find this settings.menu ?

Thanks.

LBM · 09-03-2011, 08:33 PM

Do you run compiz? AWN is requiring compiz.

tiekookeit · 09-04-2011, 08:29 AM

What distro? Have you installed all packages for awn suite?

packages on debian for example

avant-window-navigator
avant-window-navigator-data
awn-applets-common
awn-settings
libawn1
python-awn
python-awn-extras
awn-applets-c-core
awn-applets-c-extras
awn-applets-common
awn-applets-python-core
awn-applets-python-extras

AMA · 09-04-2011, 07:24 PM

I'm running arch, and yes i am running compiz. Well i think i've installed all packages for awn i've installed
_awn-extras-applets
_awn-extras-menus
_avant-window-navigator
plus all the dependencies.

tiekookeit · 09-05-2011, 06:07 AM

awn-settings?

what

dpkg -l | grep awn
dpkg -l | grep avant

shows?

AMA · 09-05-2011, 03:38 PM

Isn't dpkg a debian thing ? I'm on Arch and here's the equivalent (as least i think it is)

Code:

yaourt -Ss awn
community/awn-extras-applets 0.4.0-8 [installed]
    A collection of applets for avant-window-navigator
community/screenlets 0.1.2-6
    Screenlets are small owner-drawn applications
community/spawn-fcgi 1.6.3-1
    A FastCGI process manager for web applications
aur/avant-window-navigator-kde 0.4.0-1 (3)
    AWN patched for KDE: https://bugs.launchpad.net/awn/+bug/699772
aur/awn-extras-applets-bzr 1537-1 (26)
    A collection of applets for avant-window-navigator
aur/awn-extras-menus 0.2-1 [installed] (19)
    A collection of menus for the taskmanager applet
aur/awn-mintmenu 20101204-1 (6)
    awn wrapper for mintmenu
aur/banshee-community-extensions.awn 2.0.0-1 (0)
    Banshee Community Extensions is a repository and project for extensions to the Banshee Media Player
aur/craftbukkit-plugin-plgsetspawn 4.1-1 (0)
    Set spawn plugin for Bukkit
aur/dawn 3_88a-1 (1)
    3D geometrical postscript renderer
aur/dawn-rpg 0.0.30-1 (Out of Date) (2)
    A 2d RPG set in a fantasy world.
aur/ditaa 0_9-1 (27)
    Java utility to convert diagrams drawn using ascii art to bitmap
aur/dockbarx-awn-applet-bzr 352-1 (1)
    GNOME TaskBar with groupping and group manipulation. (AWN applet)
aur/gmpc-awn-git 20080409-1 (17)
    A plugin for gmpc interfaces with the avant window navigator
aur/googlizer 2-1 (7)
    A GNOME panel/menu launcher that spawns a Google search of your X clipboard contents
aur/gtk2-theme-fawn 0.3-1 (36)
    A GTK2 theme
aur/haskell-spawn 0.2-3 (0)
    Tiny library for joinable computations / threads with results.
aur/lawnmower-git 20110127-1 (0)
    "Automated login tool for Georgia Tech Local Area Wireless Network
aur/openbox-fawn-theme 20090406-1 (50)
    Fawn OpenBox Theme
aur/pencil-svn 259-1 (76)
    Animation/drawing software, that lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation using both bitmap and vector 
    graphics
aur/pencilanimation 0.9.7-2 (3)
    Animation/drawing software, that lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation using both bitmap and vector 
    graphics. This is the clash-version which implements flash & AVI/OGG export.
aur/python-spawning 0.9.5-1 (Out of Date) (1)
    A wsgi server which supports multiple processes, multiple threads, green threads, non-blocking HTTP io, and 
    automatic graceful upgrading of code.
aur/ruby-posix-spawn 0.3.6-1 (0)
    posix-spawn uses posix_spawnp(2) for faster process spawning
aur/screenlets-bzr 903-1 (46)
    Small owner-drawn applications (Actual screenlets only)
aur/spawn-fcgi-php 1.0-3 (9)
    script to provide simple cgi-php support for nginx http daemon
aur/thunderbird-awn-notif 0.4-4 (0)
    Notify Avant Window Navigator when new mails arrive in Thunderbird.
aur/timelimit 1.7-1 (6)
    Executes a command and terminates the spawned process after a given time with a given signal.
aur/ttf-castlequeen 0-1 (36)
    A hand-drawn, sketchy, cursive style font.

Code:

 yaourt -Ss awn
community/awn-extras-applets 0.4.0-8 [installed]
    A collection of applets for avant-window-navigator
community/screenlets 0.1.2-6
    Screenlets are small owner-drawn applications
community/spawn-fcgi 1.6.3-1
    A FastCGI process manager for web applications
aur/avant-window-navigator-kde 0.4.0-1 (3)
    AWN patched for KDE: https://bugs.launchpad.net/awn/+bug/699772
aur/awn-extras-applets-bzr 1537-1 (26)
    A collection of applets for avant-window-navigator
aur/awn-extras-menus 0.2-1 [installed] (19)
    A collection of menus for the taskmanager applet
aur/awn-mintmenu 20101204-1 (6)
    awn wrapper for mintmenu
aur/banshee-community-extensions.awn 2.0.0-1 (0)
    Banshee Community Extensions is a repository and project for extensions to the Banshee Media Player
aur/craftbukkit-plugin-plgsetspawn 4.1-1 (0)
    Set spawn plugin for Bukkit
aur/dawn 3_88a-1 (1)
    3D geometrical postscript renderer
aur/dawn-rpg 0.0.30-1 (Out of Date) (2)
    A 2d RPG set in a fantasy world.
aur/ditaa 0_9-1 (27)
    Java utility to convert diagrams drawn using ascii art to bitmap
aur/dockbarx-awn-applet-bzr 352-1 (1)
    GNOME TaskBar with groupping and group manipulation. (AWN applet)
aur/gmpc-awn-git 20080409-1 (17)
    A plugin for gmpc interfaces with the avant window navigator
aur/googlizer 2-1 (7)
    A GNOME panel/menu launcher that spawns a Google search of your X clipboard contents
aur/gtk2-theme-fawn 0.3-1 (36)
    A GTK2 theme
aur/haskell-spawn 0.2-3 (0)
    Tiny library for joinable computations / threads with results.
aur/lawnmower-git 20110127-1 (0)
    "Automated login tool for Georgia Tech Local Area Wireless Network
aur/openbox-fawn-theme 20090406-1 (50)
    Fawn OpenBox Theme
aur/pencil-svn 259-1 (76)
    Animation/drawing software, that lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation using both bitmap and vector 
    graphics
aur/pencilanimation 0.9.7-2 (3)
    Animation/drawing software, that lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation using both bitmap and vector 
    graphics. This is the clash-version which implements flash & AVI/OGG export.
aur/python-spawning 0.9.5-1 (Out of Date) (1)
    A wsgi server which supports multiple processes, multiple threads, green threads, non-blocking HTTP io, and 
    automatic graceful upgrading of code.
aur/ruby-posix-spawn 0.3.6-1 (0)
    posix-spawn uses posix_spawnp(2) for faster process spawning
aur/screenlets-bzr 903-1 (46)
    Small owner-drawn applications (Actual screenlets only)
aur/spawn-fcgi-php 1.0-3 (9)
    script to provide simple cgi-php support for nginx http daemon
aur/thunderbird-awn-notif 0.4-4 (0)
    Notify Avant Window Navigator when new mails arrive in Thunderbird.
aur/timelimit 1.7-1 (6)
    Executes a command and terminates the spawned process after a given time with a given signal.
aur/ttf-castlequeen 0-1 (36)
    A hand-drawn, sketchy, cursive style font.
 ┌[ama@precision]─[22:33:36]─[~]
 └╼ yaourt -Ss avant
community/agsync 0.2_pre-3
    AvantGo sync plugin
community/avant-window-navigator 0.4.0-10 [installed]
    Fully customisable dock-like window navigator for GNOME
community/awn-extras-applets 0.4.0-8 [installed]
    A collection of applets for avant-window-navigator
aur/avant-window-navigator-bzr 830-1 (306)
    Fully customisable dock-like window navigator
aur/avant-window-navigator-kde 0.4.0-1 (3)
    AWN patched for KDE: https://bugs.launchpad.net/awn/+bug/699772
aur/awn-extras-applets-bzr 1537-1 (26)
    A collection of applets for avant-window-navigator
aur/gmpc-awn-git 20080409-1 (17)
    A plugin for gmpc interfaces with the avant window navigator
aur/sudoku-savant 1.3-2 (15)
    A simple GUI-driven application to solve and generate sudoku puzzles through logical means
aur/thunderbird-awn-notif 0.4-4 (0)
    Notify Avant Window Navigator when new mails arrive in Thunderbird.

And the only packages i've installed are those mentioned before.

PS: i downloaded dpkg on my arch and your two commands show nothing. Have I missed something ?

Thanks by the way for your help.

tiekookeit · 09-06-2011, 06:20 AM

I cant see a configuration package, as show in my instalation awn-settings

AMA · 09-06-2011, 10:05 AM

I dont' think there's a settings package, because when i right click on the dock and select dock preferences, i fall on an 'Awn Settings' window.

tiekookeit · 09-07-2011, 02:39 PM

You do run awn, You just cant run when you launch it on the terminal, right?

If it is so, what export shows on your terminal, and what shell are you using

AMA · 09-07-2011, 05:46 PM

As said in my first post, the only applet which doesn't run is the awn main menu, besides that awn runs fine. I ran it from terminal just to know where the error came from, and (cf 1st post) the error was unable to find settings.menu. So my question was and is where can i find this settings.menu ?

tiekookeit · 09-08-2011, 06:20 AM

I dont have this file on my system or my home either

locate *.menu

/etc/mc/cedit.menu
/etc/mc/mc.menu
/etc/X11/fluxbox/window.menu
/etc/xdg/menus/applications-merged/ggz.merge.menu
/etc/xdg/menus/ggz.menu
/etc/xdg/menus/gnome-applications.menu
/etc/xdg/menus/gnome-screensavers.menu
/etc/xdg/menus/gnome-settings.menu
/etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu
/usr/etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/applications.menu
/usr/share/menu/google-earth.menu
/usr/share/menu/qcad.menu