[AG-TECH] Gnome launchers in FC2

[Michael Miller]

Then I must defer to the wisdom of the AG Dev team...  ;-)

Michael

At 02:58 PM 9/15/2004, you wrote:
>Nope, the only thing running on the linux box is AGServiceManager.py. The 
>VenueClient is running on the control(display windows xp) machine.
>Jim
>
>
>Michael Miller wrote:
>
>>So you are running the VenueClient on the same machine as the separate 
>>AGServiceManager?
>>If so, then yes, you will have a problem running the VenueClient with the 
>>--personalNode flag as that will cause an AGServiceManager.py instance to 
>>attempt to use port 11000.  Which will cause it to fail because the port 
>>is already in use by the separate AGServiceManager.
>>Try setting the command in the startup app to:
>>AGServiceManager.py -p 12000
>>or whatever other port you want.
>>If you're not using the --personalNode flag when running the venue 
>>client, I would file it as a bug because the venue client should not be 
>>launching a service manager if the flag is not there.
>>Michael Miller
>>NCSA
>>At 12:44 PM 9/15/2004, Jim Miller wrote:
>>
>>>Just tried that... didn't work.  The AGServiceManager dies as soon as I 
>>>bring up the Venue Client on the control box.... Same issue.
>>>Jim
>>>
>>>
>>>Michael Miller wrote:
>>>
>>>>Jim,
>>>>Use gnome-session-properties to set up a "Startup Application".  I just 
>>>>entered AGServiceManager.py  in the command box and logged out/logged 
>>>>in and it works.
>>>>Michael Miller
>>>>NCSA
>>>>At 03:36 PM 9/14/2004, Jim Miller wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I am having problems with the launchers in Gnome.  If I open an xterm 
>>>>>or a gnome-terminal and run Service Manager by physically typing 
>>>>>AGServiceManager.py everything works fine.  However, If I try to run 
>>>>>servicemanager from the menu items or create a launcher myself, the 
>>>>>AGServiceManager will run and listen on port 11000, but as soon as the 
>>>>>VenueClient tries to communicate with the ServiceManager, the terminal 
>>>>>window disappears and the AGServiceManager.py script dies.  I have 
>>>>>tried creating Gnome application launchers for the AGServiceManager.py 
>>>>>script as well as created a launcher to run just a basic xterm that 
>>>>>runs AGServiceManager (xterm -e AGServiceManager.py)
>>>>>
>>>>>I get the same result for both.
>>>>>Any Ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>Jim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Thanx,
>>>>Michael Miller
>>>>System Engineer
>>>>Visualization Technology Support
>>>>Computing and Data Management
>>>>National Center for Supercomputing Applications
>>>>University of Illinois - UC
>>>>217-649-0747
>>>>"If you're clear in your vision and trust the people in your team with 
>>>>clear objectives, they will invariably do their best to achieve 
>>>>everything desired, and usually deliver everything you could have hoped 
>>>>for and even more." -Paul Debevec
>>
>>Thanx,
>>Michael Miller
>>System Engineer
>>Visualization Technology Support
>>Computing and Data Management
>>National Center for Supercomputing Applications
>>University of Illinois - UC
>>217-649-0747
>>"If you're clear in your vision and trust the people in your team with 
>>clear objectives, they will invariably do their best to achieve 
>>everything desired, and usually deliver everything you could have hoped 
>>for and even more." -Paul Debevec

Thanx,

Michael Miller
System Engineer
Visualization Technology Support
Computing and Data Management
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
University of Illinois - UC
217-649-0747

"If you're clear in your vision and trust the people in your team with 
clear objectives, they will invariably do their best to achieve everything 
desired, and usually deliver everything you could have hoped for and even 
more." -Paul Debevec