[AG-TECH] shared browser

[George Estes]

  So I just installed AG2.2 on another new machine and the shared apps work just fine.  What could be unique about my laptop that would prevent shared apps from working?

George


At 01:01 PM 6/18/2004 -0500, you wrote:

>Actually, you don't have to reinstall the software, just rename the 
>file/dir and it should work.
>
>Sorry for the inconvenience,
>
>Susanne
>
>On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Susanne Lefvert wrote:
>
>> 
>> Ok, I have been able to reproduce this error. Apparently, when installing 
>> 2.2, the old SharedApplications directory and ApplicationDatabase file 
>> remains from 2.1.2 and causes problems.  If solved this by renaming 
>> 
>> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application 
>> Data\AccessGrid\Config\ApplicationDatabase 
>> 
>> as well as
>> 
>> >C:\Documents and 
>> Settings\<username>\Application>Data\AccessGrid\Config\SharedApplications
>> 
>> and then reinstalling the AGTk 2.2.
>> 
>> Please let me know if this solves your problems. 
>> 
>> Susanne
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Benedikt Bjarni Bogason wrote:
>> 
>> > can it be because the server is running 2.1.2?
>> > 
>> > >    I tried this and I still cannot open any shared apps in 2.2?
>> > >
>> > > George
>> > >
>> > > At 09:15 AM 6/18/2004 -0500, Susanne Lefvert wrote:
>> > >
>> > >>The 2.2 shared browser should work. Have you been able to open any shared
>> > >>application with 2.2 or is it just the shared browser that is giving you
>> > >>trouble?  If you have problems with all your shared applications you
>> > >> might
>> > >>have a corrupt application database. You can solve that by renaming
>> > >>
>> > >>C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application
>> > >> Data\AccessGrid\Config\Application Database
>> > >>
>> > >>and install the AGTK2.2 again. (Bug 962 in bugzilla).
>> > >>
>> > >>Regards,
>> > >>
>> > >>Susanne
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Benedikt Bjarni Bogason wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >>> Hello
>> > >>>
>> > >>> I was trying to use the shared browser for the first time, between my
>> > >>> node
>> > >>> and a node in China. I was using AG 2.1.2 and multicasting, but the
>> > >>> node
>> > >>> in China was using AG 2.2 and was unicasting (or perhaps multicasting,
>> > >>> I
>> > >>> am not quite sure).
>> > >>>
>> > >>> I could add a browser and open it and start browsing, but the node in
>> > >>> China was unable to open the browser. When they right-clicked on it and
>> > >>> selected open, nothing happened.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> I also have version 2.2 on my node, so I switched to that, but then I
>> > >>> ran
>> > >>> into same difficulties as the node in china, nothing happened when i
>> > >>> tried
>> > >>> to open the browser.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> So we both switched to 2.1.2, and he switched computers and we both
>> > >>> tried
>> > >>> multicasting, that had the effect I could not hear nor see him (and
>> > >>> vice
>> > >>> versa) but the shared browser worked like a dream.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Is this a known software issue with the 2.2 version, or is this perhaps
>> > >>> a
>> > >>> multicast problem? Anyone seen this problem before?
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Best regards,
>> > >>> Benedikt Bogason
>> > >>> benedikt.bogasson at bt.com
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >
>> > >
>> > 
>> > 
>> 
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