Still working on getting programs that run on Ubuntu 10.04 to run on 12.04.
Today's exercise is trying to get the python program footpedal to work. I am able to install the .deb with the Ubuntu Software Center. When I click on it's entry in Applications > System Tools > Preferences I hear some disk accessing but nothing happens that I can see. What I'm used to happening is that an icon appears at the top of the screen that allows me to configure the tool. I first tried installing the same .deb file I use in 10.04. I thought that maybe I need to get the source and install from that, so I downloaded it via svn and ran the shell script make_binary_package.sh. It appeared to run to completion. It created a new footpedal_0.5_0buntu1_all.deb and then installed it. However I still get the same results as above. Next I wondered if I was supposed to uninstall the earlier version first. That was version 0.4. Since I installed it using the Ubuntu Software Center I thought that's where I should go to uninstall it. However the only option provided is reinstall. Next I wondered just what program is being called from Applications > System Tools > Preferences. How does one go about finding out that information? I have the menu editor Main Menu installed, but it does not show the path to the program in its properties. All it says is: Type: Application Name: Footpedal Utility Command: footpedal Comment: Footpedal configuration panel That's the same information Main Menu shows for the version installed on my 10.04 machine. Another question is what log do I look in to see what happened when I clicked on that menu item? Thanks. Regards, Dick Steffens _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
