On Fri, 8 Feb 2013 23:41:24 +0000 (UTC)
[email protected] wrote:
> 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.
Try running it from a shell window, and see what sort of error
messages are produced. Since footpedal is a python program, you
may need to do something like
$ python /path/to/footpedal.py
Or not, if footpedal is a shell script that executes the actual
python program.
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> Another question is what log do I look in to see what happened when
> I clicked on that menu item?
Probably ~/.xsession-errors. You might look in /var/log/messages
as well. Also, doesn't Ubuntu use AppArmor? I know next to
nothing about AppArmor, but if it were preventing your program
from running, I would imagine that it logged that event somewhere.
I've no idea where, though.
I'm afraid that's all I can think of. Maybe some of the more
'buntu-oriented folks will chime in with better ideas.
--Dale
--
Vir: I thought the purpose of filing these reports was to provide
accurate intelligence.
Londo: Vir, intelligence has nothing to do with politics!
-- "Point of No Return", Babylon 5
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