Re: [DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-15 Thread spiralofhope
On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 13:58:34 +0200 Ludovic Bellière via Dng wrote: > As it stand, aisleriot is part of the gnome suite and thus depends on > GTK3. Maybe something in the framework changed that does not support > your system anymore. Oh my god if this turns out to be the case I will laugh so

Re: [DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-14 Thread g4sra via Dng
On Thursday, August 12th, 2021 at 11:47 AM, g4sra wrote: > <--snip-- > > The problem with mouse-drag does not occur on the other disk. > > <--snip-- > > Of note is that when I start /usr/games/sol as root the problem > > disappars---I can drag cards just fine. > > This implies that your

Re: [DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-14 Thread dvalin
On 14.08.21 05:56, Haines Brown wrote: > Because I had reinstalled aisleriot and I don't see others reporting a > bug in aireriot, I do not suspect the application is brokken. That may be so, but when glines always crashed on my machine, the quickest fix was to install klines. If there is a

Re: [DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-14 Thread Ludovic Bellière via Dng
Hello Haines, Has stated in other replies, the issues might either be of hardware of software in nature. If your software stack is problematic, the reasonable path would be to investigate what aisleriot has for requirements. As it stand, aisleriot is part of the gnome suite and thus depends on

Re: [DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-14 Thread Haines Brown
I created a new account, logged into it, and yet find the problem in it as well. Root can drag cards but user cannot, This seems to rul out a miscoconfiguration of user. Because I had reinstalled aisleriot and I don't see others reporting a bug in aireriot, I do not suspect the application

Re: [DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-12 Thread g4sra via Dng
<--snip--> > The problem with mouse-drag does not occur on the other disk. <--snip--> > Of note is that when I start /usr/games/sol as root the problem > disappars---I can drag cards just fine. This implies that your issue is 'user' based. One of the re-occurring issues with (GUI) applications

Re: [DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-12 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 04:25:09AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > > I had trouble understanding your suggestion to use ps with -o cmd. > For me, the -o option for the ps command is to specify format. Were you > suggesting that I do: $ ps -o aisleriot ? I think he meant ps -o cmd instead

Re: [DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-12 Thread Haines Brown
On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 10:22:35AM +, g4sra via Dng wrote: > <--snip--> > > When you really have no idea where to start (after looking through > all logs, obviously)... > > Use 'ps' with the '-o cmd' option to find out *exactly* how the > executable is being invoked. After killing

Re: [DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-11 Thread Steve Litt
Bernard Rosset via Dng said on Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:40:31 +0200 >> [...] powering down the computer, letting it alone for 30 seconds >> [...] All this stuff costs you 10 to 15 minutes and rules out a lot. >> > >I would also suggest burning incense and jumping on one foot >counter-clockwise

Re: [DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-11 Thread g4sra via Dng
<--snip--> When you really have no idea where to start (after looking through all logs, obviously)... Use 'ps' with the '-o cmd' option to find out *exactly* how the executable is being invoked. After killing everything, paste the command in a terminal window and execute it from there. Watch

Re: [DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-11 Thread Bernard Rosset via Dng
[...] powering down the computer, letting it alone for 30 seconds [...] All this stuff costs you 10 to 15 minutes and rules out a lot. I would also suggest burning incense and jumping on one foot counter-clockwise around the desk chair while making chicken sounds. The last time I did

Re: [DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-10 Thread Steve Litt
Haines Brown said on Tue, 10 Aug 2021 11:11:24 -0400 >The problem I'm facing is indeed petty, but I hope that help in my >trying to resolve it will be more widely useful. > >To take a break from work and to refresh the mind I run a copy of >Klondike from aisleriot. Suddenly for no apparently

[DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-10 Thread Haines Brown
The problem I'm facing is indeed petty, but I hope that help in my trying to resolve it will be more widely useful. To take a break from work and to refresh the mind I run a copy of Klondike from aisleriot. Suddenly for no apparently reason it ceased to function properly. When I click on a card