On 11/10/2014 13:54, Andreas Krüger wrote: > Hello, WSJT-X development team, Hi Andreas, > > I installed WSJT-X from wsjtx_1.4.0-rc2_amd64.deb on my Ubuntu > system. For what it's worth, I'm using the LXDE desktop. > > But WSJT-X does not show a menu bar. I cannot enter settings > such as call sign or locator. Pressing F1 or F2 results in no discernible > reaction, either. > > Any suggestion how I can make WSJT-X display the menu bar? > Or else find out what is wrong? As documented in the User Guide:
http://www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-doc/wsjtx-main.html#FAQ the FAQ item number 6 should help you out with this issue. > > FWIW: A long time ago, this Ubuntu installation started as 12.04 plain > Ubuntu. Then I didn't like their fancy desktop, so I installed XFCE > packages (and threw out quite a few Ubuntu unity things) and was happy > with what I had for quite some time. Recently, I upgraded to 14.04, > and switched to LXDE as my desktop of choice shortly thereafter. > > So this computer may have a somewhat peculiar mix of packages. > > On the other hand, I think if the package dependencies of the WSJT-X > .deb are correct, that should not matter. > > > > > Here follows my installation report on wsjtx_1.4.0-rc2_amd64.deb, with > some suggestions of my own sprinkled in. > > I went to http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx.html and read > >> Be sure to refer to the online WSJT-X User's Guide for the relevant >> program version: > The "for" can have a meaning different from the one intended, as in > "please refer to Joe for ultimate guidance". I initially did > misunderstand this sentence, to say something like: "Please refer to > the online WSJT-X User's Guide for advice about choosing the program > version relevant for you." And then I was actually looking around for > the link to that guide and didn't get it. > > Suggestion: To cater to temporarily dense people like myself, > change that text to something like > >> Depending on the program version you want to use, be sure to refer >> to the WSJT-X User's Guide version that corresponds to it: We are currently shipping the User Guide as part of the package. There are two actions on the WSJT-X "Help" menu, one for the latest version of the guide via the web and another to open the bundled version locally which is the User Guide as at the time the package was built. > > > I installed libqt5multimediawidgets5 and libfftw3-single3 and > libgfortran3:i386 as recommended by > > http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-doc/wsjtx-main.html#INSTALL_LINUX > > I found I also needed to install libqt5multimedia5-plugins, not > mentioned in the guide. But dpkg clearly told me so. > > Suggestion: Add libqt5multimedia5-plugins to the list in the guide. Yes, that is a defect. We should use libqt5multimedia5-plugins as the leaf package that drags in all the required Qt components and dependencies that WSJT-X requires. > > In passing: Why is libgfortran3:i386 not in the dependencies of the .deb? > If it's needed, it should be there in the .deb. But neither ldd nor strace > seem to think it's needed. So probably the guide needs some pruning? The v1.4.0-rc2 Beta release used a quick and simple package generation option in the CMake build system. This needs refinement but we (Greg KI7MT mainly) are also implementing a comprehensive package generation for Debian which will be suitable for inclusion in the official repositories. The libfortran3:i386 requirement on 64-bit systems is not actually a requirement of WSJT-X but of kvasd, we are stripping kvasd out of the Debian package due to it not being FOSS and making it a user specified add on which be hosted separately from the WSJT-X package. We will ensure that the relevant prerequisite packages are either installed with WSJT-X or as part of the add on component. Thanks for your valuable observations and suggestions. > > Vy 73 de Andreas, DJ3EI 73 Bill G4WJS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box PCI DSS Reports Are you Audit-Ready for PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance? Download White paper Comply to PCI DSS 3.0 Requirement 10 and 11.5 with EventLog Analyzer http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
