Comments on: Install Sun Looking glass Desktop environment in Ubuntu

By: DoesNotExistforubuntu

DoesNotExistforubuntu — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 09:39:29 +0000

do first this person says ubuntu not debian these sources are for debian second theirs no such web link 404 means it can’t read it or its not their etc..
10.04 uses lucid and 10.10 uses a newer name in source.list and 11.04 also uses newer name in source.list not useable with debian source.list web address to make it simple anuff for sure
second thing the sources.list uses like lucid or newer version of ubuntu , it’s not in the correct format for a ubuntu source.list is different then the debian source you can’t use debian source.list files on a ubuntu system it works differently that would be like trying to use gentoo commands on a debian or ubuntu you can’t because the command does not exist or was never their in the first place

By: K.Riyaz

K.Riyaz — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:44:59 +0000

can i get the .deb file directly from net (ie) may get it downloaded from other os and install in ubuntu??

By: twitch

twitch — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:57:05 +0000

When running sudo apt-get install lg3d…. I get this error. I have tested with stable, testing and unstable, none work. I’m assuming the site is having trouble because I tried to download the .deb files manually, but the links don’t work either.

Ign http://javadesktop.org stable/contrib Packages
Err http://javadesktop.org stable/contrib Packages
404 Not Found
98% [Waiting for headers]

By: nitrofurano

nitrofurano — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:30:31 +0000

i can’t install Looking Glass on Ubuntu Karmic.
when doing ‘sudo dpkg -i lg3d-core_1.0.1_dev_i686.deb it shows in the terminal:

dpkg-deb (subprocess): short read in buffer_copy (failed to write to pipe in copy)
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste returned error exit status 2
dpkg: error processing lg3d-core1.0.1_dev_i686.deb (--install):
short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during ‘./usr/share/lg3d/lib/linux-i686/lg3d-x11/exports/lib/modules/dri/i915_dri.so’)
Errors were encountered while processing:
lg3d-core1.0.1_dev_i686.deb

By: Ethnopunk

Ethnopunk — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:48:50 +0000

Which gave way to another problem when logging into the session.

CONFIG: Using DefaultUniverseFactory
2009/07/19 11:29:02 org.jdesktop.lg3d.displayserver.socketconnector.ServerHandler
SEVERE: Unhandled error, see /var/tmp/lgserver.log for details.
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /usr/share/lg3d-jdk/jre/lib/i386/libj3dcore-ogl.so: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(ClassLoader.java:1751)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1668)
at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:823)
at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1030)
at javax.media.j3d.NativePipeline$1.run(NativePipeline.java:138)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at javax.media.j3d.NativePipeline.loadLibrary(NativePipeline.java:135)
at javax.media.j3d.NativePipeline.loadLibraries(NativePipeline.java:95)
at javax.media.j3d.MasterControl.loadLibraries(MasterControl.java:785)
at javax.media.j3d.VirtualUniverse.(VirtualUniverse.java:259)
at javax.media.j3d.GraphicsConfigTemplate3D.getBestConfiguration(GraphicsConfigTemplate3D.java:302)
at java.awt.GraphicsDevice.getBestConfiguration(GraphicsDevice.java:158)
at com.sun.j3d.utils.universe.Viewer.(Viewer.java:543)
at com.sun.j3d.utils.universe.ConfigView.createViewer(ConfigView.java:466)
at com.sun.j3d.utils.universe.ConfigContainer.processViews(ConfigContainer.java:726)
at com.sun.j3d.utils.universe.ConfigContainer.processConfig(ConfigContainer.java:675)
at com.sun.j3d.utils.universe.ConfigContainer.(ConfigContainer.java:235)
at com.sun.j3d.utils.universe.ConfigContainer.(ConfigContainer.java:171)
at org.jdesktop.lg3d.displayserver.DefaultUniverseFactory.createUniverse(Unknown Source)
at org.jdesktop.lg3d.displayserver.DisplayServerControl.initialize(Unknown Source)
at org.jdesktop.lg3d.displayserver.AppConnectorPrivate.getAppConnector(Unknown Source)
at org.jdesktop.lg3d.displayserver.socketconnector.ServerHandler.(Unknown Source)
at org.jdesktop.lg3d.displayserver.Main.main(Unknown Source)

By: ethnopunk

ethnopunk — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:24:41 +0000

Problem in Ubuntu.

No /bin/arch command

solution?

cd /bin
vi arch
then type inside the file
uname -m
then save it
then
chmod +x arch

success
success

By: ethnopunk

ethnopunk — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:00:53 +0000

Same problem with the binaries I downloaded from Sun. Can’t find the path to Xorg, and not sure how doing this manually will help. What are the operands for each of the commands? Is there a way around this bug?

By: ON3i1

ON3i1 — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:42:55 +0000

Thanks for the introduction to Looking Glass-- but I, like many others, apparently, had some difficulty with the install. The problem seems to be due to the lack of the deprecated UNIX command ‘arch.’ We’ve got to work around this.

1) Not sure if it’s necessary, but made sure the Java runtime environment is installed (Java 6 and OpenJDK in applications->Add/Remove)

2) We need to create an executable file in /bin named ‘arch’. So at the command line, do the following:
2b) sudo echo ‘uname -m’> /bin/arch
2c) sudo chmod 755 /bin/arch

3) Carry out the install described at the top of this page. Now that you’ve got ‘arch’ the install will be able to automatically identify your architecture-- saving the trouble of having to change a bunch of files.

4) I’d also test this install procedure in a VirtualBox virtual machine before proceeding to your actual system.

I hope that’s helpful-- Looking Glass is really a lot of fun.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:33:33 +0000

I got the same error… there’s issues with the installation scripts, found here:

sudo gedit /usr/share/lg3d/bin/postinstall
/usr/share/lg3d/bin/setup

since it gives you line errors, open these files with gedit (sudo gedit /path/i/gave/above) and scroll down to the lines that it lists. for the postinstall error, it’s failing to properly detect the architecture, and therefore getting an invalid file existence. you can eliminate this by going into the script and changing the ‘detected path’ on line 43 to the absolute path that you need… for me i changed it to this:

cd /usr/share/lg3d/lib/linux-i686/lg3d-x11/programs/Xserver

though note that i have a 64 bit architecture, so if you have a 32 bit, then you will need 386 instead of 686, i believe. alternatively, you can just navigate to the
folder “/usr/share/lg3d/lib/linux-i686/lg3d-x11/programs/Xserver” and run the chown, chgrp, and chmod listed in the script yourself, and save yourself the trouble.

for the ‘setup’ script error, it starts on line 68. assuming you’re using ubuntu, you can comment out that big nested if/else statement there, leaving only 1 “export OS=”linux” ” and ” export ARCH=”i686″ “(for 64 bit) uncommented, and the script should then work.

im still having an issue with getting it to start, but i think it’s just because it’s assuming my screen is display0, rather than display1. heres to hopin, cause this desktop is freakin sweet!

Andrew

By: Prakash

Prakash — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:36:48 +0000

Even I have the same error as Jeff. Any known fix for the same ?

By: deez

deez — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:56:36 +0000

i got the same error as jeff.. any help?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:48:00 +0000

/usr/share/lg3d/bin/postinstall: line 43: cd: /usr/share/lg3d/bin/../lib/linux-/lg3d-x11/programs/Xserver: No such file or directory
chown: cannot access `Xorg’: No such file or directory
chgrp: cannot access `Xorg’: No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access `Xorg’: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing lg3d-core (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
lg3d-core
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

By: Jeff Martens

Jeff Martens — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:14:51 +0000

My experiences were similar to the above. I went ahead with the install against my better judgment when I saw the authentication failure. The install bombed fro me much as for the others above, and I went ahead and tried to start it, and LG crashed right away as well. Uninstalling and removing the site from my apt config.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:43:01 +0000

but do you think that the error has to do with the unsigned package?

faulty installation of Looking Glass and the faulty installation of MySQL?

I believe fault installation of looking glass

By: Kat

Kat — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:34:11 +0000

Hi…my bf and I are running Gutsy. and we came up with the same

error:

E: /var/cache/apt/archives/lg3d-jdk_1.6.0+b104_i386.deb: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

We tried reinstalling, but still got the same error. Plus, there was a warning before we first installed saying that one of the packages was “unsigned.” I’d be more worried about security issues re: the unauthenticated stuff if we were using Microsoft Windows, but do you think that the error has to do with the unsigned package?

Also, my bf tried to download MySQL last week and had some issues, therefore there are some packages from the Synaptic Manager that won’t install correctly as a result. Not sure why.

Might there be a connection between the faulty installation of Looking Glass and the faulty installation of MySQL?

Sorry if my message wasn’t more clear…the S. Other and I are still relatively new to Linux (we’ve only used it about 2 yrs).

What’s been other people’s experience? Got any hints for a noob?

By: bhanu

bhanu — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:02:06 +0000

hey its downloaded fully while installing it shows this error

E: lg3d-core: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

help??

By: marko

marko — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:49:41 +0000

During installation he did not find XORG directory… Something X11 missing. HELP??????????

By: Jester

Jester — Fri, 11 May 2007 22:05:49 +0000

How about a tutorial on how the key commands for LG?

By: stimpy

stimpy — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:59:58 +0000

the demo runs fine (slow, of course) from an usb device but for ubuntu, java3d ask for glx 1.3 (i dont have a good graphic card)

could be that only the ubuntu drivers of my card don’t support glx 1.3?
strange that a mini linux has better drivers than the other o_O

the glx 1.3 needed by j3d can be bypassed?

aaah… too many questions XD

thanks and sorry for my bad english

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:35:11 +0000

Add these lines in sources.list

# LG3D repositories
deb http://javadesktop.org/lg3d/debian stable contrib

Run apt-get update

If it did not work…try adding this line in addition under LG3D repositories,
deb http://javadesktop.org/lg3d/debian dists stable contrib

Then run apt-get update again, then run apt-get install and everything should start downloading, the file sizes a quite large so I hope you have a high-speed connection.

B-Rad