Howto install and configure gDesklets in Ubuntu hardy
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Install gDesklets in ubuntu
Use the following command to install gDesklets
sudo aptitude install gdesklets gdesklets-data
This will complete the installation
Using gDesklets in Ubuntu
If you want to open Gdesklets go to Applications--->Accessories--->gDesklets
When you open first time you should see similar to the following screen click close
Once it opens you should see similar to the following screen
You need to click on left hand side menu to open available desklets
After selecting your choice of gdesklets you can see similar to the following screen
Configuring gDesklets
If you want to configure desklets right click on a desklet on your desktop and click on "Configure desklet" now you can see similar to the following screen
gDesklets configuration screen
Sample gDesklets screen
Adding gDesklets to start menu
In order to start gDesklets automatically everytime you log in into your system we have to add gdesklets to the session-startup-programs.For this you need to go to Systems--->Preferences--->Sessions
Once it opens you need to click on Add
Add all the following details and click on ok
Nice article!
I have a problem with the gdesklets on ubuntu hardy. When I press Super – D (show desktop) all my applications and my desklets hide. I always thought that the desklets should stay on the dekstop :O. Any way to work around this?
Thanks!
sucrack@kernel-panic:~$ gdesklets
Iniciando el servidor gdesklets…
Se conectó con el servidor en 3055 milisegundos.
==========================================================[07/04/08-11:44:37]===
=== Unhandled error! Something bad and unexpected happened. ===
[EXC]
in /usr/bin/gdesklets: line 393
in /usr/bin/gdesklets: line 268 parse_command
in /usr/bin/gdesklets: line 177 __open_profile
in /usr/bin/gdesklets: line 167 __client_daemon
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/main/client.py: line 208 set_remove_command
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/main/client.py: line 38 __send
in /usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/xdr.py: line 75 recv
[EXC]/usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/xdr.py
[—] 70 chunk = “”
[—] 71 while (True):
[—] 72 try:
[—] 73 length = ord(s.recv(1))
[—] 74 except:
[ERR]> 75 raise XDRError
[—] 76
[—] 77 if (length): chunk += s.recv(length)
[—] 78
[—] 79 flag = s.recv(1)
[—] 80 if (flag == _CONT): continue
[—] 81
sucrack@kernel-panic:~$
how may a do to overcome that issue posted before?
Thanks a lot for your fast response
if you are using the desktop effects (compiz) you may as well use screenlets instead of gdesklets. It’s more stable and a bit better supported.
jayson@jayson-desktop:~$ sudo aptitude install gdesklets gdesklets-data
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run ‘sudo dpkg –configure -a’ to correct the problem.
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Initialising package states… Done
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run ‘sudo dpkg –configure -a’ to correct the problem.
jayson@jayson-desktop:~$