Created attachment 305289 [details] emerge --info of my system Hi, after having successfuly configured a NUT server , I wanted to try nut-monitor on Sabayon 8 Xfce x86_64 edition, but it failed to start. I opened a complete bug report there: http://bugs.sabayon.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3119 to check if it's coming from their packaging, but it is not, uninstalling their package and then emerge -av nut-monitor giving the same error. To resume it, some files disappears between the source package (http://www.lestat.st/_media/informatique/projets/nut-monitor/nut-monitor-1.3.tar.gz) and the ebuild, giving 2 problems: 1) The Big Problem: The files on_battery.png, on_line.png, var-ro.png, var-rw.png and warning.png are not installed to /usr/share/pixmaps, thus the program can't start normally. Steps to reproduce: - Install and configure NUT for your UPS. - Install nut-monitor (with emerge). - Try to start it from the Menu > Internet > Moniteur NUT = nothing happens! - Try to start it from Terminal = doesn't start either, but complains about « /usr/bin/pixmaps/var-ro.png » not found! Error log from the original installed nut-monitor: fsw@mir ~ $ nut-monitor Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/nut-monitor", line 901, in <module> gui = interface() File "/usr/bin/nut-monitor", line 216, in __init__ self.connect_to_ups() File "/usr/bin/nut-monitor", line 699, in connect_to_ups self.__gui_update_ups_vars_view() File "/usr/bin/nut-monitor", line 726, in __gui_update_ups_vars_view icon = gtk.gdk.pixbuf_new_from_file( icon_file ) glib.GError: Impossible d'ouvrir le fichier « /usr/bin/pixmaps/var-ro.png » : Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type (means "impossible to open file ... no file or directory of this type") Searching on my system didn't find it either, so I had to look in the source package, and there it is! 2) The Small Problem: The file NUT-Monitor.mo isn't also installed in /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/ so no french translation, even if it's available in the source package. Note 1: This source package works as expected from an user directory once extracted (it's a Python script + icons + a Glade GUI). Note 2: Once installed, the program seems to search its files in /usr/bin/ because it's not enough just to copy the missing *.PNG for it to find them, you still need to make a symbolic link named "pixmaps" from /usr/bin/ to /usr/share/pixmaps to get it working. Note 3: (This has nothing to do with the bug, it's just to report it): In the ebuild (http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/net-misc/nut-monitor/nut-monitor-1.3.ebuild?diff_format=l&view=markup) the HOMEPAGE URL http://www.lestat.st/informatique/projets/nut-monitor-en/ is wrong, the correct one being now http://www.lestat.st/en/informatique/projets/nut-monitor. So I'm adding my emerge --info as an attachement, please ask if I can do anything else to help solving this issue.
(In reply to comment #0) > Note 2: > Once installed, the program seems to search its files in /usr/bin/ because > it's not enough just to copy the missing *.PNG for it to find them, you > still need to > make a symbolic link named "pixmaps" from /usr/bin/ to /usr/share/pixmaps to > get it working. I doubt we are "allowed" install that links to non binaries inside /usr/bin, would be nice to try to patch nut-monitor to find things in pixmaps if possible. If you could provide a patch it would be even better :) Thanks a lot
(In reply to comment #1) > (In reply to comment #0) > > Note 2: > > Once installed, the program seems to search its files in /usr/bin/ because > > it's not enough just to copy the missing *.PNG for it to find them, you > > still need to > > make a symbolic link named "pixmaps" from /usr/bin/ to /usr/share/pixmaps to > > get it working. > > I doubt we are "allowed" install that links to non binaries inside /usr/bin, > would be nice to try to patch nut-monitor to find things in pixmaps if > possible. If you could provide a patch it would be even better :) > > Thanks a lot I also found this behaviour (searching pixmaps in /usr/bin ? Really ?) quite strange! Outside of some shell scripting, I know nothing of programming, but it's Python, I may have some luck (or not) =;) But I also need to be sure if the problem is in the Python code or comes from the ebuild code (as I'm used with almost every distros out there, but still a Gentoo newbie). Anyway, in case, the author of nut-monitor being french like me, I can still contact him and explain the problem. I see what I can do and keep you people updated.
If you can contact to upstream, even better, please try it :-)
(In reply to comment #3) > If you can contact to upstream, even better, please try it :-) OK, will do this week-end & keep you posted about the results.
I've send a message to the author, let's wait & see. But, I've no hope that there will any other way than a patch on Gentoo's side (more on why later in this comment)! So, in between, i've worked on a "fix" that solve the issue (for me, it has to be confirmed by others). Basically, copying all the needed *.png in /usr/share/pixmaps and the translation file (NUT-Monitor.mo) in /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES, then replacing in the main Python script (NUT-Monitor) all the "pixmaps" by "/usr/share/pixmaps" (7 times) and, at the the end, DIR = "locale" by DIR = "/usr/share/locale" does the trick !!! Now that I know what to do (and that it works (TM) =;) I really need help HOW to do it... I dived into the ebuild How-To, the scripts in /usr/lib/portage/bin and so and that's well documented, but far from easy =;) So I will be very glad & thankful if any ebuild / coding Master was to have a look here and wish to help with the following steps in the actual ebuild: First, in the part (as I think it's the right place, but might be wrong): 23 src_prepare() { 24 epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-glade.patch 25 } we need to add some magick (grep / sed / a file path.patch ?) that replaces all "pixmaps" and the "locale" with the correct paths in the main Python script (NUT-Monitor). Second, in the part: src_install() { 28 dobin NUT-Monitor 29 insinto /usr/share/nut-monitor 30 doins gui-${PV}.glade 31 dosym NUT-Monitor /usr/bin/${PN} 32 doicon ${PN}.png 33 domenu ${PN}.desktop 34 dodoc README as doicon ${PN}.png seems to install the program icon, perhaps just adding: doicon .png is enough to copy the missing *.png in /usr/share/pixmaps ??? But I still didn't find any command /script about installing the locale (there's no "dolocale" =;), so I don' t know what magick here can copy the translation file (NUT-Monitor.mo) in /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES ??? After this, I think I can get it to test the result locally with the help of "Storing your own ebuilds locally" from the Gentoo How-To. A last word about why patching might be the only solution: I've found that Debian is getting eveything almost in place (as they choose rather to install the *.png in /usr/share/nut-monitor/pixmaps/) because they ARE patching the upstream sources!!! If you look in their packages (nut_2.6.3-1.debian.tar.gz) here: http://packages.debian.org/sid/all/nut-monitor there's a file named 0002-nut-monitor-paths.patch wich replaces all paths of the icons, as for exemple: - self.__widgets["status_icon"].set_from_file( os.path.join( os.path.dirname( sys.argv[0] ), "pixmaps", "on_line.png" ) ) + self.__widgets["status_icon"].set_from_file( "/usr/share/nut-monitor/pixmaps/on_line.png" ) and so on... So that might be the easiest way and I think I can rework this patch file (if somebody being so kind to control /correct it =;) but then, what? Something like this (?): 23 src_prepare() { 24 epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-glade.patch 25 epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-path.patch 26 } So, has anybody an advice or perhaps, should I open a thread in the Gentoo forum to get more tips?
+*nut-monitor-1.3-r1 (02 Apr 2012) + + 02 Apr 2012; Pacho Ramos <pacho@gentoo.org> + +files/nut-monitor-1.3-paths.patch, +nut-monitor-1.3-r1.ebuild, + -files/nut-monitor-1.3-glade.patch, -nut-monitor-1.1.ebuild, + -nut-monitor-1.3.ebuild: + Install pixmaps at proper paths, install fr translations when needed, let it + work when python3 is main interpreter (bug #408149 by FSW). Remove old. +
Dear Mr. Pacho Ramos, you've made my day & simply are my hero =;) I've manually cleaned all of my testing modified NUT-Monitor files, did an "emerge --sync" and "emerge -av nut-monitor" and the old version is erased, your new version is put in /usr/portage/net-misc/ and everything is installed now where it belongs, meaning it works!!! But there's is still 2 issues: Issue 1) The french locale, even if copied now in the right place, is still not used by NUT-Monitor. I've got it working in my test by replacing (at the end of the Python script NUT-Monitor): #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # The main program starts here :-) if __name__ == "__main__" : # Init the localisation APP = "NUT-Monitor" DIR = "locale" by this: #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # The main program starts here :-) if __name__ == "__main__" : # Init the localisation APP = "NUT-Monitor" DIR = "/usr/share/locale" So I think you have to add this path modification too in the file nut-monitor-1.3-paths.patch to close this problem one for all. Issue 2) The HOMEPAGE URL in the ebuild is still wrong, the correct one being "http://www.lestat.st/en/informatique/projets/nut-monitor". For those interested: The author of NUT-Monitor (very kindly) explained me that the .deb version is the installable one and the .tar version is a "stand-alone", thus the trouble whe're having with it. In a new version, he will perhaps include some kind of auto-detection to solve these issues. Thanks again for having taking care of this, I've tried desperatly to learn quickly, but your ebuild skillz are lightyears from mine =;)
+*nut-monitor-1.3-r2 (03 Apr 2012) + + 03 Apr 2012; Pacho Ramos <pacho@gentoo.org> + +files/nut-monitor-1.3-paths2.patch, +nut-monitor-1.3-r2.ebuild, + -nut-monitor-1.3-r1.ebuild: + Fix locales, thanks a lot to FSW in bug #408149 for his investigation. + Regarding ebuild skills, they are got with the time, time ago I started reading ebuilds in the tree (that is really helpful) and, finally, http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ to know how to do things properly (as some ebuilds don't follow QA rules completely but, for starting, reading ebuilds will be nice :))
I've just tested it and it works also "en français" now =;) Thanks again for your work and for the great link: that's a real dev "Bible" that I will study carefully! Take care.
