Non-Motif Linux Interface? - SOLVED!

[Bill Marriott]

Ken,

Thanks for the additional pointers. Here's what I had to do to get things to 
work:

1) I updated the revolution.sh script with the path to my Rev installation
2) I verified that all the files existed
3) When I double-clicked it and selected "run" (Ubuntu asks you if you want 
to display the file, run in terminal, etc.), nothing happened.
4) I opened a terminal window and ran the shell file directly. I saw that I 
got the error, "bad fd" line 11
5) I modified the shell script and got rid of the >& /dev/null part
6) I ran it again (from terminal) and Revolution launched. This time with 
Ubuntu-style controls.

Seems like a lot of work; I guess this is why Linux is still not taking over 
the desktop, eh? Now, how do I fix this kind of thing for my standalone 
apps?



"Ken Ray" <kray at sonsothunder.com> wrote in message 
news:20070427000402966654.5f8e6b1b at sonsothunder.com...
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:22:32 -0400, Bill Marriott wrote:
>
>> - I'm using Ubuntu Edgy Eft, 6.10, under Parallels if that matters.
>
> It doesn't; I've done my testing in both Parallels and on its own PC -
> same results.
>
>> - I made the recommended changes to the revolution.sh file in my
>> Revolution-2.6.1 folder. I didn't notice any changes/effects; Rev
>> still shows the 80s-style Motif UI.
>
> I'll bet you're launching the main Rev app and not the revolution.sh
> file... see below...
>
>> - My Revolution folder is on the desktop. I downloaded the tar.gz
>> file there and simply extracted. I double-click revolution.x86 to run
>> it.
>>
>> - I would put it into /opt, if that's where it's supposed to be, but
>> Ubuntu tells me I don't have permission to do that. It's owned by
>> "root." What's the proper place to put applications, anyway?
>
> Good question - I have mine installed in Home, for the same reason; the
> .sh file provides the following lines:
>
> # Needed to make symlinks/shortcuts work.
> cd "/opt/Revolution-2.6.1"
> runrev="./revolution.x86"
> "$runrev" $* >& /dev/null
>
> This means that when the 'revolution.sh' file is 2x-clicked (or clicked
> once, depending on your setup) it will try to run Rev from the
> /opt/Revolution-2.6.1 directory. If you don't have your install there
> (as I don't), it will not do anything when you click on the
> 'revolution.sh' file. However if you just launch the Rev app itself
> (revolution.x86), it won't have anything to tell it to use the GDK.
>
> So you'll need to change the "cd" to the path where your Rev app is (I
> changed mine to "/home/Revolution-2.6.1"). Then when you launch the
> "revolution.sh" shell file, it will run Rev, and you should see the
> proper theme...
>
> ... AS LONG AS you actually HAVE the three files mentioned in the .sh
> file in your /usr/lib folder. So what I do is launch the Terminal app,
> and do this:
>
>  cd /usr/lib
>  ls -l libgd*
>
> And look for the entry "libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0". Then look for libgtk and
> libjobject the same way (different filter of course). Or you could just
> "ls -l" and scroll your way through to verify.
>
> HTH (and a tip on this is coming...),
>
>
> Ken Ray
> Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
> Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
> Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
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