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nashamri

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Registered: 2014-04-09

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Gnome control center with openbox

Hey guys,

I have Gnome installed with a gnome-shell session and also have another openbox session. I would like to let gnome-control-center control my system settings under openbox. Now some settings works under openbox, like "Sound".
But other settings like "Bluetooth" and "Display" and "Keyboard" settings dont work. Do I have to have a gnome-shell session running to have access to these settings? or there's another way around this?

Thanks in advance!

orschiro

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Re: Gnome control center with openbox

But other settings like "Bluetooth" and "Display" and "Keyboard" settings dont work.

What does not work? Any error output if you launch the control center from the command line?

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nashamri

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Registered: 2014-04-09

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Re: Gnome control center with openbox

For the Bluetooth I get this:

(gnome-control-center:11843): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_get_type: assertion 'value != NULL' failed
(gnome-control-center:11843): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_type_is_subtype_of: assertion 'g_variant_type_check (type)' failed
(gnome-control-center:11843): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_get_boolean: assertion 'g_variant_is_of_type (value, G_VARIANT_TYPE_BOOLEAN)' failed
(gnome-control-center:11843): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_unref: assertion 'value != NULL' failed
(gnome-control-center:11843): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_get_type: assertion 'value != NULL' failed
(gnome-control-center:11843): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_type_is_subtype_of: assertion 'g_variant_type_check (type)' failed
(gnome-control-center:11843): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_get_boolean: assertion 'g_variant_is_of_type (value, G_VARIANT_TYPE_BOOLEAN)' failed
(gnome-control-center:11843): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_unref: assertion 'value != NULL' failed
(gnome-control-center:11843): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_get_type: assertion 'value != NULL' failed
(gnome-control-center:11843): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_type_is_subtype_of: assertion 'g_variant_type_check (type)' failed
(gnome-control-center:11843): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_get_boolean: assertion 'g_variant_is_of_type (value, G_VARIANT_TYPE_BOOLEAN)' failed
(gnome-control-center:11843): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_unref: assertion 'value != NULL' failed

And for the Displays I get no errors on the command line, I only get the "Could not get screen information" in the GUI.

I noticed that even thought the Network works fine, it spits this error messages on the command line:

(gnome-control-center:11896): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_get_type: assertion 'value != NULL' failed
(gnome-control-center:11896): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_type_is_subtype_of: assertion 'g_variant_type_check (type)' failed
(gnome-control-center:11896): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_get_boolean: assertion 'g_variant_is_of_type (value, G_VARIANT_TYPE_BOOLEAN)' failed
(gnome-control-center:11896): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_remove: assertion 'GTK_IS_CONTAINER (container)' failed

Cheers!

renJ

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Registered: 2014-12-14

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Re: Gnome control center with openbox

Hi, I got the same problem as you.
Every time I enter 'bluetooth' in gnome-control-center, it shows the following message:

(gnome-control-center:1666): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_get_type: assertion 'value != NULL' failed
(gnome-control-center:1666): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_type_is_subtype_of: assertion 'g_variant_type_check (type)' failed
(gnome-control-center:1666): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_get_boolean: assertion 'g_variant_is_of_type (value, G_VARIANT_TYPE_BOOLEAN)' failed
(gnome-control-center:1666): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_unref: assertion 'value != NULL' failed
(gnome-control-center:1666): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_get_type: assertion 'value != NULL' failed
(gnome-control-center:1666): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_type_is_subtype_of: assertion 'g_variant_type_check (type)' failed
(gnome-control-center:1666): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_get_boolean: assertion 'g_variant_is_of_type (value, G_VARIANT_TYPE_BOOLEAN)' failed
(gnome-control-center:1666): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_unref: assertion 'value != NULL' failed
(gnome-control-center:1666): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_get_type: assertion 'value != NULL' failed
(gnome-control-center:1666): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_type_is_subtype_of: assertion 'g_variant_type_check (type)' failed
(gnome-control-center:1666): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_get_boolean: assertion 'g_variant_is_of_type (value, G_VARIANT_TYPE_BOOLEAN)' failed
(gnome-control-center:1666): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_unref: assertion 'value != NULL' failed

And no bluetooth adapter found.
Anyone help?

Last edited by renJ (2014-12-14 10:44:18)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Gnome control center with openbox

Do I have to have a gnome-shell session running to have access to these settings?

Yes, you do.

The settings in the gnome-control-centre apply to gnome-shell, I can't see why they would effect a stand-alone WM session (I certainly wouldn't want them to -- that would be v. confusing).

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