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horsemanoffaith

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Registered: 2013-05-10

Posts: 181

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

Adding the following link fixed the problem for me. Unity session runs now. But i'm not sure what other side effects this might have.
libimobiledevice.so.4 -> libimobiledevice.so.5

ln -s /usr/lib/libimobiledevice.so.5.0.0 /usr/lib/libimobiledevice.so.4

Work for me. Thanks

When I booted into Unity tonight, I again couldn't get my desktop. Used your symbolic link, andreibsk, and Unity works again. Thanks!!

Silkworm205

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From: UK

Registered: 2012-05-21

Posts: 267

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

Adding the following link fixed the problem for me. Unity session runs now. But i'm not sure what other side effects this might have.
libimobiledevice.so.4 -> libimobiledevice.so.5

ln -s /usr/lib/libimobiledevice.so.5.0.0 /usr/lib/libimobiledevice.so.4

Work for me. Thanks

This solved my 90 second long login time. Cheers.

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Multimoon

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From: /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern

Registered: 2012-09-30

Posts: 170

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

I've noticed a (at least to me) very irritating behavior with the menubars, and Im pretty sure its because of the new way 3.14 handles them. The menubars themselves 'scroll' and cut off the last 2-3 items unless you scroll. Is there any way to disable this?
Screenshots linked rather then embedded because I didn't have time to scale them down for the forum.
http://imgur.com/3qLZBMD,h8oR8dO

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Silkworm205

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From: UK

Registered: 2012-05-21

Posts: 267

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

I've noticed a (at least to me) very irritating behavior with the menubars, and Im pretty sure its because of the new way 3.14 handles them. The menubars themselves 'scroll' and cut off the last 2-3 items unless you scroll. Is there any way to disable this?
Screenshots linked rather then embedded because I didn't have time to scale them down for the forum.
http://imgur.com/3qLZBMD,h8oR8dO

Is this the issue where releasing the overlay scrollbar causes it to scroll in that direction? You can work around that by going into Unity Tweak, Scrolling, and setting it to use legacy scrollbars.
Also, that's a very nice looking theme/icon combo you have there. Would you mind sharing their names please?

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Multimoon

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From: /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern

Registered: 2012-09-30

Posts: 170

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

I've noticed a (at least to me) very irritating behavior with the menubars, and Im pretty sure its because of the new way 3.14 handles them. The menubars themselves 'scroll' and cut off the last 2-3 items unless you scroll. Is there any way to disable this?
Screenshots linked rather then embedded because I didn't have time to scale them down for the forum.
http://imgur.com/3qLZBMD,h8oR8dO

Is this the issue where releasing the overlay scrollbar causes it to scroll in that direction? You can work around that by going into Unity Tweak, Scrolling, and setting it to use legacy scrollbars.
Also, that's a very nice looking theme/icon combo you have there. Would you mind sharing their names please?

Not quite, in the screenshot look at the power menu to the very right. See the 'scroll' arrows at the top of the menu and the bottom? The dropdown menus themselves 'scroll'. No scrollbars.

And the GTK theme is Numix, along with Numix Square as the icon theme.

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Silkworm205

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From: UK

Registered: 2012-05-21

Posts: 267

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

I've noticed a (at least to me) very irritating behavior with the menubars, and Im pretty sure its because of the new way 3.14 handles them. The menubars themselves 'scroll' and cut off the last 2-3 items unless you scroll. Is there any way to disable this?
Screenshots linked rather then embedded because I didn't have time to scale them down for the forum.
http://imgur.com/3qLZBMD,h8oR8dO

Is this the issue where releasing the overlay scrollbar causes it to scroll in that direction? You can work around that by going into Unity Tweak, Scrolling, and setting it to use legacy scrollbars.
Also, that's a very nice looking theme/icon combo you have there. Would you mind sharing their names please?

Not quite, in the screenshot look at the power menu to the very right. See the 'scroll' arrows at the top of the menu and the bottom? The dropdown menus themselves 'scroll'. No scrollbars.

And the GTK theme is Numix, along with Numix Square as the icon theme.

That's odd. Using the same gtk theme from the AUR, I have no such issue. What font/font size are you using?

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Multimoon

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From: /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern

Registered: 2012-09-30

Posts: 170

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

Is this the issue where releasing the overlay scrollbar causes it to scroll in that direction? You can work around that by going into Unity Tweak, Scrolling, and setting it to use legacy scrollbars.
Also, that's a very nice looking theme/icon combo you have there. Would you mind sharing their names please?

Not quite, in the screenshot look at the power menu to the very right. See the 'scroll' arrows at the top of the menu and the bottom? The dropdown menus themselves 'scroll'. No scrollbars.

And the GTK theme is Numix, along with Numix Square as the icon theme.

That's odd. Using the same gtk theme from the AUR, I have no such issue. What font/font size are you using?

Just the stock one set by gnome, I never changed it. Another behavior I noticed was on a menus first click, it is normal. On the second, it does that. And if you look at the screenshot the text is centered, I feel like that is the gnome shell type menu, not a regular gtk menu.

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Silkworm205

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From: UK

Registered: 2012-05-21

Posts: 267

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

Not quite, in the screenshot look at the power menu to the very right. See the 'scroll' arrows at the top of the menu and the bottom? The dropdown menus themselves 'scroll'. No scrollbars.

And the GTK theme is Numix, along with Numix Square as the icon theme.

That's odd. Using the same gtk theme from the AUR, I have no such issue. What font/font size are you using?

Just the stock one set by gnome, I never changed it. Another behavior I noticed was on a menus first click, it is normal. On the second, it does that. And if you look at the screenshot the text is centered, I feel like that is the gnome shell type menu, not a regular gtk menu.

I've not got access to my Arch system right now so I can't change my font to match yours. Perhaps try changing it to the Ubuntu font? it's ttf-ubuntu-font-family in pacman. This should be the default font settings here.

Out of interest, did you install ubuntu-default-settings from the Unity-for-Arch-Extra repository? Looking at it in github, these are some (but not all) of the related settings it applies.

[org.gnome.desktop.interface]
gtk-theme="Ambiance"
icon-theme="ubuntu-mono-dark"
-cursor-theme="DMZ-White"
+cursor-theme="Vanilla-DMZ"
font-name="Ubuntu 11"
monospace-font-name="Ubuntu Mono 13"

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thedeli

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Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 59

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this project Using unity on Arch is awesome. But I need to ask sth. On ubuntu 14.10 unity launcher has gained the ability to one click minimize.
With unity tweak tool I could on/off OCM (One Click Minimize ). Will we be able to do that? It is usefull

Multimoon

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From: /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern

Registered: 2012-09-30

Posts: 170

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

That's odd. Using the same gtk theme from the AUR, I have no such issue. What font/font size are you using?

Just the stock one set by gnome, I never changed it. Another behavior I noticed was on a menus first click, it is normal. On the second, it does that. And if you look at the screenshot the text is centered, I feel like that is the gnome shell type menu, not a regular gtk menu.

I've not got access to my Arch system right now so I can't change my font to match yours. Perhaps try changing it to the Ubuntu font? it's ttf-ubuntu-font-family in pacman. This should be the default font settings here.

Out of interest, did you install ubuntu-default-settings from the Unity-for-Arch-Extra repository? Looking at it in github, these are some (but not all) of the related settings it applies.

[org.gnome.desktop.interface]
gtk-theme="Ambiance"
icon-theme="ubuntu-mono-dark"
-cursor-theme="DMZ-White"
+cursor-theme="Vanilla-DMZ"
font-name="Ubuntu 11"
monospace-font-name="Ubuntu Mono 13"

I did install the default settings package. And changing the font doesn't affect it, good idea though.

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Silkworm205

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From: UK

Registered: 2012-05-21

Posts: 267

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

Just the stock one set by gnome, I never changed it. Another behavior I noticed was on a menus first click, it is normal. On the second, it does that. And if you look at the screenshot the text is centered, I feel like that is the gnome shell type menu, not a regular gtk menu.

I've not got access to my Arch system right now so I can't change my font to match yours. Perhaps try changing it to the Ubuntu font? it's ttf-ubuntu-font-family in pacman. This should be the default font settings here.

Out of interest, did you install ubuntu-default-settings from the Unity-for-Arch-Extra repository? Looking at it in github, these are some (but not all) of the related settings it applies.

[org.gnome.desktop.interface]
gtk-theme="Ambiance"
icon-theme="ubuntu-mono-dark"
-cursor-theme="DMZ-White"
+cursor-theme="Vanilla-DMZ"
font-name="Ubuntu 11"
monospace-font-name="Ubuntu Mono 13"

I did install the default settings package. And changing the font doesn't affect it, good idea though.

Well then, I'm running out of ideas. Perhaps try a freshly made user?

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Silkworm205

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Registered: 2012-05-21

Posts: 267

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

I noticed an update for a lot of Unity related stuff today. Any new/interesting things to look for or is it mainly bugfixes?

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n4zm830

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From: Vietnam

Registered: 2014-04-17

Posts: 5

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

Today I was trying to install unity from Unity-for-Arch repo with this command:

# pacman -S $(pacman -Slq Unity-for-Arch)

I got an error:

resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: unresolvable package conflicts detected
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
:: unity-control-center and upower-compat are in conflict

Then I checked Unity-for-Arch repo and found that both unity-control-center and upower-compat are in the repo.

$ pacman -Slq Unity-for-Arch

bamf-ubuntu
compiz-ubuntu
dee-qt
dee-ubuntu
frame
geis
gnome-screensaver-ubuntu
gnome-session-ubuntu
gnome-settings-daemon-ubuntu
grail
gsettings-desktop-schemas-ubuntu
gsettings-qt
gtk2-ubuntu
gtk3-ubuntu
hud
ido
indicator-application
indicator-appmenu
indicator-datetime
indicator-keyboard
indicator-messages
indicator-power
indicator-printers
indicator-session
indicator-sound
lib32-libdbusmenu-qt
lib32-qjson
lib32-qt4-ubuntu
lib32-sni-qt
libappindicator
libappindicator3
libcolumbus
libdbusmenu-glib-ubuntu
libdbusmenu-gtk2-ubuntu
libdbusmenu-gtk3-ubuntu
libgee06
libindicate
libindicate-gtk2
libindicate-gtk3
libindicate-qt
libindicator
libindicator3
libnautilus-extension-ubuntu
libnm-gtk-ubuntu
liboverlay-scrollbar
liboverlay-scrollbar3
libtimezonemap
libunity
libunity-misc
lightdm-ubuntu
lightdm-unity-greeter
nautilus-ubuntu
network-manager-applet-ubuntu
nux
overlay-scrollbar
properties-cpp
qt4-ubuntu
sni-qt
unity
unity-asset-pool
unity-control-center
unity-gtk-module
unity-language-packs
unity-lens-applications
unity-lens-files
unity-lens-music
unity-lens-photos
unity-lens-video
unity-scope-home
unity-scopes
unity-settings-daemon
upower-compat
zeitgeist-ubuntu

So do we need to remove upower-compat from the repo?

Silkworm205

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From: UK

Registered: 2012-05-21

Posts: 267

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

Today I was trying to install unity from Unity-for-Arch repo with this command:

# pacman -S $(pacman -Slq Unity-for-Arch)

I got an error:

resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: unresolvable package conflicts detected
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
:: unity-control-center and upower-compat are in conflict

Then I checked Unity-for-Arch repo and found that both unity-control-center and upower-compat are in the repo.

$ pacman -Slq Unity-for-Arch

bamf-ubuntu
compiz-ubuntu
dee-qt
dee-ubuntu
frame
geis
gnome-screensaver-ubuntu
gnome-session-ubuntu
gnome-settings-daemon-ubuntu
grail
gsettings-desktop-schemas-ubuntu
gsettings-qt
gtk2-ubuntu
gtk3-ubuntu
hud
ido
indicator-application
indicator-appmenu
indicator-datetime
indicator-keyboard
indicator-messages
indicator-power
indicator-printers
indicator-session
indicator-sound
lib32-libdbusmenu-qt
lib32-qjson
lib32-qt4-ubuntu
lib32-sni-qt
libappindicator
libappindicator3
libcolumbus
libdbusmenu-glib-ubuntu
libdbusmenu-gtk2-ubuntu
libdbusmenu-gtk3-ubuntu
libgee06
libindicate
libindicate-gtk2
libindicate-gtk3
libindicate-qt
libindicator
libindicator3
libnautilus-extension-ubuntu
libnm-gtk-ubuntu
liboverlay-scrollbar
liboverlay-scrollbar3
libtimezonemap
libunity
libunity-misc
lightdm-ubuntu
lightdm-unity-greeter
nautilus-ubuntu
network-manager-applet-ubuntu
nux
overlay-scrollbar
properties-cpp
qt4-ubuntu
sni-qt
unity
unity-asset-pool
unity-control-center
unity-gtk-module
unity-language-packs
unity-lens-applications
unity-lens-files
unity-lens-music
unity-lens-photos
unity-lens-video
unity-scope-home
unity-scopes
unity-settings-daemon
upower-compat
zeitgeist-ubuntu

So do we need to remove upower-compat from the repo?

Did you place the Unity repos above the core repos in your pacman.conf? The Unity patched versions should override the default ones, but the first repository in pacman.conf is given priority.

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horsemanoffaith

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Registered: 2013-05-10

Posts: 181

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

Today I was trying to install unity from Unity-for-Arch repo with this command:

# pacman -S $(pacman -Slq Unity-for-Arch)

I got an error:

resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: unresolvable package conflicts detected
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
:: unity-control-center and upower-compat are in conflict

Then I checked Unity-for-Arch repo and found that both unity-control-center and upower-compat are in the repo.

$ pacman -Slq Unity-for-Arch

bamf-ubuntu
compiz-ubuntu
dee-qt
dee-ubuntu
frame
geis
gnome-screensaver-ubuntu
gnome-session-ubuntu
gnome-settings-daemon-ubuntu
grail
gsettings-desktop-schemas-ubuntu
gsettings-qt
gtk2-ubuntu
gtk3-ubuntu
hud
ido
indicator-application
indicator-appmenu
indicator-datetime
indicator-keyboard
indicator-messages
indicator-power
indicator-printers
indicator-session
indicator-sound
lib32-libdbusmenu-qt
lib32-qjson
lib32-qt4-ubuntu
lib32-sni-qt
libappindicator
libappindicator3
libcolumbus
libdbusmenu-glib-ubuntu
libdbusmenu-gtk2-ubuntu
libdbusmenu-gtk3-ubuntu
libgee06
libindicate
libindicate-gtk2
libindicate-gtk3
libindicate-qt
libindicator
libindicator3
libnautilus-extension-ubuntu
libnm-gtk-ubuntu
liboverlay-scrollbar
liboverlay-scrollbar3
libtimezonemap
libunity
libunity-misc
lightdm-ubuntu
lightdm-unity-greeter
nautilus-ubuntu
network-manager-applet-ubuntu
nux
overlay-scrollbar
properties-cpp
qt4-ubuntu
sni-qt
unity
unity-asset-pool
unity-control-center
unity-gtk-module
unity-language-packs
unity-lens-applications
unity-lens-files
unity-lens-music
unity-lens-photos
unity-lens-video
unity-scope-home
unity-scopes
unity-settings-daemon
upower-compat
zeitgeist-ubuntu

So do we need to remove upower-compat from the repo?

Looks to me like this is the case... but I found a workaround for the time being. Issue:

 # pacman -S --ignore upower-compat $(pacman -Slq Unity-for-Arch) 

This will get you past the package conflict.

horsemanoffaith

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Registered: 2013-05-10

Posts: 181

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

Today I was trying to install unity from Unity-for-Arch repo with this command:

# pacman -S $(pacman -Slq Unity-for-Arch)

I got an error:

resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: unresolvable package conflicts detected
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
:: unity-control-center and upower-compat are in conflict

Then I checked Unity-for-Arch repo and found that both unity-control-center and upower-compat are in the repo.

$ pacman -Slq Unity-for-Arch

bamf-ubuntu
compiz-ubuntu
dee-qt
dee-ubuntu
frame
geis
gnome-screensaver-ubuntu
gnome-session-ubuntu
gnome-settings-daemon-ubuntu
grail
gsettings-desktop-schemas-ubuntu
gsettings-qt
gtk2-ubuntu
gtk3-ubuntu
hud
ido
indicator-application
indicator-appmenu
indicator-datetime
indicator-keyboard
indicator-messages
indicator-power
indicator-printers
indicator-session
indicator-sound
lib32-libdbusmenu-qt
lib32-qjson
lib32-qt4-ubuntu
lib32-sni-qt
libappindicator
libappindicator3
libcolumbus
libdbusmenu-glib-ubuntu
libdbusmenu-gtk2-ubuntu
libdbusmenu-gtk3-ubuntu
libgee06
libindicate
libindicate-gtk2
libindicate-gtk3
libindicate-qt
libindicator
libindicator3
libnautilus-extension-ubuntu
libnm-gtk-ubuntu
liboverlay-scrollbar
liboverlay-scrollbar3
libtimezonemap
libunity
libunity-misc
lightdm-ubuntu
lightdm-unity-greeter
nautilus-ubuntu
network-manager-applet-ubuntu
nux
overlay-scrollbar
properties-cpp
qt4-ubuntu
sni-qt
unity
unity-asset-pool
unity-control-center
unity-gtk-module
unity-language-packs
unity-lens-applications
unity-lens-files
unity-lens-music
unity-lens-photos
unity-lens-video
unity-scope-home
unity-scopes
unity-settings-daemon
upower-compat
zeitgeist-ubuntu

So do we need to remove upower-compat from the repo?

Did you place the Unity repos above the core repos in your pacman.conf? The Unity patched versions should override the default ones, but the first repository in pacman.conf is given priority.

I made sure that the Unity repos are above the core repos... but n4zm830 is right... upower-compat is still in the repository, so it doesn't matter where you put the Unity-for-Arch repos... it will still give you the conflict. You have to ignore the upower-compat package using the code I supplied in my answer to n4zm830's post.

n4zm830

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From: Vietnam

Registered: 2014-04-17

Posts: 5

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

Did you place the Unity repos above the core repos in your pacman.conf? The Unity patched versions should override the default ones, but the first repository in pacman.conf is given priority.

But unity-control-center conflicts with upower-compat, so that error will still occur no matter which version of upower-compat is used,

Looks to me like this is the case... but I found a workaround for the time being. Issue:

 # pacman -S --ignore upower-compat $(pacman -Slq Unity-for-Arch) 

This will get you past the package conflict.

It works now , thank you very much

horsemanoffaith

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Registered: 2013-05-10

Posts: 181

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

It works now , thank you very much

You're very welcome! I love Unity, and with Arch as a base, I like it so much better than Ubuntu... so, when there's a problem with Unity, I try to fix it/get a workaround as fast as I can!

quequotion

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From: Oita, Japan

Registered: 2013-07-29

Posts: 814

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Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

Is anyone else experiencing that installing bamf-ubuntu hangs at:

(1/1) installing bamf-bzr                          100%
Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/bamfwatcher.service to /usr/lib/systemd/system/bamfwatcher.service.

forever?

Note: this "bamf-bzr" is a custom package, based on bamf-ubuntu and using the upstream source; but I did test chenxiaolong's original package and I get the same results (hangs forever at the end of install).

::update::
It's caused by trying to start the service in the .install; commenting this out allows install to finish, but the service has to be started manually (or automatically at the next login; enabling the service from the .install doesn't seem to be a problem). Maybe some kind of userid/permissions problem.

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Veske

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Registered: 2015-01-13

Posts: 12

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

Anyone had problems with

unity-greeter

not using the wallpaper that is set by the user? The conf file in

/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas

  has the option set to true so it should do it. But I am guessing the user wallpaper is not saved to where unity-greeter is looking for? I have no idea where that is though.

EDIT: Also, is it currently smarter to use the AUR package of Unity or the one from the unofficial repo?

Last edited by Veske (2015-01-13 23:22:33)

cplusplus

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Registered: 2014-08-02

Posts: 43

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

I'm not sure if this is related to Unity, but I tried a fresh install of Unity-for-Linux and it seems like lightdm won't launch. "Failed to get D-Bus connection"

Silkworm205

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From: UK

Registered: 2012-05-21

Posts: 267

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

Anyone had problems with

unity-greeter

not using the wallpaper that is set by the user? The conf file in

/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas

  has the option set to true so it should do it. But I am guessing the user wallpaper is not saved to where unity-greeter is looking for? I have no idea where that is though.

EDIT: Also, is it currently smarter to use the AUR package of Unity or the one from the unofficial repo?

You need to recompile the schemas to apply the changes.
glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/ will do it.
Bear in mind that whatever wallpaper you want to use will need to be in a location that lightdm has access to, and has permission to read it.
On the subject of AUR vs Repo, I've used the repo for a few months now and had no issues over time.  I would say 100% repo.

I'm not sure if this is related to Unity, but I tried a fresh install of Unity-for-Linux and it seems like lightdm won't launch. "Failed to get D-Bus connection"

You say "Seems like lightdm wont launch". Did you try enabling it and giving it a go? I noticed your thread on Newbie Corner where you ran sudo lightdm --test-mode to get this message. lightdm test mode gives that error when run with root privileges, so try it without.
Also, you shouldn't manually create the var/lib/lightdm-data directory as this can impact on permissions for reading and writing if you don't know what's going on.

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horsemanoffaith

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Registered: 2013-05-10

Posts: 181

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

Today, I tried to upgrade and got the following error:

warning: cannot resolve "perlxml", a dependency of "pidgin-libnotify-ubuntu"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
      pidgin-libnotify-ubuntu

I have tried to find a package named perlxml, but I cannot find one. I checked pidgin-libnotify using Google, and it says that pidgin-libnotify requires perl-xml-parser. I tried installing that with pidgin-libnotify-ubuntu installed, and it gave me an error similar to the one above. I removed pidgin-libnotify-ubuntu, and I was able to install perl-xml-parser. I then tried to re-install pidgin-libnotify-ubuntu, but without success. Now I don't have pidgin-libnotify-ubuntu on my system. I'm going to try to use downgrade to get it re-installed on my system. What's causing this issue?

Note 1: Downgrading Pidgin itself did not work, and there is no other pidgin-libnotify-ubuntu package available other than the one on my system. I'm wondering if the package dependency "perlxml" isn't correct.

Last edited by horsemanoffaith (2015-01-24 22:35:40)

Silkworm205

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From: UK

Registered: 2012-05-21

Posts: 267

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

Today, I tried to upgrade and got the following error:

warning: cannot resolve "perlxml", a dependency of "pidgin-libnotify-ubuntu"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
      pidgin-libnotify-ubuntu

I have tried to find a package named perlxml, but I cannot find one. I checked pidgin-libnotify using Google, and it says that pidgin-libnotify requires perl-xml-parser. I tried installing that with pidgin-libnotify-ubuntu installed, and it gave me an error similar to the one above. I removed pidgin-libnotify-ubuntu, and I was able to install perl-xml-parser. I then tried to re-install pidgin-libnotify-ubuntu, but without success. Now I don't have pidgin-libnotify-ubuntu on my system. I'm going to try to use downgrade to get it re-installed on my system. What's causing this issue?

Note 1: Downgrading Pidgin itself did not work, and there is no other pidgin-libnotify-ubuntu package available other than the one on my system. I'm wondering if the package dependency "perlxml" isn't correct.

I personally don't use any IM software other than steam, but would this AUR package be of any use? I mention this particular one because it has ubuntu_notify_support.patch and a pidgin-libnotify patch in its sources.

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horsemanoffaith

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Registered: 2013-05-10

Posts: 181

Re: Progress on Unity under Arch Linux!

Today, I tried to upgrade and got the following error:

warning: cannot resolve "perlxml", a dependency of "pidgin-libnotify-ubuntu"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
      pidgin-libnotify-ubuntu

I have tried to find a package named perlxml, but I cannot find one. I checked pidgin-libnotify using Google, and it says that pidgin-libnotify requires perl-xml-parser. I tried installing that with pidgin-libnotify-ubuntu installed, and it gave me an error similar to the one above. I removed pidgin-libnotify-ubuntu, and I was able to install perl-xml-parser. I then tried to re-install pidgin-libnotify-ubuntu, but without success. Now I don't have pidgin-libnotify-ubuntu on my system. I'm going to try to use downgrade to get it re-installed on my system. What's causing this issue?

Note 1: Downgrading Pidgin itself did not work, and there is no other pidgin-libnotify-ubuntu package available other than the one on my system. I'm wondering if the package dependency "perlxml" isn't correct.

I personally don't use any IM software other than steam, but would this AUR package be of any use? I mention this particular one because it has ubuntu_notify_support.patch and a pidgin-libnotify patch in its sources.

I can certainly give it a shot. I'll take a look at it in the next few days and see what happens.