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Dokter Bibber

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Registered: 2016-09-19

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Docky in hiding/shy.

I'm trying to install Docky on Arch + Deepin group + Deepin extras.
So I renamed "-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 406K Sep 29 11:16 /usr/bin/dde-dock" to "-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 406K Sep 29 11:16 /usr/bin/DISABLED-dde-dock".
Reboot and Deepin's dock is gone. It's not on screen. It's not in ps aux output.
I install Docky.
I call Docky from the terminal. I can see that a certain height is reserved for Docky at the bottom of the screen. And I see 2 errors in the terminal :

I check the dependencies on the docky package page : https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/any/docky/
And install some missing dependencies :

I call Docky again from the terminal. Same 2 errors.

The Network Manager package was explicitly installed together with Deepin group + Deepin Extras. I also specified it. And it is running.
I cannot vouch for IUPower/IUPowerProxy.

This are Docky's settings at the time the error occurred. I obviously couldn't get to the Docky preferences program without a dock. :

Anyone seen/experienced this before?
And (how) did you manage resolve it?

P.S.
I have Docky uninstalled at the moment and the Deepin Dock back in place.

Dokter Bibber

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Registered: 2016-09-19

Posts: 65

Re: Docky in hiding/shy.

What I tried after my first post and did NOT work :

(1) Stop Docky. Delete the entire folder with plugins. Restart Docky (which recreates the folder).:

rm -Rf ~/.local/share/docky/plugins

(2) First list all Docky addins to be able to create the  missing file "~/.local/share/docky/plugins/addin-db-001/config.xml". Then set various addins to false/true.
RESULT : This doesn't make any difference. Still IUPower, IUPowerProxy and INetworkManager, INetworkManagerProxy errors after restarting Docky. The "Plugins = [Trash]" setting (with the gconftool-2 command) seems to result in the Trash plugin being the only plugin loaded anyway (see debug log in screenshots above). So I assume that this file is obsoleted (it didn't exist to begin with) or it is ignored under certain circumstances.

[robert@designbox ~]# ls -lah /home/robert/.local/share/docky/plugins/addin-db-001/addin-data/1/
total 84K
drwxr-xr-x 2 robert users 4.0K Dec 11 19:38 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 robert users 4.0K Dec 11 19:38 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 robert users 1.1K Dec 11 19:38 Docky.BatteryMonitor,1.0.maddin
-rw-r--r-- 1 robert users 1.1K Dec 11 19:38 Docky.Bookmarks,1.0.maddin
-rw-r--r-- 1 robert users 1.1K Dec 11 19:38 Docky.Clippy,1.0.maddin
-rw-r--r-- 1 robert users 1.2K Dec 11 19:38 Docky.Clock,1.0.maddin
-rw-r--r-- 1 robert users 1.1K Dec 11 19:38 Docky.CPUMonitor,1.0.maddin
-rw-r--r-- 1 robert users 1.1K Dec 11 19:38 Docky.Desktop,1.0.maddin
-rw-r--r-- 1 robert users 1.2K Dec 11 19:38 Docky.GMail,1.0.maddin
-rw-r--r-- 1 robert users 2.0K Dec 11 19:38 Docky.Items,1.0.maddin
-rw-r--r-- 1 robert users 1.1K Dec 11 19:38 Docky.Mounter,1.0.maddin
-rw-r--r-- 1 robert users 1.2K Dec 11 19:38 Docky.NetworkManager,1.0.maddin
-rw-r--r-- 1 robert users 1.2K Dec 11 19:38 Docky.NetworkMonitor,1.0.maddin
-rw-r--r-- 1 robert users 1.2K Dec 11 19:38 Docky.NPR,1.0.maddin
-rw-r--r-- 1 robert users 1.2K Dec 11 19:38 Docky.RecentDocuments,1.0.maddin
-rw-r--r-- 1 robert users 1.1K Dec 11 19:38 Docky.SessionManager,1.0.maddin
-rw-r--r-- 1 robert users 1.1K Dec 11 19:38 Docky.Timer,1.0.maddin
-rw-r--r-- 1 robert users 1.1K Dec 11 19:38 Docky.Trash,1.0.maddin
-rw-r--r-- 1 robert users 1.3K Dec 11 19:38 Docky.Weather,1.0.maddin
-rw-r--r-- 1 robert users 1.6K Dec 11 19:38 Docky.Widgets,1.0.maddin
-rw-r--r-- 1 robert users 1.2K Dec 11 19:38 Docky.WorkspaceSwitcher,1.0.maddin
[robert@designbox ~]#

#-- Create : ~/.local/share/docky/plugins/addin-db-001/config.xml with the following content :
<Configuration>
  <AddinStatus>
    <Addin id="Docky.BatteryMonitor,1.0" enabled="False" />
    <Addin id="Docky.Bookmarks,1.0" enabled="False" />
    <Addin id="Docky.Clippy,1.0" enabled="False" />
    <Addin id="Docky.Clock,1.0" enabled="False" />
    <Addin id="Docky.CPUMonitor,1.0" enabled="False" />
    <Addin id="Docky.Desktop,1.0" enabled="False" />
    <Addin id="Docky.GMail,1.0" enabled="False" />
    <Addin id="Docky.Items,1.0" enabled="False" />
    <Addin id="Docky.Mounter,1.0" enabled="False" />
    <Addin id="Docky.NetworkManager,1.0" enabled="False" />
    <Addin id="Docky.NetworkMonitor,1.0" enabled="False" />
    <Addin id="Docky.NPR,1.0" enabled="False" />
    <Addin id="Docky.RecentDocuments,1.0" enabled="False" />
    <Addin id="Docky.SessionManager,1.0" enabled="False" />
    <Addin id="Docky.Timer,1.0" enabled="False" />
    <Addin id="Docky.Trash,1.0" enabled="False" />
    <Addin id="Docky.Weather,1.0" enabled="False" />
    <Addin id="Docky.Widgets,1.0" enabled="False" />
    <Addin id="Docky.WorkspaceSwitcher,1.0" enabled="False" />
  </AddinStatus>
</Configuration>

(3) List all gconf config files on my box and opened all non-zero length files. Checked their contents. But couldn't find anything related to Docky's plugin manager. :

[robert@designbox ~]# sudo find / -type f -iname *%gconf* -print -execdir ls -lah {} \;
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-bs.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.0K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-bs.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-id.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-id.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-cs.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-cs.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-en_AU.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-en_AU.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-pt_BR.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-pt_BR.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-de.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-de.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-el.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5.7K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-el.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-eu.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5.0K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-eu.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-uk.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-uk.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-zh_TW.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-zh_TW.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-fr.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-fr.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-lt.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-lt.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-en_GB.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-en_GB.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-fi.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7.9K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-fi.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-sr.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-sr.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-fo.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.7K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-fo.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-ko.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.2K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-ko.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-is.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.2K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-is.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-ro.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-ro.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-sl.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.8K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-sl.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-ru.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-ru.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-be.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-be.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 128K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-ar.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.9K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-ar.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-pt.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-pt.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-es.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-es.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-or.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.9K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-or.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-tr.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-tr.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree-ms.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17K Dec 11 13:57 ./%gconf-tree-ms.xml
find: ‘/run/user/1000/gvfs’: Permission denied
/home/robert/.config/gconf/desktop/%gconf.xml
-rw------- 1 robert users 0 Dec  7 02:11 ./%gconf.xml
/home/robert/.config/gconf/desktop/gnome/applications/%gconf.xml
-rw------- 1 robert users 0 Dec  7 02:11 ./%gconf.xml
/home/robert/.config/gconf/desktop/gnome/applications/media/%gconf.xml
-rw------- 1 robert users 133 Dec  7 02:11 ./%gconf.xml
/home/robert/.config/gconf/desktop/gnome/%gconf.xml
-rw------- 1 robert users 0 Dec  7 02:11 ./%gconf.xml
/home/robert/.config/gconf/apps/%gconf.xml
-rw------- 1 robert users 0 Dec 11 14:09 ./%gconf.xml
/home/robert/.config/gconf/apps/docky-2/%gconf.xml
-rw------- 1 robert users 0 Dec 11 14:09 ./%gconf.xml
/home/robert/.config/gconf/apps/docky-2/Docky/Services/%gconf.xml
-rw------- 1 robert users 0 Dec 11 14:09 ./%gconf.xml
/home/robert/.config/gconf/apps/docky-2/Docky/Services/ThemeService/%gconf.xml
-rw------- 1 robert users 141 Dec 11 19:27 ./%gconf.xml
/home/robert/.config/gconf/apps/docky-2/Docky/%gconf.xml
-rw------- 1 robert users 0 Dec 11 14:09 ./%gconf.xml
/home/robert/.config/gconf/apps/docky-2/Docky/Interface/%gconf.xml
-rw------- 1 robert users 117 Dec 11 15:07 ./%gconf.xml
/home/robert/.config/gconf/apps/docky-2/Docky/Interface/DockPreferences/%gconf.xml
-rw------- 1 robert users 110 Dec 11 15:51 ./%gconf.xml
/home/robert/.config/gconf/apps/docky-2/Docky/Interface/DockPreferences/Dock1/%gconf.xml
-rw------- 1 robert users 594 Dec 11 19:27 ./%gconf.xml
/home/robert/.config/gconf/apps/docky-2/Docky/Items/ColoredIconDockItem/%gconf.xml
-rw------- 1 robert users 107 Dec 11 19:27 ./%gconf.xml
/home/robert/.config/gconf/apps/docky-2/Docky/Items/%gconf.xml
-rw------- 1 robert users 0 Dec 11 14:09 ./%gconf.xml

What I also found (and did not try yet) :

(1) I found this forum post (by user badbodh) with a resolution for both errors which involves modifying the C# code : https://forum.manjaro.org/t/docky-docky … lem/5209/4
It refers to this bug report which lists the same IUPower error : https://bugs.launchpad.net/docky/+bug/1309706 (Titled : Docky crashes when disconnect or reconnect power adapter to laptop)

(2) This one (with the exact same IUPower error, and from early this year) was ignored somehow : https://answers.launchpad.net/docky/+question/284773 (Titled : Cannot launch docky)

Why Docky can't silently ignore these errors and do its thing is beyond me.

Last edited by Dokter Bibber (2016-12-11 22:00:08)

Dokter Bibber

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Registered: 2016-09-19

Posts: 65

Re: Docky in hiding/shy.

I just replaced Docky with Plank and Plank Themer.
The issue must be somewhere in the extras that Docky layers over Plank.