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Avenger

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Registered: 2005-11-11

Posts: 65

Amsn not working after latest -Syu (probably xserver?)

Hello.

After today's -Syu amsn won't start anymore, this is the output it produces (Was with a test of tcl/tk 8.6b1, but it's the same with 8.5.7):

Application initialization failed: unknown color name "BACKGROUND"
Error in startup script: unknown color name "BACKGROUND"
    (database entry for "-background" in widget ".")
    invoked from within
"load /usr/lib/tk8.6/../libtk8.6.so Tk"
    ("package ifneeded Tk 8.6b1" script)
    invoked from within
"package require Tk"
    (file "/usr/bin/amsn" line 66)

I tried to rebuild tcl/tk aswell as build the new 8.6 beta 1, but I still get the same message. I did ofc recompile amsn from svn between tries.

This is the package upgrade list that got updated:

[2009-10-22 00:40] synchronizing package lists
[2009-10-22 00:40] starting full system upgrade
[2009-10-22 00:40] upgraded libgl (7.6-1 -> 7.6-2)
[2009-10-22 00:40] upgraded ati-dri (7.6-1 -> 7.6-2)
[2009-10-22 00:40] upgraded run-parts (3.1.3-1 -> 3.2.1-1)
[2009-10-22 00:40] Updating certificates in /etc/ssl/certs... 0 added, 0 removed; done.
[2009-10-22 00:40] Running hooks in /etc/ca-certificates/update.d....
[2009-10-22 00:40] updating keystore /etc/ssl/certs/java/cacerts...
[2009-10-22 00:40] done.
[2009-10-22 00:40] done.
[2009-10-22 00:40] upgraded ca-certificates (20090709-1 -> 20090814-1)
[2009-10-22 00:40] upgraded libx11 (1.3-1 -> 1.3.1-1)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded consolekit (0.3.1-1 -> 0.4.1-1)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded pango (1.26.0-1 -> 1.26.0-2)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded shared-mime-info (0.60-1 -> 0.70-1)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded gtk2 (2.18.2-1 -> 2.18.3-1)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded imake (1.0.2-4 -> 1.0.2-5)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded libsoup (2.28.0-1 -> 2.28.1-1)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded libspectre (0.2.2-2 -> 0.2.3-1)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded libxaw (1.0.6-1 -> 1.0.7-1)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded mesa (7.6-1 -> 7.6-2)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded poppler (0.12.0-1 -> 0.12.1-1)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded poppler-glib (0.12.0-1 -> 0.12.1-1)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded poppler-qt (0.12.0-1 -> 0.12.1-1)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded pygtk (2.16.0-1 -> 2.16.0-2)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded qtcurve-gtk2 (0.69.0-1 -> 0.69.2-1)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded qtcurve-kde4 (0.69.0-1 -> 0.69.2-1)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded xbitmaps (1.0.1-2 -> 1.1.0-1)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded xf86-input-evdev (2.2.99.2-1 -> 2.3.0-1)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded xorg-apps (7.5-1 -> 7.5-2)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded xorg-font-utils (7.4-3 -> 7.5-1)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded xorg-server-utils (7.5-1 -> 7.5-2)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded xorg-server (1.7.0.901-1 -> 1.7.0.902-1)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded xorg-utils (7.4-4 -> 7.5-1)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded xorg-xkb-utils (7.4-2 -> 7.5-1)
[2009-10-22 00:41] upgraded xulrunner (1.9.1.3-1 -> 1.9.1.3-2)

After a bit of googling it seemed like a mismatch between xorg and Tk, but since the newest tk release didn't help, I'm not sure what the issue is. The amsn-forums had similar problems, but those had actually colors missing, like 'white', 'black' and the solutions didn't help.

Anyone else noticed this issue?

gpan

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From: Athens, Greece

Registered: 2008-11-14

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Re: Amsn not working after latest -Syu (probably xserver?)

Same  problem here!

R00KIE

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Re: Amsn not working after latest -Syu (probably xserver?)

Running and up-to-date arch64 here and amsn works just fine.

Edit: oops nevemind ... not using testing here, my bad.

Last edited by R00KIE (2009-10-25 11:35:06)

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Re: Amsn not working after latest -Syu (probably xserver?)

i'm using testing and is working on arch64

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Avenger

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Re: Amsn not working after latest -Syu (probably xserver?)

Strange, the first post I posted was about a i686 system, but I just updated my arch64 laptop and now I have the same issue there. I tried to update from archlinux.org to check if my mirror was out of date, but it wasn't.

clockie

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From: Greece

Registered: 2009-10-31

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Re: Amsn not working after latest -Syu (probably xserver?)

After today's update amsn does not start and the console has this output

Application initialization failed: unknown color name "BACKGROUND"
Error in startup script: unknown color name "BACKGROUND"
    (database entry for "-background" in widget ".")
    invoked from within
"load /usr/lib/tk8.5/../libtk8.5.so Tk"
    ("package ifneeded Tk 8.5.7" script)
    invoked from within
"package require Tk"
    (file "/usr/bin/amsn" line 66)

what should i do?

mechmg93

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Registered: 2007-05-23

Posts: 197

Re: Amsn not working after latest -Syu (probably xserver?)

i just upgraded and got exactly the same problem, using archlinux 64.

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Leo Borealis

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From: RU

Registered: 2009-07-24

Posts: 4

Re: Amsn not working after latest -Syu (probably xserver?)

Looks like new xorg-server package problem.

Workaround:

Create ~/.Xresources plain text file with content:

*.background: gray75

then
$xrdb -load ~/.Xresources

Requesting support http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/16947

Last edited by Leo Borealis (2009-11-01 02:53:55)

Kalinda

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From: Canada

Registered: 2009-02-19

Posts: 73

Re: Amsn not working after latest -Syu (probably xserver?)

Yup, same problem for me! Not using testing, running 32 bit. I will be installing it on my 64 bit machine, though, just to see.

ETA: Fix works for me, too. Thanks!

Last edited by Kalinda (2009-11-01 04:36:16)

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clockie

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From: Greece

Registered: 2009-10-31

Posts: 6

Re: Amsn not working after latest -Syu (probably xserver?)

I 've just fixed it using the code Leo Boralis said!

Thanks

Avenger

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Registered: 2005-11-11

Posts: 65

Re: Amsn not working after latest -Syu (probably xserver?)

Workaround works for me aswell, thanks!

Leo Borealis

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Registered: 2009-07-24

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Re: Amsn not working after latest -Syu (probably xserver?)

Bug closed.
Problem fixed in xorg-server-utils 7.5-3.