Re: Two questions for gkrellm on windows

Thanks for the response.

On 2010.10.02 09:23, Stefan Gehn wrote:
> On 10/01/2010 01:26 AM, Jack wrote:
>> I can launch gkrellm (under Vista) and it runs for maybe an hour or  
>> two, but almost always ends with "GKrellM has stopped working."
> Some users have experienced this with GkrellM 2.3.2 on windows, I  
> actually never found the reason. According to the feedback I received  
> off-list, the beta I posted back in july seems to be much more stable  
> so I hope for 2.3.5 to fix these crashes for most people.
I'll try the beta - if posted means to this list, I assume I can find  
it in the archives.  If not, I'd appreciate a link.

>> Are there any known issues like this? Can anyone suggest how to even  
>> start troubleshooting this?
> The main issue, is Windows completely failing to help either the user  
> or the developer of the application resolve the problem. That message  
> is just plain useless.
I love the part that says Windows will let me know if it found a  
solution.

>> I've searched through the gkrellm for windows pages (at srcbox.net)  
>> but not found much information about plugins at all. Is there a list  
>> of available plugins?
> There are none available so far. I have started updating some of the  
> plugins that were once available for Windows but I haven't found the  
> time to create an installer. Eventually I will start shipping them as  
> a simple zip first.
I'll be glad to test at least some of them.

> So far I got the following plugins working:
> - gkbinclock
> - gkrell_sunlight
> - gkrellAclock
> - gkrellfire
> - gkrellm-gtodo
> - gkrellm_timers
> - gkrellmbgchg2
> - gkrellmlaunch
> - gkrellm-tz
> - gkrellweather (actually I'm rewriting this one atm)
> 
>> I'm specifically looking for something similar to gkrellmss.
> Haven't looked at this one but I guess porting it will be difficult,  
> it directly uses ALSA or ESD. I will have a look at it when time  
> permits but I can't make any promises.
I just noticed that cygwin has an ESD.  I don't know if that would make  
it any easier, if you use mingw.  I do assume going directly to the  
Windows sound system would essentially be a complete rewrite.

>> (I have not yet downloaded the plugins zip - but it looks to me like  
>> it's for developing plugins. If it actually contains plugins - sorry  
>> for the noise.)
> That zip indeed contains headers and a library to produce plugins for  
> GKrellM on Windows.
I wish I had the time and skill to actually do something useful with it  
myself.

Thanks again, and I'll keep looking for updates.

Jack

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