Re: No tray icon, no Skip or Postpone buttons, and window disappears on closing Preferences.
Rob Caelers <[email protected]> Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:55:18 +0100
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--===============2527224503186665979== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_874DCDFA-37A9-4120-A6A1-0747F55F4DB5" --Apple-Mail=_874DCDFA-37A9-4120-A6A1-0747F55F4DB5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi. Did you compile Workrave yourself? Sounds as if Workrave cannot save it=E2=80=99s settings. By default, Workrave uses gsettings to save its settings. gsettings requires schema files to be installed in the right location, = otherwise saving settings doesn=E2=80=99t work. If it is Trusty based, you can try to install Workrave from = https://launchpad.net/~rob-caelers/+archive/ubuntu/workrave?field.series_f= ilter=3Dtrusty = <https://launchpad.net/~rob-caelers/+archive/ubuntu/workrave?field.series_= filter=3Dtrusty> Kind regards, Rob > On 20 Jan 2018, at 19:49, [email protected] wrote: >=20 > I used Workrave for years under Windows Vista and it was very useful. = When Microsoft stopped supporting Vista I switched to Linux. Recently = it occurred to me to see if I could get Workrave again. =20 >=20 > I installed it but there is no system tray icon, although I know it's = running because it puts up the notifications. Also the notifications = don't have Skip or Postpone buttons, even though I selected them in = Preferences. Also, if I bring up Preferences, the tiny window (with the = timers) disappears when I close the preferences window, so after that = (since there's no tray icon) I can't get at Workrave's controls unless I = forcibly end the program using System Monitor and then start again. >=20 > I'm using Zorin OS 9 (a variant of Ubuntu, possibly Ubuntu Trusty, at = least some things in the update window sometimes mention the word = "Trusty") and, I think, the Gnome desktop environment - sorry, I'm a bit = new to Linux. What's the equivalent of Windows's System Information = window, do you know? >=20 > Would appreciate some help with getting the wretched thing to work, = please! It's a very handy program if only it'll work. >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > = --------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Workrave-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/workrave-user --Apple-Mail=_874DCDFA-37A9-4120-A6A1-0747F55F4DB5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D"">Hi.<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Did = you compile Workrave yourself?</div><div class=3D"">Sounds as if = Workrave cannot save it=E2=80=99s settings.</div><div class=3D"">By = default, Workrave uses gsettings to save its settings.</div><div = class=3D"">gsettings requires schema files to be installed in the = right location, otherwise saving settings doesn=E2=80=99t = work.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">If it is = Trusty based, you can try to install Workrave from <a = href=3D"https://launchpad.net/~rob-caelers/+archive/ubuntu/workrave?field.= series_filter=3Dtrusty" = class=3D"">https://launchpad.net/~rob-caelers/+archive/ubuntu/workrave?fie= ld.series_filter=3Dtrusty</a></div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Kind regards,</div><div class=3D""> = Rob<br class=3D""><div class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><blockquote = type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On 20 Jan 2018, at 19:49, <a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div class=3D"">I = used Workrave for years under Windows Vista and it was very useful. = When Microsoft stopped supporting Vista I switched to Linux. = Recently it occurred to me to see if I could get Workrave again. = <br class=3D""><br class=3D"">I installed it but there is no = system tray icon, although I know it's running because it puts up the = notifications. Also the notifications don't have Skip or Postpone = buttons, even though I selected them in Preferences. Also, = if I bring up Preferences, the tiny window (with the timers) disappears = when I close the preferences window, so after that (since there's no = tray icon) I can't get at Workrave's controls unless I forcibly end the = program using System Monitor and then start again.<br class=3D""><br = class=3D"">I'm using Zorin OS 9 (a variant of Ubuntu, possibly Ubuntu = Trusty, at least some things in the update window sometimes mention the = word "Trusty") and, I think, the Gnome desktop environment - sorry, I'm = a bit new to Linux. What's the equivalent of Windows's System = Information window, do you know?<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Would = appreciate some help with getting the wretched thing to work, please! = It's a very handy program if only it'll work.<br class=3D""><br = class=3D""><br class=3D""><br class=3D""><br class=3D""><br = class=3D"">---------------------------------------------------------------= ---------------<br class=3D"">Check out the vibrant tech community on = one of the world's most<br class=3D"">engaging tech sites, <a = href=3D"http://Slashdot.org" class=3D"">Slashdot.org</a>! <a = href=3D"http://sdm.link/slashdot" = class=3D"">http://sdm.link/slashdot</a><br = class=3D"">_______________________________________________<br = class=3D"">Workrave-user mailing list<br class=3D""><a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a><br = class=3D"">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/workrave-user<br = class=3D""></div></div></blockquote></div><br = class=3D""></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_874DCDFA-37A9-4120-A6A1-0747F55F4DB5-- --===============2527224503186665979== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot --===============2527224503186665979== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Workrave-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/workrave-user --===============2527224503186665979==--