[Xfce-bugs] [XFCE 0000249]: When trying to view a files/dirs properties, xffm crashes

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http://bugs.xfce.org/view_bug_page.php?f_id=0000249
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Reporter:                   nick_08150
Handler:                    
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Project:                    XFCE
Bug ID:                     0000249
Category:                   xffm
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   crash
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2004-07-06 11:07 GMT
Last Modified:              2004-07-07 03:16 GMT
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Summary:                    When trying to view a files/dirs properties, xffm crashes
Description: 
xffm crashes when trying to show a files/dirs properties. This happens with
either the taskbar button or right-click->Properties. xffm does not
receive signal 9, though, but signal 6. I have todays (20040706) CVS
version of all relevant packages installed. Output is attached.
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 edscott - 2004-07-06 12:51 GMT 
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This is strange. The signal 6 is just because it cannot open a required
library. Nothing has been changed with this library, which creates the
properties window, for the last 3 or 4 months. Check for permissions on
file /usr/lib/xffm/libxffm_prop.so

Try doing a 
./configure && make clean install

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 nick_08150 - 2004-07-06 13:18 GMT 
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ok, first thing is that the xffm library names are crippled (the .so is
missing). After freshly checking out the code from CVS and building it,
still the same.
But I'm installing into a non-standard directory in order to build rpm's.
I now realized that I'm reminded to do a libtool --finish lib_dir/, but
that is not the problem, I guess.
Since xffm looks for /usr/lib/xffm/libxffm_prop.so and the library name is
not ok, the load fails. So I think there's nothing wrong with
libxffm_prop.so but with the Makefiles/building stuff.

edited on: 07-06 13:18

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 nick_08150 - 2004-07-06 14:25 GMT 
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Sorry if you receive this note twice but I'm not sure if it was processed
corretly since I never got an email from the xfce bug tracker system.

Actual note:

ok, first thing is that the xffm library names are crippled (the .so is
missing). After freshly checking out the code from CVS and building it,
still the same.
But I'm installing into a non-standard directory in order to build rpm's.
I now realized that I'm reminded to do a libtool --finish lib_dir/, but
that is not the problem, I guess.
Since xffm looks for /usr/lib/xffm/libxffm_prop.so and the library name is
not ok, the load fails. So I think there's nothing wrong with
libxffm_prop.so but with the Makefiles/building stuff.

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 edscott - 2004-07-07 03:16 GMT 
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>From your description, the problem might be that your non-standard library
directory is not in the ld path. Check your ld.conf file. 
If it's not that, then let's look at the file name:
    library=g_strconcat("libxffm_prop.",G_MODULE_SUFFIX, NULL);
    module = g_build_filename (LIBDIR, "xffm", library, NULL);
Check what LIBDIR is. It should be $prefix/lib

I'm currently using --prefix=/var/xfce for both xffm and xfce4-modules and
they work nicely on a xfce_4.0.5 gentoo box.