Possible Solaris Problems

[Craig A. Betts]

Benedikt Meurer wrote:
> On Thu, 12, Jun 2003, Craig A. Betts wrote:
>>   The xfdesktop process is running (I get menus when clicking on the
>>   background), but trying to select backdrop settings creates an error
>>   dialog box with the following message:
>>      Multi-Channel Manager Error:
>>      No such plugin "backdrop"
> 
> 
> Look at the error message xfce-mcs-manager outputs while trying to
> load the backdrop plugin (btw. does the plugin exists? Look in
> $prefix/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins for backdrop_settings.*).
> 
> Post this error message to the list, and we'll try to help you :)
> 
> 

Okay, here is the output:
<<==--  SNIP  --==>>
** Message: - attempting to load module 
/usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/ui_plugin.so
** Message:   module /usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/ui_plugin.so 
("ui") successfully loaded
** Message: - attempting to load module 
/usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/keyboard_plugin.so
** Message:   module /usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/keyboard_plugin.so 
("keyboard") successfully loaded
** Message: - attempting to load module 
/usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/mouse_plugin.so
** Message:   module /usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/mouse_plugin.so 
("mouse") successfully loaded
** Message: - attempting to load module 
/usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/xfce4-iconbox_settings.so
** Message:   module 
/usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/xfce4-iconbox_settings.so ("xfibx") 
successfully loaded
** Message: - attempting to load module 
/usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/libxfce4settings.so

** (xfce-mcs-manager:12350): WARNING **:   module 
/usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/libxfce4settings.so cannot be opened 
(ld.so.1: xfce-mcs-m
anager: fatal: relocation error: file 
/usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/libxfce4settings.so: symbol 
bind_textdomain_codeset: referenced symbo
l not found)
** Message: - attempting to load module 
/usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/margins_plugin.so
** Message:   module /usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/margins_plugin.so 
("xfwm_margins") successfully loaded
** Message: - attempting to load module 
/usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/xfwm4_plugin.so
** Message:   module /usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/xfwm4_plugin.so 
("xfwm4") successfully loaded
** Message: - attempting to load module 
/usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/xftaskbar_plugin.so
** Message:   module 
/usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/xftaskbar_plugin.so ("taskbar") 
successfully loaded
** Message: - attempting to load module 
/usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/libxffmsettings.so
** Message:   module /usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/libxffmsettings.so 
("xffm") successfully loaded
** Message: - attempting to load module 
/usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/backdrop_settings.so

** (xfce-mcs-manager:12350): WARNING **:   module 
/usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/backdrop_settings.so cannot be opened 
(ld.so.1: xfce-mcs-
manager: fatal: relocation error: file 
/usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/backdrop_settings.so: symbol 
bind_textdomain_codeset: referenced sym
bol not found)
** Message: - attempting to load module 
/usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/workspaces_settings.so

** (xfce-mcs-manager:12350): WARNING **:   module 
/usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/workspaces_settings.so cannot be opened 
(ld.so.1: xfce-mc
s-manager: fatal: relocation error: file 
/usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/workspaces_settings.so: symbol 
bind_textdomain_codeset: referenced
  symbol not found)
** Message: init complete.
<<==-- UNSNIP --==>>

I check the directory /usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins and found the all 
the plugins there.

>>2) Any changes made to xfwm settings are not saved.  My .xfce4 directory
>>   only contains the following files:
>>      * xfce4rc
>>      * xfce4rc.bak
>>      * xffm
>>
>>   I am assuming there should be an xfwm file for this.
> 
> 
> Settings, that are under control of the MCS manager are stored in
> ~/.xfce4/settings/. Verify that this directory exists and is writeable.
> If it is, look at the output of xfce-mcs-manager. If no useful
> output is generated try to compile it using --enable-debug.


I added the directory and fixed this. :-)


-- 
Craig A. Betts
IT Security Design Engineer
Arcata Associates, Inc. - Dryden Flight Research Center - NASA
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