[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Tweak not working after upgrade from precise to quantal

[pete smout]

On 18/05/13 16:58, A wrote:
> On 18/05/13 16:35, pete smout wrote:
>> On 18/05/13 16:27, pete smout wrote:
>>> On 12/05/13 09:31, pete smout wrote:
>>>> On 12/05/13 09:24, pete smout wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am having a strange issue after upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10, ubuntu
>>>>> tweak wont start!
>>>>> When I run from terminal (ubuntu-tweak -d) i get the following
>>>>> message:
>>>>>
>>>>> (ubuntu-tweak:21744): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_error_trap_pop_internal:
>>>>> assertion `trap != NULL' failed
>>>>> [gtk][DEBUG] <function post_ui at 0x8cfeb1c>: (debug.py:182)
>>>>> [gtk][DEBUG]    args-1: <function func_wrapper at 0x9009d4c>
>>>>> (debug.py:184)
>>>>> [gtk][DEBUG] <function post_ui at 0x8cfeb1c>: (debug.py:182)
>>>>> [gtk][DEBUG]    args-1: <function _confirm_deps at 0x9009d84>
>>>>> (debug.py:184)
>>>>> [gtk][DEBUG] <function post_ui at 0x8cfeb1c>: (debug.py:182)
>>>>> [gtk][DEBUG]    args-1: <function on_find_object at 0x90234c4>
>>>>> (debug.py:184)
>>>>> [gtk][DEBUG] <function post_ui at 0x8cfeb1c>: (debug.py:182)
>>>>> [gtk][DEBUG]    args-1: <function on_scan_finished at 0x9023534>
>>>>> (debug.py:184)
>>>>> [gtk][DEBUG] <function post_ui at 0x8cfeb1c>: (debug.py:182)
>>>>> [gtk][DEBUG]    args-1: <function on_scan_error at 0x90235a4>
>>>>> (debug.py:184)
>>>>> [gtk][DEBUG] <function post_ui at 0x8cfeb1c>: (debug.py:182)
>>>>> [gtk][DEBUG]    args-1: <function on_plugin_object_cleaned at
>>>>> 0x90236f4>
>>>>> (debug.py:184)
>>>>> compizconfig - Info: Backend     : gsettings
>>>>> compizconfig - Info: Integration : true
>>>>> compizconfig - Info: Profile     : unity
>>>>> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>>>>>
>>>>> I have found
>>>>> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-tweak/+question/220799
>>>>> which is the same but says to purge Gnome PPA (which I dont have in
>>>>> use)
>>>>> so has anyone hear got any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>>
>>>>> Pete
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Here is a link to a copy of my sources.list so you can see if any PPA's
>>>> are causing the issue
>>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/80216532/sources.list
>>>> Thanks Again
>>>>
>>>> Pete
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I have upgraded again to raring (13.04) (must say wow great job to the
>>> devs!!) and purged ubuntu-tweak (sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-tweak) then
>>> restarted and re installed it.
>>>
>>> It still dont work but after a bit of searching through the kern.log i
>>> found error:0 in libkconfig4.so, but synaptic cant find libkconfig4.so
>>> to try installing / reinstalling it so I am at a bit of a loss as where
>>> to go now!
>>>
>>> Having googled around a bit I now believe that libkconfig4 is a KDE
>>> library?! I don't know if this makes any difference, but google comes up
>>> with compiz errors for that lib nothing on ubuntu-tweak!
>>>
>>> any ideas
>>>
>>> Pete
>>>
>>>
>> Hi again thought I'd let you have the complete line from the log!!
>>
>> May 12 07:59:58 petes-lappy kernel: [ 4218.531873] ubuntu-tweak[12806]
>> general protection ip:aae138b3 sp:ea460000 error:0 in
>> libkconfig4.so[aadfc000+1d000]
>>
>> Hope it makes more sense to someone on here than it does to me!!
>>
>> Pete
>>
>>
> I think it's due to ubuntu-tweak having the ability to tweak compiz like
> ccsm. There's a bug
> (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/1041523) saying
> that the kconfig backend is no longer supported, but it is still being
> scanned for and this error comes up because of it.
> Do you have a libkconfig.so (libkconfig4.so) at
> "/usr/lib/compizconfig/backends"? Try deleting it or moving it to the
> desktop and try again?
>
>
>
Hi,
Many thanks to A, That Fixed It, would never have worked that one out on 
my own (just hope it doesn't screw KDE up, but if it does ill put the 
lib back!)

Thanks again

Pete