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[Locked] 'No plugins found' still ongoing ....
TuxVinyards English 6 fabounet [Read]
07 May 2012 à 12:58

TuxVinyards, Sunday 06 May 2012 à 13:37


Subscription date : 06 May 2012
Messages : 4
Have read almost everything, including the earlier, and similar, post which is now marked resolved. Struggling on this one. I have done re-installs and everything I can think of ...

Everything was fine following an upgrade from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 and was really pleased (thanks) with the cairo-dock 3.0.0.1-0ubuntu1 via canonical. I have not been using Cairo-dock long but did have v 2.4 installed with 11.10.

Then, as is normal, I decided to check my software sources as release upgrades disable third-party listings. I had Blender, Virtual box etc to re-activate as well. I updated & was offered an upgrade to cairo-dock-plug-ins 3.0.0.3 (I seem to to remember). This is when problems started.

I don't know if this bit is important but I'm detailing it in case it helps or is the cause. At this software sources point I decided to go to this site and double check sources. I had 'http://repository.glx-dock.org/ubuntu precise' but then noticed the refs to launchpad and to tuxfamily. I think I got confused ... Anyway I changed from glx to launchpad and upgraded. Since then I have tried setting it tuxfamily, which I think is the correct one. But I have also tried taking off all 3rd P Cairo listings and purge/re-installing canonical only, to put it as it was. Still no luck.

I have found config files in ~/.config and /usr/share and checked these - Since 11.10 I have done some learning on Lightdm. I upgraded to a new graphics card a couple of weeks ago (Nvidia 430 with OpenGL) so have been discovering Compiz and CCSM. I think I am right that Cairo, unlike Unity, relies on Dbus and freedesktop.org (?)

One thing someone could definitely help with, is when the Cairo-dock fails and tells me that it no use without plugins, how do I logout from the almost blank screen? Killing gnome-session won't work. The only way I have found of getting back to the login (and desktop selector) screen is to do ctrl-alt-t and sudo reboot....

The other thing is I have been a bit worried about losing all my personal settings for the dock every time that I re-install. I have copied the cairo-dock folder in ~/.config. Can I just paste this back over the new install?

I am feeling this is a system problem as other user profiles have exactly the same issue.


matttbe, Sunday 06 May 2012 à 14:46


Subscription date : 24 January 2009
Messages : 12573
Hello!

This bug is maybe similar to this one: http://glx-dock.org/bg_topic.php?t=4390#mess_73242

Can you give me the output of this command launched from a terminal:
apt-cache policy cairo-dock cairo-dock-core cairo-dock-plug-ins cairo-dock-plug-ins-data


And try this command to fix this bug:
sudo apt-get purge cairo-dock-core
sudo apt-get install cairo-dock cairo-dock-core


PS: Our tuxfamily repo for Ubuntu is a mirror of the Launchpad ppa.

TuxVinyards, Sunday 06 May 2012 à 16:10


Subscription date : 06 May 2012
Messages : 4
Thanks Matt,

This is the output. Looks identical to me, before and after. Canonical repos only, for this one.

apt-cache policy cairo-dock cairo-dock-core cairo-dock-plug-ins cairo-dock-plug-ins-data
cairo
-dock:
  
Installed3.0.0.1-0ubuntu1
  Candidate
3.0.0.1-0ubuntu1
  Version table
:
 *** 
3.0.0.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http
://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
        
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
cairo
-dock-core:
  
Installed3.0.0.1-1ubuntu1~oneiric
  Candidate
3.0.0.1-1ubuntu1~oneiric
  Version table
:
 *** 
3.0.0.1-1ubuntu1~oneiric 0
        100 
/var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0.0.1
-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http
://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
cairo-dock-plug-ins:
  
Installed3.0.0.1-0ubuntu2
  Candidate
3.0.0.1-0ubuntu2
  Version table
:
 *** 
3.0.0.1-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http
://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
        
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
cairo
-dock-plug-ins-data:
  
Installed3.0.0.1-1ubuntu3~precise
  Candidate
3.0.0.1-1ubuntu3~precise
  Version table
:
 *** 
3.0.0.1-1ubuntu3~precise 0
        100 
/var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0.0.1
-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http
://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
        
        
sudo apt-get purge cairo-dock-core
sudo apt
-get install cairo-dock cairo-dock-core  
        
        
apt
-cache policy cairo-dock cairo-dock-core cairo-dock-plug-ins cairo-dock-plug-ins-data
cairo
-dock:
  
Installed3.0.0.1-0ubuntu1
  Candidate
3.0.0.1-0ubuntu1
  Version table
:
 *** 
3.0.0.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http
://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
        
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
cairo
-dock-core:
  
Installed3.0.0.1-0ubuntu1
  Candidate
3.0.0.1-0ubuntu1
  Version table
:
 *** 
3.0.0.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http
://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
        
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
cairo
-dock-plug-ins:
  
Installed3.0.0.1-0ubuntu2
  Candidate
3.0.0.1-0ubuntu2
  Version table
:
 *** 
3.0.0.1-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http
://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
        
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
cairo
-dock-plug-ins-data:
  
Installed3.0.0.1-1ubuntu3~precise
  Candidate
3.0.0.1-1ubuntu3~precise
  Version table
:
 *** 
3.0.0.1-1ubuntu3~precise 0
        100 
/var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0.0.1
-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http
://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages        


matttbe, Sunday 06 May 2012 à 16:15


Subscription date : 24 January 2009
Messages : 12573
You can simply add our ppa to fix this bug
sudo -v
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cairo-dock-team/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

TuxVinyards, Sunday 06 May 2012 à 17:45


Subscription date : 06 May 2012
Messages : 4


So, I thought I had already done this after reading the other post http://glx-dock.org/bg_topic.php?t=4390#mess_73242

But, I have done it again(?) and it now works. Yay. Thanks.

The
apt-cache policy cairo-dock cairo-dock-core cairo-dock-plug-ins cairo-dock-plug-ins-data
is worth now highlighting, for anyone else with similar probs.

I have just spotted the mistake in the output in the above message 2. Couldn't see it earlier.

cairo-dock-core:
Installed: 3.0.0.1-1ubuntu1~oneiric

cairo-dock-plug-ins-data:
Installed: 3.0.0.1-1ubuntu3~precise


I think this was the root problem in the other post too. Puzzle what's causing it but solution re-emphasized then.


TuxVinyards, Sunday 06 May 2012 à 18:01


Subscription date : 06 May 2012
Messages : 4
BTW

Didn't seem to lose any settings at all or seem to need a backup. When I re-installed, all my configs, custom launchers were still there.

fabounet, Monday 07 May 2012 à 12:58


Subscription date : 30 November 2007
Messages : 17118
sure, they are in ~/.config/cairo-dock, the installed files are in only /usr

that's why re-installing a software with the same version usually never fixes anything, because all the config files are in the home.

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