[Coco] Drivewire and Ubuntu

[CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts]

On May 16, 2014 7:00 PM, "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <
coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
>
> Submitting a bug report from the crash window does not work.  It just sits
> there forever after you hit 'Submit'
>

Doh.  Well that is a (small) clue in itself.

I'll make sure the next version works properly with whatever Ubuntu is
current at the time.  Shouldn't be too long.

-aaron

> Keith
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 6:55 PM, CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <
> coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
>
> > On May 16, 2014 6:53 PM, "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <
> > coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > i will check rxtx. i have added my user to dialout group. it will work
> > fron my user but it will display the crash window. if i ignore it i can
use
> > it normally
> > >
> >
> > That might be something different, not sure.  If you submit a bug report
> > from the crash window, I could probably tell ;)
> >
> > > On May 16, 2014, at 6:44 PM, CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <
> > coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On May 16, 2014 6:12 PM, "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <
> > > coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > i have problem too. it crashes on me on ubuntu 14.04 64-bit. i dont
> > even
> > > see the gui. this from a fresh installed version.
> > >
> > > Start it from a shell, I don't know what the GUI is doing differently
> > than
> > > just running the jar like most GUIs do, probably some kind of security
> > > feature to protect you.  shell works normally though.
> > >
> > > > i have an copy of the previous note, last version it only works with
> > > sudo. running normally it gives me a null reference pointer .
although it
> > > keeps running if i dont click to close the error dialog still is
annoying
> > > to have it.
> > > >
> > > > i tried changing default-jre to oracle java 7 and 8 with no avail.
> > >
> > > Its not a problem with the java version, its something in the Ubuntu
GUI
> > > that doesnt like something DW does.  I don't think theres is anything
> > > simple that will change it but shell is a functional workaround.
> > >
> > > DW doesn't need sudo itself, but in some Linux systems there are
> > permission
> > > issues with rxtx (a library DW uses) and/or the serial devices.  You
can
> > > probably just give your user account the right magic permissions if
you
> > can
> > > figure out what they are on and avoid needing sudo.  If you Google
search
> > > for rxtx + your flavor of Linux + permission problems, you'll probably
> > find
> > > people who have solved it, as rxtx is used by much more popular
programs
> > > than DriveWire.
> > >
> > > Ubuntu is one of the systems I test the nice double click and go
> > > instructions on when I do a release, but I think they were back on 11
or
> > 12
> > > when I did the last DW.  Things have changed...
> > >
> > > -Aaron
> > >
> > > >> On May 16, 2014, at 6:01 PM, CoCoList for Color Computer
Enthusiasts <
> > > > coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Ubuntu enforces some sort of no execute attributes allowed security
> > > > thing on downloaded files.
> > > >
> > > > To start DW, open a shell, change directory to where you unpacked
> > > > DriveWire and type:
> > > >
> > > > java -jar DW4UI.jar
> > > >
> > > > This will start it, although it may immediately exit and tell you
some
> > > > things didn't work.
> > > > That's OK.  Just start it again, it will have disabled all the
things
> > > > that didn't work before.
> > > > Seems to work here at least.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 5:14 PM, CoCoList for Color Computer
> > > > Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> > > >> I just tried running Drivewire 4 under Ubuntu 14.04 with no luck at
> > all.
> > > >> Where is the best place to get help?
> > > >>
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