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2011-05-02
Whats the UBUNTU_MENUPROXY option doing? Btw I think the GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS
option might no longer be necessary as RSSOwl on Linux uses SWT 3.5.2 (at
least the version I release, I am not sure about the repository).
I am really not updated who manages Linux repositories for RSSOwl, I think I
was never really involved, at least lately I was not.
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UBUNTU_MENUPROXY is needed for Ubuntu 11.04 with Unity. Unity uses a package
named 'indicator-appmenu' to display the menu bar in the top panel, as you can
see here: http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Unity/Unity_Desktop
But there is a bug in Eclipse RCP or Unity/indicator-appmenu wich makes the
menus not accessible since they do not expand so submenus can not be clicked.
(see link to bug report).
Setting UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 fixes this (temporarily) since the bug won't be
fixed until Ubuntu 11.10 (To be released in October)
Hi
I have 2 problems with RSSOwl on Ubuntu 11.04:
RSSOwl requires xulrunner 1.92, but this is no dependency of debian package. It can be manually installed.
with Unity (Ubuntu 11.04 new default desktop) you can not reach the menus any more, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdbusmenu/+bug/618587 (bug of SWT, Eclipse RCP or Unity's package "indicator-appmenu")
To fix this add
in /usr/bin/rssowl at line 2.
Who is maintaining the ubuntu/debian repository for RSSOwl?
The repositories are not maintained by the RSSOwl Team.
who does? can I contact him?
I would request changing /usr/bin/rssowl to
export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1
export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0
/usr/share/rssowl/rssowl.bin -nosplash $@ -vmargs -DdisableUpdate=true
Whats the UBUNTU_MENUPROXY option doing? Btw I think the GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS
option might no longer be necessary as RSSOwl on Linux uses SWT 3.5.2 (at
least the version I release, I am not sure about the repository).
I am really not updated who manages Linux repositories for RSSOwl, I think I
was never really involved, at least lately I was not.
UBUNTU_MENUPROXY is needed for Ubuntu 11.04 with Unity. Unity uses a package
named 'indicator-appmenu' to display the menu bar in the top panel, as you can
see here: http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Unity/Unity_Desktop
But there is a bug in Eclipse RCP or Unity/indicator-appmenu wich makes the
menus not accessible since they do not expand so submenus can not be clicked.
(see link to bug report).
Setting UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 fixes this (temporarily) since the bug won't be
fixed until Ubuntu 11.10 (To be released in October)
GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS is no longer needed, youre right https://bugs.eclipse.org/
bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=287307
The repository brings its own 'private' SWT, version 3.5.2.
I'd recommend releasing a new RSSOwl version for Ubuntu/Debian with private
xulrunner or xulrunner dependency and this starter (updated):
export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0
/usr/share/rssowl/rssowl.bin $@ -vmargs -DdisableUpdate=true
btw: