[solved sort of] Program does not start

[metro]

thanks kjpetrie
using MC as root  I scanned all files in /var/log/
no sign of either rbp , rb.im or the process

metro

[kjpetrie]

What happens if you start with:

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export DISPLAY=0:0 && ./rbp rb.im
?

[metro]

no luck kjpetrie
throws an error

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[laurie@localhost rb101]$ export DISPLAY=0:0 && ./rbp rb.im
VisualWorks(R) 7.6 Feb 14 2008
Fatal error: Unable to connect to X11 server.
[laurie@localhost rb101]$

[kjpetrie]

Interesting. That means it throws an error if it can't connect to X, and that it does try to connect to X, that it evidently normally succeeds in doing so (or thinks it has) and yet its window does not appear. Moreover, all this works in Mint. Of course, we don't know what that distro uses for its X server, so that doesn't necessarily mean much.

I don't expect it to make a difference, but could you just try:

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export DISPLAY=:0 && ./rbp rb.im
just in case your display isn't on 0:0 but something else like 1:0.

Also, I notice the usage string incorporated a "-gui" option. What is that for, and is there, perhaps, a configuration file associated with this program which might have got lost in the upgrade?

[metro]

tried the other DISPLAY option, no luck though

I have posted on the Runbasic site to see if the author of the program has any ideas
when i was looking through some of the log files yesterday I notived one of them had "X0" in it
does this some how block or lock the X server

Also wondered if I downloaded LXDE or XFCE and tried those with my existing install to see if its a KDE problem

[metro]

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"/usr/bin/kdeinit4(4681)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
QObject: Cannot create children for a parent that is in a different thread.
(Parent is Soprano::Client::LocalSocketClient(0x86981e4), parent's thread is QThread(0x8565018), current thread is KLoadFileMetaDataThread(0x8be4e70)
"/usr/bin/kdeinit4(4681)" Soprano: "QLocalSocket::connectToServer: Invalid name"
"/usr/bin/kdeinit4(4681)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/kdeinit4(4681)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/kdeinit4(4681)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/kdeinit4(4681)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/kdeinit4(4681)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/kdeinit4(4681)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator."
"/usr/bin/kdeinit4(4681)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
QObject: Cannot create children for a parent that is in a different thread.
(Parent is Soprano::Client::LocalSocketClient(0x86981e4), parent's thread is QThread(0x8565018), current thread is KLoadFileMetaDataThread(0x8be4e70)
"/usr/bin/kdeinit4(4681)" Soprano: "QLocalSocket::connectToServer: Invalid name"
"/usr/bin/kdeinit4(4681)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/kdeinit4(4681)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/kdeinit4(4681)" Soprano: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/kdeinit4(4681)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/kdeinit4(4681)" Soprano: "Unsupported operation (2)": "Invalid model"
"/usr/bin/kdeinit4(4681)" Soprano: "Invalid iterator."

** WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'GMountMountFlags' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'

** WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'GDriveStartFlags' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'
plasma-desktop(4535)/plasma StatusNotifierItemSource::refreshCallback: DBusMenu disabled for this application
plasma-desktop(4535)/plasma StatusNotifierItemSource::refreshCallback: DBusMenu disabled for this application
plasma-desktop(4535)/plasma StatusNotifierItemSource::refreshCallback: DBusMenu disabled for this application
Application asked to unregister timer 0x1a000072 which is not registered in this thread. Fix application.
does this mean anything to anyone....not even sure if its related
it is in /home/laurie/.xsession-errors

thanks

metro

[metro]

Created a Virtual machine and installed PClinuxOS LXDE and then did complete update, also installed SAMBA
copied rb101 across to the new machine
got the same issue 

so program works fine in WinXP (win version) and linux version works in MINT and old version of PClinuxOS
but not the lasted version..........disappointing

I don't want to go back to Windows and I don't  want to use any other version of Linux

[kjpetrie]

From what you have told us, it looks as if this program breaks with the current combination of platform software on which it depends. If it uses Soprano, the messages in .xsession-errors might be relevant, but they are apparently related to kdeinit4, so might be totally unrelated. Do you get similar messages in the LXDE VM?

It might be that the program needs updating to work with the latest versions of its dependencies.

I would suggest using it in a VM, either of another distro or of an old version of pclos until the problem is identified further.

It's always a good idea to use a virtual machine for a non-repo program as it's much easier to contain the damage and to ignore upgrading which might break needed functionality in such a dedicated environment, while allowing your host install to remain standard and current.

[metro]

I finally found the time to create a new VirtualBox system using a freshly downloaded PClinuxos_2012_KDE
updated through Synaptic and copied over the RB folder.

Now I'm at a loss to understand but RunBasic works the way it was intended with this fresh install.

Thanks to all for trying to trouble shoot this. looks like the easiest way for me is to re-install my main system
shame I don't have a separate HOME partition