Photo frame is not displayed

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. install the deb
2. start Applications > Graphics > Photo Frame
3. Just hangs

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Don't know.  First time user.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
gphotoframe 1.2-1 from deb. Ubuntu Lucid.

Please provide any additional information below.

Launching from the command line also hangs:
$ gphotoframe 
Can't import rss plugin: No module named feedparser.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Stanc...@gmail.com on 5 Feb 2011 at 12:33

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A photo frame of gphotoframe with black image is shown on your desktop?
Does gphotoframe show a context menu with right click on the photo fmame?
Which type of graphics card or chips (nvidia, ati or intel) do you use?
If you installed python-clutter, could you try to turn it off?

$ gconftool-2 --type bool --set /apps/gphotoframe/ui/disable_clutter true

Original comment by yendo0206 on 5 Feb 2011 at 12:56

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Thanks for the quick reply.

I don't see a black image, but the focus leaves the terminal window, so 
something is happening.

Don't see python-clutter installed:

$ dpkg -l | grep -i clutter
ii  libclutter-1.0-0                      1.2.4-0ubuntu1                        
          Open GL based interactive canvas library
ii  libclutter-gtk-0.10-0                 0.10.4-0ubuntu1                       
          Open GL based interactive canvas library GTK+ widget

Graphics card is Intel:

$ lspci | grep -i VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset 
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)

Original comment by Stanc...@gmail.com on 5 Feb 2011 at 2:19

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Thanks for your report.

> I don't see a black image, but the focus leaves the terminal window, so 
something is happening.

Could you show me the following command result?

$ cat ~/.gconf/apps/gphotoframe/%gconf.xml

Original comment by yendo0206 on 5 Feb 2011 at 3:50

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$  cat ~/.gconf/apps/gphotoframe/%gconf.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gconf>
    <entry name="fullscreen" mtime="1296921026" type="bool" value="false"/>
</gconf>

Original comment by Stanc...@gmail.com on 5 Feb 2011 at 3:54

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Thanks.

The result has no problem.
Could you try the following commands?

$ killall -9 gphotoframe
$ gconftool-2 --type int --set /apps/gphotoframe/root_x 500
$ gconftool-2 --type int --set /apps/gphotoframe/root_y 500
$ gphotoframe

I think that gphotoframe runs, but shows the photo frame outside the desktop.

Original comment by yendo0206 on 5 Feb 2011 at 4:11

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Thanks for the suggestion.  I did have a few rogue gphotoframe processes 
running that I killed off.

I then tried starting again (before making any changes), still nothing.  
Checked there were no gphotoframe processes then changed root_x and root_y as 
you describe.  Still nothing.

Original comment by Stanc...@gmail.com on 5 Feb 2011 at 4:47

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Thanks.

I have no idea at the moment.
I will test on Ubuntu 10.04 with Vmware.

Original comment by yendo0206 on 5 Feb 2011 at 5:11

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> I will test on Ubuntu 10.04 with Vmware.

I installed Ubuntu Lucid on Vmware and installed gphotoframe deb on it.

I launch gphotoframe.
It shows a photo frame of gphotoframe with black image.
There is no problem.
I can not reproduce the problem on my Lucid vmware.

Did you remember your OS configurations with some relations?

Original comment by yendo0206 on 6 Feb 2011 at 12:25

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Strange.  I presume your VM's hardware was different though.  This is a Dell 
Vostro 1520 with an out-of-the-box install.
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
Release:    10.04
Codename:   lucid

I have compiled and installed nothing into /usr.  So could the difference in 
hardware explain the problem?  Or could it be a missing dependency?

Original comment by Stanc...@gmail.com on 6 Feb 2011 at 10:42

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> So could the difference in hardware explain the problem?  

gphotoframe is a pyshon script. 
It seems unlikely that the difference in hardware explain the problem.

> Or could it be a missing dependency?

If so, gphotoframe should show some error messages.

Could you try to launch gphotoframe with other user account in Ubuntu Lucid?

Original comment by yendo0206 on 6 Feb 2011 at 12:22

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Aha some progress!

I tried in a new user account:
1) the black screen is quite small and is opening but **behind** the terminal 
window.
2) the task switcher (ALT+tab) doesn't show this window.

I tried again back in my usual account now aware of this and it is in fact 
running.   gphotoframe was hidden behind all other windows and is not appearing 
in the task-switcher.

Interestingly, clicking on hide all windows (bottom left icon) subsequently 
causes the gphotoframe icon to appear in the task-switcher list.

Hope that helps.

Original comment by Stanc...@gmail.com on 6 Feb 2011 at 1:05

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> 1) the black screen is quite small and is opening but **behind** 
> the terminal window.

Good!
Problem solved.

> 2) the task switcher (ALT+tab) doesn't show this window.

The behavior is by design because gphotoframe is a gadget.

> Interestingly, clicking on hide all windows (bottom left icon) subsequently 
> causes the gphotoframe icon to appear in the task-switcher list.

The behavior is by design too.

Enjoy your photo life with gphotoframe!

Original comment by yendo0206 on 6 Feb 2011 at 4:53

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Except it's unusable :-)

Original comment by Stanc...@gmail.com on 6 Feb 2011 at 5:05

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> Except it's unusable :-)

Ah, I don't understand what your problem is.
gphotoframe does not show a photo frame in your usual account?

Original comment by yendo0206 on 6 Feb 2011 at 5:16

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