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    • Closed Issue created by Dirk HOFFMANN @hoffmann

    Created by: wavded

    Thanks for all the work done on getting hamster in Gnome Shell. Its been helpful so far. I just thought I'd put a case out for the issues I've seen just so they are documented and maybe others have seen similar:

    1. The only way I've been able to update what is displayed in the extension is to use the actual Hamster application, when I enter an activity there it shows up in the topbar but only through that means. I cannot enter an activity through the popup interface at all.
    2. When booting up with a previous activity still in progress, the extension will say "No Activity" even though one is going on.
    3. The 'Show Hamster" link doesn't do anything, Hamster does not load or does not focus if its already loaded. However, 'Stop Tracking' seems to work both when Hamster is loaded and not.

    Marc

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      • Dirk HOFFMANN
        Dirk HOFFMANN @hoffmann ·
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        Created by: tstriker

        cheers!

        the #3 (closed) appeared just recently with 3.2 - haven't looked at it yet

        as for #1 (closed) and #2 (closed) - after restarting computer be sure to run the standalone first. for some reason the extension is not waking up the backend service (will look into that too eventually). after that you should be able to enter activity in the "enter activity" field and start tracking it (enter key does the trick). if that doesn't happen, try alt+ft and enter 'lg' for the lookinglass debugger and switch over to errors tab - perhaps something of interest will be there

        On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Marc Harter reply@reply.github.com wrote:

        Thanks for all the work done on getting hamster in Gnome Shell.  Its been helpful so far.  I just thought I'd put a case out for the issues I've seen just so they are documented and maybe others have seen similar:

        1. The only way I've been able to update what is displayed in the extension is to use the actual Hamster application, when I enter an activity there it shows up in the topbar but only through that means.  I cannot enter an activity through the popup interface at all.
        2. When booting up with a previous activity still in progress, the extension will say "No Activity" even though one is going on.
        3. The 'Show Hamster" link doesn't do anything, Hamster does not load or does not focus if its already loaded.  However, 'Stop Tracking' seems to work both when Hamster is loaded and not.

        Marc

        Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/tbaugis/hamster-shell-extension/issues/9

      • Dirk HOFFMANN
        Dirk HOFFMANN @hoffmann ·
        Author Owner

        Created by: wavded

        #2 (closed) will work if I start hamster standalone and then load the extension.. #1 (closed) still doesn't work. no errors in looking glass that I noticed

      • Dirk HOFFMANN
        Dirk HOFFMANN @hoffmann ·
        Author Owner

        Created by: jlaunay

        I had the same problem and find this in my logs :

        JS ERROR: !!! WARNING: 'assignment to undeclared variable _settings' JS ERROR: !!! WARNING: file '/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/hamster@gnome.org/extension.js' line 341 exception 0 number 156

        So I add line 331 :

        let _settings;

        I also get this error :

        JS ERROR: !!! Exception in callback for signal: activate JS ERROR: !!! message = '"Shell.AppSystem.get_default().get_app is not a function"' JS ERROR: !!! lineNumber = '225' JS ERROR: !!! fileName = '"/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/hamster@gnome.org/extension.js"' JS ERROR: !!! stack = '"([object Object],[object _private_Clutter_Event])@/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/hamster@gnome.org/extension.js:225

        I had to replace line 225 (gnome shell API change) : let app = Shell.AppSystem.get_default().get_app('hamster-time-tracker.desktop'); with :

        let app = Shell.AppSystem.get_default().lookup_app('hamster-time-tracker.desktop')

        Now the "show hamster" link is working

      • Dirk HOFFMANN
        Dirk HOFFMANN @hoffmann ·
        Author Owner

        Created by: jlaunay

        When I try to start a new activity from the extension I still get an error :

        JS LOG: Ignored exception from dbus method: Error: DBus error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.AttributeError: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/service.py", line 702, in _message_cb retval = candidate_method(self, _args, *_keywords) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/hamster/storage.py", line 122, in AddFact result = self.__add_fact(activity_name, tags, start_time, end_time, category_name, description, temporary) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/hamster/db.py", line 505, in __add_fact tags = [tag.strip() for tag in tags.split(",") if tag.strip()] # split by comma AttributeError: 'dbus.Int32' object has no attribute 'split'

        And also these erros seems to be related :

        (gnome-shell:22636): Clutter-CRITICAL *: clutter_text_get_editable: assertion CLUTTER_IS_TEXT (self)' failed (gnome-shell:22636): Clutter-CRITICAL *_: clutter_text_get_text: assertion CLUTTER_IS_TEXT (self)' failed (gnome-shell:22636): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_text_set_text: assertionCLUTTER_IS_TEXT (self)' failed (gnome-shell:22636): Clutter-CRITICAL *_: clutter_text_get_editable: assertion CLUTTER_IS_TEXT (self)' failed (gnome-shell:22636): Clutter-CRITICAL *: clutter_text_get_text: assertion CLUTTER_IS_TEXT (self)' failed (gnome-shell:22636): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_text_set_text: assertionCLUTTER_IS_TEXT (self)' failed

        I will let you know if I find a fix for it

      • Dirk HOFFMANN
        Dirk HOFFMANN @hoffmann ·
        Author Owner

        Created by: tstriker

        fixed all three mentioned in the original comment. jlaunay - check if perhaps what you are experienced has been fixed too. if not, please file a new bug.

      • Dirk HOFFMANN
        Dirk HOFFMANN @hoffmann ·
        Author Owner

        Created by: tstriker

        jlaunay - ah, btw, what you report in your last comment(https://github.com/tbaugis/hamster-shell-extension/issues/9#issuecomment-2449296) could be yet unsupported - right now you can just enter the name of the activity (yeah, i'm missing negative deltas and tags too, but that will come soon!)

      • Dirk HOFFMANN
        Dirk HOFFMANN @hoffmann ·
        Author Owner

        Created by: jlaunay

        thank for the update but when trying the last revision I got this error :

        ** (hamster-time-tracker:3911): DEBUG: gtk-menubar-gtk2.vala:25: map called JS ERROR: !!! Exception in callback for signal: activate JS ERROR: !!! message = '"app is null"' JS ERROR: !!! lineNumber = '307' JS ERROR: !!! fileName = '"/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/hamster@gnome.org/extension.js"' JS ERROR: !!! stack = '"([object Object],[object _private_Clutter_Event])@/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/hamster@gnome.org/extension.js:307 _emit("activate",[object _private_Clutter_Event])@/usr/share/gjs-1.0/signals.js:124 ([object _private_Clutter_Event])@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/popupMenu.js:108 ([object _private_Shell_GenericContainer],[object _private_Clutter_Event])@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/popupMenu.js:81 "'

        The reason is as you can see below there is no hamster-time-tracker-overview.desktop on my arch system :

        jlaunay@jlaunay-arch-laptop:/home/jlaunay (76 fichiers 21Gb) [22:52:16] #3654 (jobs:0) :-) $grep -ir lookup_app /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/hamster@gnome.org/extension.js let app = Shell.AppSystem.get_default().lookup_app('hamster-time-tracker-overview.desktop');

        jlaunay@jlaunay-arch-laptop:/home/jlaunay (76 fichiers 21Gb) [22:52:33] #3655 (jobs:0) :-) $yaourt -Ql hamster-standalone | grep desktop hamster-standalone /usr/share/applications/hamster-applet.desktop hamster-standalone /usr/share/applications/hamster-time-tracker.desktop

        jlaunay@jlaunay-arch-laptop:/home/jlaunay (76 fichiers 21Gb) [22:52:35] #3656 (jobs:0) :-) $sudo sed -i 's|hamster-time-tracker-overview.desktop|hamster-time-tracker.desktop|g' /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/hamster@gnome.org/extension.js

        jlaunay@jlaunay-arch-laptop:/home/jlaunay (76 fichiers 21Gb) [22:52:40] #3657 (jobs:0) :-) $grep -ir lookup_app /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/hamster@gnome.org/extension.js let app = Shell.AppSystem.get_default().lookup_app('hamster-time-tracker.desktop');

        Maybe I have te create this file manually with the command : hamster-time-tracker overview

      • Dirk HOFFMANN
        Dirk HOFFMANN @hoffmann ·
        Author Owner

        Created by: tstriker

        you have to update and install hamster from sources

        http://projecthamster.wordpress.com/building-and-running/

      • Dirk HOFFMANN
        Dirk HOFFMANN @hoffmann ·
        Author Owner

        Created by: wavded

        was just going to ask cuz I was having the same probs... being an Ubuntu guy is there a PPA for Hamster by chance? Or is best just to install from source?

      • Dirk HOFFMANN
        Dirk HOFFMANN @hoffmann ·
        Author Owner

        Created by: tstriker

        just follow the steps - it's fast and harmless

      • Dirk HOFFMANN
        Dirk HOFFMANN @hoffmann ·
        Author Owner

        Created by: wavded

        rightieo, went through it, and its up and running, thanks for your fixes

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