[Cuis] Warning: Linux users -- you may not be running the VM you think you are

[Casey Ransberger]

Hi Ken, curious about a couple of things, stuff to say about something else. 

What distro and version are you using Linux-wise?

When you talk about losing the taskbar, are you talking about the Cuis taskbar (which I'm mostly guilty for) or the one in your X11 environment?

Other thing: my taskbar sucks. It was a quick hack that made the system remotely usable again after Squeak's minimize-SystemWindow behavior was removed for being crufty. I have a project on my disk that might fix it. Well I guess I should really start a different thread about this. 

On Oct 29, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Ken Dickey <Ken.Dickey at whidbey.com> wrote:

> Greetings all,
> 
> This is a cautionary tale.  I apologize to Juan for wasting his time, but how was I to know??
> 
> Basically, the story is this.  I have been losing the Taskbar and seeing some inconsistent behaviors.
> 
> ================From a Cuis Workspace:
> 
> Date current print. "17 October 2013 "
> Smalltalk isRunningCog. "false"
> 
> ==========But in the Linux command line:
> 
>>>> date
> Tue Oct 29 09:08:13 PDT 2013
> 
>>>> which squeak
> /root/my-applications/bin/squeak
> 
>>>> `which squeak` --version
> unknown option: --version
> Usage: /root/my-applications/bin/../lib/squeak/4.0-2776/squeak [<option>...] [<imageName> [<argument>...]]
> 
> ##So command line squeak is COG 2776,  BUT.. !!!
> 
>>>> ps aux |grep -i squeak
> root      7924  6.8  0.9 1056392 29024 tty1    S    08:59   1:41 /usr/local/lib/squeak/4.10.2-2724/squeakvm /root/Cuis-4.2/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev/Cuis4.3-MorphNoExtension.image
> 
> #######!!!NOTE WRONG VM!!!#######
> 
> [clearly] Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev >>> /root/my-applications/bin/squeak Cuis4.2-1855.image
> 
> ========================1855 Workspace w correct VM
> 
> Date current print.  "29 October 2013"
> Smalltalk isRunningCog. "true"
> 
> ==============================================================
> 
> So. When I clicked on the desktop icon for an image, I got an old VM, but when I invoked an image from the command line, I got the new VM.  Sometimes I would start an image by clicking, sometimes via command line.
> 
> Inconsistent results to say the least!
> 
> So for you Linux users out there, particularly if using Rox Filer, be sure to use full pathnames to the VM you want to use.
> 
> I have no idea why invoking "squeak" from the command like is different than invoking "squeak" setup via the icon panel.  Ranlib?
> 
> Anyway, the short story is to check and not be fooled into thinking you are getting what you ask for!
> 
> FYI,
> -KenD
> -- 
> Ken [dot] Dickey [at] whidbey [dot] com
> 
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