flux on 13.04 unable to set preferences

Question

I installed flux from the Kilian PPA, which installs fine. i run the app and the icon displays in the tray.

however, when i try to set my preferences, the menu does not ever appear. i found the flux log in /tmp and am hoping someone here can decipher it for me

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/fluxgui/fluxgui.py", line 381, in <module>
    app = Fluxgui()

  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/fluxgui/fluxgui.py", line 22, in __init__
    self.settings.zipcode, self.settings.color)

  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/fluxgui/fluxgui.py", line 48, in start_xflux
    self.xflux = pexpect.spawn("/usr/bin/xflux", args)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pexpect.py", line 430, in __init__
    self._spawn (command, args)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pexpect.py", line 560, in _spawn
    os.execv(self.command, self.args)

OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Answer 1

It is missing ia32-libs dependencies.

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

will do the trick.

The problem is that the binary file /usr/bin/xflux is is expected to run with 32 bits libs, so it doesn't work in a 64 bits Ubuntu without the explicit inclusion of the ia32-libs package.

Answer 2

Just got this error in Ubuntu 13.10, where ia32-libs is no longer available. It appears the solution today is to either manually repackage fluxgui with the new 32-bit packages, or install ia32-libs from the 13.04 repository (not recommended). See: https://askubuntu.com/a/394156/50450.

I ended up just grabbing the pre-built 64-bit CLI daemon from http://justgetflux.com/linux.html which worked out of the box (Xbuntu 13.10).

Answer 3

There doesn't appear to be quite enough information here, but can you do:

ls /usr/bin/xflux

From the traceback, I assume that file is missing. If it is, run

sudo updatedb && locate xflux

if it isn't found, remove/reinstall fluxgui, if it is, symbolic link it to /usr/bin/xflux with ln -s

If that file DOES exist, then I am not sure my friend.