Linux alpha issue

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HighHo
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Linux alpha issue

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Know its an alpha so unsure how much you are looking for bug reports at the moment, as maybe you already have a big list of known issues :)
When using Linux on selecting a file to open the file browser opens fine for selecting a file, seems to crash (lockup) once a file is selected. I have recreated this on 2 diffrent installs (fine on 1.3 and Windows when using alpha).
Here is the process that seems to cause the lockup:
11290 ? S 0:00 sh -c (while ! wmctrl -F -a "Open" -b add,above;do sleep 0.1;done) & (WINDOWID= && zenity --file-selection --title="Open")
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Re: Linux alpha issue

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Really appreciate the detailed bug report!

What distro is this, if I may ask? (running "uname -a" will really help as well!)

Could you do me a huge favour and run "zenity --version" for me and tell me what it outputs?
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Re: Linux alpha issue

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Was tried on Fedora 21 and Kubuntu 15.04
Below is the outputs from kubuntu
Kernel: 3.18.0-8-generic
Zenity: 3.14.0
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Re: Linux alpha issue

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Again, thanks for reporting this.
I downloaded Fedora 21 and was able to replicate the problem.
It was caused by a dependency on wmctrl, which does not exist on Fedora 21 (I develop and test on Linux Mint 17 myself).
I've created a fallback routine in case wmctrl does not exist. StarTools should function as expected now.

Please give 1.4.299 a whirl and let me know if you have further issues!

Thanks again,
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Re: Linux alpha issue

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Confirmed working, impressed with the quick turnaround! :)
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HighHo wrote:Confirmed working, impressed with the quick turnaround! :)
Good to hear! :thumbsup:
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