gdesklets does not start

[tenta]

Hi,

I've installed the package gdesklets. After starting the gdesklets shell on the console the output is as follows.
tenta@glyph ~ $ gdesklets shell
tenta@glyph ~ $ _new_imp() takes at most 4 arguments (5 given)
Sensors in /usr/lib/gdesklets/Controls/Sensors is NOT a valid plugin!
_new_imp() takes at most 4 arguments (5 given)
Random in /usr/lib/gdesklets/Controls/Random is NOT a valid plugin!
_new_imp() takes at most 4 arguments (5 given)
Calendar in /usr/lib/gdesklets/Controls/Calendar is NOT a valid plugin!
_new_imp() takes at most 4 arguments (5 given)
System in /usr/lib/gdesklets/Controls/System is NOT a valid plugin!
_new_imp() takes at most 4 arguments (5 given)
Time in /usr/lib/gdesklets/Controls/Time is NOT a valid plugin!
_new_imp() takes at most 4 arguments (5 given)
URI in /usr/lib/gdesklets/Controls/URI is NOT a valid plugin!
_new_imp() takes at most 4 arguments (5 given)
ArrayBuffer in /usr/lib/gdesklets/Controls/ArrayBuffer is NOT a valid plugin!
_new_imp() takes at most 4 arguments (5 given)
EventPipe in /usr/lib/gdesklets/Controls/EventPipe is NOT a valid plugin!
_new_imp() takes at most 4 arguments (5 given)
HDDTemp in /usr/lib/gdesklets/Controls/HDDTemp is NOT a valid plugin!

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Could not import tiling module!

The gdesklets shell does not respond and exits after approx. one minute with the following output (on the console):

Cannot establish connection to daemon: timeout!
The log file might help you solving the problem.

After following the instruction on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=582721 (I replaced the line with
#! /usr/bin/env python2.6), the same result.

How to get gdesklets to run? TIA

I use Linux Mint Version 10 (julia) on kernel 2.6.35-22-generic, machine. x86_64

Regards
Marco

[tenta]

I compiled the newer version 0.36.2 and it works. I don't know if it's a bug in the old version or other compile options but this solved the problem. But many of the desklets do not work, are buggy or have other problems. I finally decided to switch to screenlets, which are installable using the package manager and provide working desk/screenlets.

Marco