idesk won't start

[SoulSe]

I'm trying to get idesk running.

 

Whenever I try and start it I get: Can't find config file, or missing 'Config' table in the config file.

 

But I did create the .ideskrc file in my home directory, acording to idesk's site, and filled it with this:

table Config

 FontName: tahoma

 FontSize: 10

 FontColor: #ffffff

 PaddingX: 35

 PaddingY: 25

 Transparency: 100

 HighContrast: false

 Locked: false

 Shadow: false

 ShadowColor: #000000

 ShadowX: 1

 ShadowY: 1

 Bold: false

end

It's irritating

[bvc]

Did you create the ~/.idesktop folder with the images for the icons and the .lnk's for position ect....

[bvc@localhost bvc]$ ls -a ~/.idesktop

./               folder_green.png   home.lnk          package_network.png

../              folder_grey.png    kcmsystem.png     penguin.png

at               folder_red.png     kfm_home.png      rpm.png

aterm.png        folder_violet.png  kppp.png          win/

Eterm.lnk        folder_yellow.png  mail_generic.png  xmms.lnk

filleclose.png   gqview.lnk         openterm.png      xmms.png

folder_blue.png  gvim.lnk           opera.lnk         zip.png

folder_cyan.png  gvim.png           opera.png

[bvc@localhost bvc]$

 

here's my /home/bvc/idesktop.gvim.lnk

table Icon

 Caption: gVim

 Command: gvim

 Icon: /home/bvc/.idesktop/gvim.png

 X: 963

 Y: 399

end

[SoulSe]

Yip, I did. Put a link to Quake on it just to test it

But since it can't find the config, I'm guessing it stops there without even looking for links in the ~/.idesktop folder...

[bvc]

Post your .ideskrc. In your .idesktop folder keep it simple....like only one icon and one .lnk file.....maybe a syntax error or something?

 

Are you either;

make clean

 

between attempts, or deleting the source tree and unpacking the tarball again? This is a must after a failed attempt, and sometimes deleting the source tree and unpacking the tarball again is necessary.