IsoWriter for Pardus 2011 and Pardus Corporate2

[msullivan]

There used to be a very  good program for writing iso images to usb sticks in Pardus 2009.x called IsoWriter.  Since I updated my Pardus to 2011,  I can not find it in the package manager.  I also use Pardus Corporate2 on several machines at work (older computers with less RAM and less than 2G processor speed).  I hope the developers make IsoWriter available for the latest Pardus versions. I found it very user-friendly and effective while I was using version 2009.  I imagine there are others who found it useful as well.

Marty

[atolboo]

... Since I updated my Pardus to 2011,  I can not find it in the package manager......

This is because one of the dependencies for Isowriter  is still missing from the official repo.
For this I created >Bug 16798< - Request for package gksu in P2011.
There you can also why I couldn't build this gksu myself.
In the meantime the build files for gksu are available >HERE< for more than 2 months.
Today I will do my best to construct a Isowriter.pisi with the above knowledge.
This besides my for Red Eclipse ( to Alexey for making the first build files) with these Test packages and a new Qnext (no published build files yet).
The Red Eclipse Test package will install an additional 422MB data from the internet during installation.
And this may take a considerable time, depending on your internet provider.

[atolboo]

Today I will do my best to construct a Isowriter.pisi with the above knowledge.

First result:

atolboo@pardus2011 ~ $ gksudo isowriter                                                                                                         
No protocol specified
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:57: GtkWarning: could not open display
  warnings.warn(str(e), _gtk.Warning)
/usr/lib/isowriter/isowriter.py:45: Warning: invalid (NULL) pointer instance
  self.wTree = gtk.glade.XML(self.gladefile)
/usr/lib/isowriter/isowriter.py:45: Warning: g_signal_connect_data: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
  self.wTree = gtk.glade.XML(self.gladefile)
/usr/lib/isowriter/isowriter.py:45: GtkWarning: IA__gtk_settings_get_for_screen: assertion `GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)' failed
  self.wTree = gtk.glade.XML(self.gladefile)
.
.
/usr/lib/isowriter/isowriter.py:45: PangoWarning: pango_layout_set_text: assertion `layout != NULL' failed
  self.wTree = gtk.glade.XML(self.gladefile)
/usr/lib/isowriter/isowriter.py:45: GtkWarning: IA__gdk_keymap_get_for_display: assertion `GDK_IS_DISPLAY (display)' failed
  self.wTree = gtk.glade.XML(self.gladefile)
/usr/bin/isowriter: regel 16:  1350 Segmentatiefout         $DIR/isowriter.py
atolboo@pardus2011 ~ $

This looks as something is going wrong and needs some more and .

[Alexey]

In the meantime the build files for gksu are available >HERE< for more than 2 months.

gksu? Not necessarily.

In Pardus 2011 is kdesu. Ie in kde it is. But beware, it makes no LINK to /usr/bin.

[atolboo]

gksu? Not necessarily.

In Pardus 2011 is kdesu. Ie in kde it is. But beware, it makes no LINK to /usr/bin.

In P2009 gksudo was needed to get an active progress indicator in Isowriter.
With kdesu the progress indicator would not indicate the progress with transferring to USB.

Until this moment I can't get a working progress indicator in P2011.
Test version for P2011 is available in >my playground/atolboo/isowriter<.
This one will give menu entries:
1. Isowriter (Gksu Live-....)
2. Isowriter (Kdesu Live-....)
3. Isowriter (Live-...)
This way you can test it yourself and remove the package after testing.
Any help to solve this problem is

[atolboo]

After 2,5 days of   and and finally  it's there:

    THE NEW ISOWRITER for Pardus 2011

With many THANKS to a.palius who gave me the final idea.

Have a in the Wiki: >Installation of Pardus 2008/2009/2011 on a Netbook<

[msullivan]

atolboo,

Thank you very much for all of your hard work.  I just finished with the installation of isowriter and am looking forward to trying it out.  All of your efforts are greatly appreciated.

Marty