I just installed gdesklets 0.36-2+b1 on my AMD64 machine, but I still get the same error messages:
==========================================================[04/21/08-21:52:06]=== === Unhandled error! Something bad and unexpected happened. === [EXC] in /usr/bin/gdesklets: line 393 <module> in /usr/bin/gdesklets: line 268 parse_command in /usr/bin/gdesklets: line 177 __open_profile in /usr/bin/gdesklets: line 167 __client_daemon in /usr/lib/gdesklets/main/client.py: line 208 set_remove_command in /usr/lib/gdesklets/main/client.py: line 38 __send in /usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/xdr.py: line 75 recv [EXC]/usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/xdr.py [---] 70 chunk = "" [---] 71 while (True): [---] 72 try: [---] 73 length = ord(s.recv(1)) [---] 74 except: [ERR]> 75 raise XDRError [---] 76 [---] 77 if (length): chunk += s.recv(length) [---] 78 [---] 79 flag = s.recv(1) [---] 80 if (flag == _CONT): continue [---] 81 backtrace report: System: Linux 2.6.24 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Feb 20 19:07:25 CET 2008 x86_64 X Vendor: The X.Org Foundation X Vendor Release: 10400000 Selinux: No Accessibility: Disabled GTK+ Theme: Clearlooks Icon Theme: gnome Memory status: size: 237367296 vsize: 237367296 resident: 19341312 share: 7479296 rss: 19341312 rss_rlim: 18446744073709551615 CPU usage: start_time: 1208806752 rtime: 4 utime: 4 stime: 0 cutime:0 cstime: 0 timeout: 0 it_real_value: 0 frequency: 100 Backtrace was generated from '/usr/lib/bug-buddy/gdesklets-daemon' (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 0x2b291d7e4cf0 (LWP 2495)] (no debugging symbols found) ..... (no debugging symbols found) 0x00002b291cc07ea5 in waitpid () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 #0 0x00002b291cc07ea5 in waitpid () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 #1 0x00002b291e11b5a6 in g_spawn_sync () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0x00002b291e11b8b8 in g_spawn_command_line_sync () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x00002b292381c4b3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libgnomebreakpad.so #4 <signal handler called> #5 0x00002b291da6f82c in g_object_unref () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #6 0x00002b292830880b in ?? () from /usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/tiling.so #7 0x0000000000435537 in ?? () #8 0x000000000048511a in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () #9 0x0000000000487f57 in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () #10 0x0000000000489756 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () #11 0x00000000004d3878 in ?? () #12 0x0000000000417c73 in PyObject_Call () #13 0x000000000041e47f in ?? () #14 0x0000000000417c73 in PyObject_Call () #15 0x00000000004813a2 in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords () #16 0x0000000000422083 in PyInstance_New () #17 0x0000000000417c73 in PyObject_Call () #18 0x00000000004854ca in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () #19 0x0000000000487f57 in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () #20 0x0000000000489756 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () #21 0x0000000000489872 in PyEval_EvalCode () #22 0x00000000004aacae in PyRun_FileExFlags () #23 0x00000000004aaf49 in PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags () #24 0x000000000041442d in Py_Main () #25 0x00002b291d4ba1c4 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6 #26 0x00000000004139a9 in _start () Thread 1 (Thread 0x2b291d7e4cf0 (LWP 2495)): #0 0x00002b291cc07ea5 in waitpid () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 No symbol table info available. #1 0x00002b291e11b5a6 in g_spawn_sync () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #2 0x00002b291e11b8b8 in g_spawn_command_line_sync () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #3 0x00002b292381c4b3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libgnomebreakpad.so No symbol table info available. #4 <signal handler called> No symbol table info available. #5 0x00002b291da6f82c in g_object_unref () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #6 0x00002b292830880b in ?? () from /usr/lib/gdesklets/utils/tiling.so No symbol table info available. #7 0x0000000000435537 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #8 0x000000000048511a in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () No symbol table info available. #9 0x0000000000487f57 in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () No symbol table info available. #10 0x0000000000489756 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () No symbol table info available. #11 0x00000000004d3878 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #12 0x0000000000417c73 in PyObject_Call () No symbol table info available. #13 0x000000000041e47f in ?? () No symbol table info available. #14 0x0000000000417c73 in PyObject_Call () No symbol table info available. #15 0x00000000004813a2 in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords () No symbol table info available. #16 0x0000000000422083 in PyInstance_New () No symbol table info available. #17 0x0000000000417c73 in PyObject_Call () No symbol table info available. #18 0x00000000004854ca in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () No symbol table info available. #19 0x0000000000487f57 in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () No symbol table info available. #20 0x0000000000489756 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () No symbol table info available. #21 0x0000000000489872 in PyEval_EvalCode () No symbol table info available. #22 0x00000000004aacae in PyRun_FileExFlags () No symbol table info available. #23 0x00000000004aaf49 in PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags () No symbol table info available. #24 0x000000000041442d in Py_Main () No symbol table info available. #25 0x00002b291d4ba1c4 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #26 0x00000000004139a9 in _start () No symbol table info available. #0 0x00002b291cc07ea5 in waitpid () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 The program is running. Quit anyway (and detach it)? (y or n) [answered Y; input not from terminal] $ dpkg -l | grep gdesklets ii gdesklets 0.36-2+b1 Architecture for desktop applets ii gdesklets-data 0.35.6-2 Applets for gdesklets $ dpkg -l | grep python2.4 ii python2.4 2.4.5-2 An interactive high-level object-oriented la ii python2.4-minimal 2.4.5-2 A minimal subset of the Python language (ver $ dpkg -l | grep python2.5 ii python2.5 2.5.2-3 An interactive high-level object-oriented la ii python2.5-minimal 2.5.2-3 A minimal subset of the Python language (ver I already tried to reinstall gdesklets without success. Moving ~/.gdesklets away didn't help either. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

