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knaanfan123

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Registered: 2016-06-18

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[solved] Failed to execute child process "mugshot"

Using arch and I want to edit my mugshot but when I click on the mugshot icon on the whisker menu I get this error, using arch linux.

Last edited by knaanfan123 (2016-06-20 12:08:13)

ToZ

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Re: [solved] Failed to execute child process "mugshot"

Do you have mugshot installed?

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knaanfan123

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Re: [solved] Failed to execute child process "mugshot"

I do now. but when I click aboutme nothing pops up or happens.

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Re: [solved] Failed to execute child process "mugshot"

Run "mugshot" in a terminal window and post back the results.

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knaanfan123

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Re: [solved] Failed to execute child process "mugshot"

[paddy@aamin-arch LCTHW]$ mugshot
/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/mugshot/CameraMugshotDialog.py:27: PyGIWarning: Gst was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Gst', '1.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
  from gi.repository import Gtk, GObject, Gst, GdkPixbuf
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/mugshot", line 36, in <module>
    mugshot.main()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/mugshot/__init__.py", line 46, in main
    window = MugshotWindow.MugshotWindow()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/mugshot_lib/Window.py", line 52, in __new__
    new_object.finish_initializing(builder)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/mugshot/MugshotWindow.py", line 223, in finish_initializing
    self.init_user_details()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/mugshot/MugshotWindow.py", line 243, in init_user_details
    self.set_user_image(face)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/mugshot/MugshotWindow.py", line 288, in set_user_image
    pixbuf = GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.new_from_file(filename)
GLib.Error: g-file-error-quark: Failed to open file '/home/paddy/.face': No such file or directory (4)

Jerry3904

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Re: [solved] Failed to execute child process "mugshot"

We gave up on this application during development, but I do remember that you have to create (and populate, I think) that folder:

/home/paddy/.face

before it will even run.

Last edited by Jerry3904 (2016-06-19 11:58:07)

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knaanfan123

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Re: [solved] Failed to execute child process "mugshot"

Yep that worked. Thanks for your help.