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remake

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Registered: 2022-07-19

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xfce4-dict spell checker freezing

Hi, I'm looking for configure my xfce4-dict to be fully functional but I'm stuck with the spell checker option.

I have aspell installed and I choose "en" as dictionary but when I write a word in the search field and I click on the "Find" button, the application freezes. I can only close the app, no other buttons work.

I'm on OpenBSD 7.1, XFCE 4.16 and xfce4-dict 0.8.4.

Tell me if you need more informations. Thanks by advance. : )

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,485

Re: xfce4-dict spell checker freezing

Hello and welcome.

Log files would be helpful. Not sure where openbsd logs xsession errors to, but have a look around to see if you can find anything. You can also try running xfce4-dict in verbose mode:

xfce4-dict -v

...but to get any output, make sure you don't have the panel plugin added to a panel - remove it first if you do.

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remake

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Registered: 2022-07-19

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Re: xfce4-dict spell checker freezing

So, this is the log from .xsession-errors :

** (xfce4-dict:72333): WARNING **: 13:40:09.086: failed to connecting to org.xfce.Dict, reason was: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.xfce.Dict was not provided by any .service files

Running xfce4-dict in verbose mode :

o-yama$ xfce4-dict -v

** (xfce4-dict:20586): WARNING **: 13:41:15.507: failed to connecting to org.xfce.Dict, reason was: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.xfce.Dict was not provided by any .service files
** Message: 13:41:15.762:  Ready
** Message: 13:41:26.468:  Ready
** Message: 13:41:26.487:  11 suggestions found.

And a screenshot of the application freezing

[edit]Looks like it works backend but I don't see anything on the frontend.

Last edited by remake (2022-07-19 12:08:10)

ToZ

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Re: xfce4-dict spell checker freezing

I get the same messages. Is it possible that the output is in white font? Can you try another appearance theme and see if that makes a difference?

And can you also confirm that aspell works in a terminal:

aspell -a

...and type in some words to check. See if you get any output.

Edit: or:

aspell -a --lang=en_US

..assuming the US dictionary.

Last edited by ToZ (2022-07-19 13:55:01)

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KBar

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Re: xfce4-dict spell checker freezing

Is it possible that the output is in white font?

It very well could be, though it was originally described that no buttons are functional. I think the issue is more likely with aspell, so I concur with your inquiry.

remake, can you also check whether you have /usr/share/dict and containing files in place?

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remake

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Registered: 2022-07-19

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Re: xfce4-dict spell checker freezing

I get the same messages. Is it possible that the output is in white font? Can you try another appearance theme and see if that makes a difference?

And can you also confirm that aspell works in a terminal:

aspell -a

...and type in some words to check. See if you get any output.

Edit: or:

aspell -a --lang=en_US

..assuming the US dictionary.

Aspell works fine in terminal.

remake, can you also check whether you have /usr/share/dict and containing files in place?

There are files in there :

o-yama$ ls /usr/share/dict/          
README      american    british     papers      propernames special     stop        web2        web2a       words

Last edited by remake (2022-07-19 15:36:41)