Bug 16556 - Unable to select a window to record with recordMyDesktop (Qt andGTK)
Summary: Unable to select a window to record with recordMyDesktop (Qt andGTK)
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: x86_64 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Samuel Verschelde
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Whiteboard: MGA5TOO
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Reported: 2015-08-08 14:22 CEST by Augier
Modified: 2016-09-15 21:50 CEST (History)
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2015-08-08 14:22 CEST, Augier 		Details
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Description Augier 2015-08-08 14:22:38 CEST 
Created attachment 6917 [details]
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Clicking on "Sect a window" on qt-recordMyDesktp raises Python error:

```
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/recordMyDesktop/rmdSimple.py", line 223, in __select_window__
    (stdin,stdout,stderr)=os.popen3(xwininfo_com,'t')
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/os.py", line 693, in popen3
    stderr=PIPE, close_fds=True)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 710, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1335, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type*
```



* Translation: No file of this type found.
Samuel Verschelde 2016-09-15 20:24:21 CEST

Assignee: bugsquad => stormi

Comment 1 Samuel Verschelde 2016-09-15 21:49:50 CEST 
recordmydesktop and its GUIs seems to be unmaintained upstream. I suggest to use simplescreenrecorder instead. Unless I find relevant patches in other distributions, I think I'll simply drop this package for Mageia 6.
Samuel Verschelde 2016-09-15 21:50:04 CEST

Version: 5 => Cauldron
Whiteboard: (none) => MGA5TOO
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