[wpkg-users] User GUI for WPKG-GP

[Christian]

Hi all,

for the record, the reason turned out to be that I was calling a wrapper
script for wpkg.js from wpkg-gp, and the wrapper script was not passing
on the arguments it received from wpkg-gp. It works now.

Christian

On 28.09.2016 22:42, Christian wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just tried out the recent modifications to wpkg-gp and the new client.
> When I try "System update", it correctly installs all the updates.
> However, when I click "Check for updates", it says "No updates
> available" after running for a while. A correct wpkg log file is also
> generated. I will send the output of
> 
> WpkgPipeClient.exe Query
> 
> via separate email, as I suppose that it is an issue with the ouput
> parsing. Thanks for your work,
> 
> Christian
> 
> On 16.09.2016 12:53, Nils Thiele wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have just uploaded a new test release for the latest version of the
>> client:
>>
>> https://github.com/sonicnkt/wpkg-gp-client/releases/tag/v0.9.6.9
>>
>> This version supports the new query function i integrated in my latest
>> wpkg-gp update for update checking.
>>
>> THIS is a prerelease and a console window is activated to show python
>> exceptions, also the info texts and messages are not finalized yet.
>>
>> Please check the updated project WIKI for the updated configuration
>> information:
>>
>> https://github.com/sonicnkt/wpkg-gp-client/wiki/Installation-and-Usage#configuration
>>
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Nils
>>
>>
>> Am 14.09.2016 um 11:34 schrieb Nils Thiele:
>>> Hello Falko,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That Error ussually only appears if the WPKG-GP service is not running
>>> in the background,
>>>
>>> the client (or wpkgpipeclient) tries to write to the pipe (that the
>>> service should have created while its running) and it fails.
>>>
>>> What version of wpkg-gp are we talking about, official or mine
>>> modification?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> First check if the service is installed and running (services.msc), the
>>> display name of the service is "WPKG Control Service"
>>>
>>> If it is installed but not started try to start it manually (right click
>>> -> Start) and check the wpkg-gp log to see what is reported in
>>>
>>> "%PROGRAMFILES%\Wpkg-Gp\logs\", it it starts you could then try to run
>>> the pipeclient again.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If this is the problem (Service not starting) than its hard to determine
>>> what is causing the service from starting (if nothing appears in the
>>> log). I would first try to remove wpkg-gp completely (check also
>>> registry: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wpkg-Gp ), reboot the system and then try to
>>> install it again.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I had some problems with service not starting in the past that were
>>> caused by some official boot boost software by the hardware vendor of
>>> the machine (Lenovo and Rapid Boot in this case), the problem affected
>>> the vpn service not starting after every reboot, wpkg-gp was not
>>> installed on those system but i could imagine that it could have been
>>> affected by this as well
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope this may help you.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> Nils
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 13.09.2016 um 18:40 schrieb Falko Trojahn:
>>>
>>>> Hello Nils,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> thanx for your quick answer.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> BUT....
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Implemeting the query function (for updates, installs, downgrades and
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> removes) into wpkg-gp was way easier than i thought.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Fixed a bug in wpkg-gp as well that i stumbled upon a few times
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> allready in the past that always bugged me.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I allready have a running version of the client to parse this new
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> information but not sure yet how to display it since the windows
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> notifications bubbles are quite limited. (formatting text) would have
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> loved to color them depending on the task but this is not possible
>>>>>
>>>>> and
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> creating my own notifications in wxpython create all kinds of other
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> problems.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, expect a test release with the updated wpkg-gp and client
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> later this week!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's really great news!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> While you are working on the gp client ... today I've stumbled upon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> several clients which don't start the pipe client, neither
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> from local nor from remote via winexe.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The message is:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Error when generating pipe handle: Das System kann die angegebene Datei
>>>>
>>>> nicht finden.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We start it like this, on most client this works:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> /usr/bin/winexe --interactive=0 -A /etc/backuppc/winpw //PCNAME '\''cmd
>>>>
>>>> /c "c:\Program Files\Wpkg-GP\WpkgPipeClient.exe" Execute'\'' <&-
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Same message when starting locally from administrator cmd box, e.g.:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "c:\Program Files\Wpkg-GP\WpkgPipeClient.exe" Execute
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any idea, what's causing this and how we could go around that?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanx and greetings
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Falko
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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