FocusWriter from the stable repo doesn't work

[Sparky]

I didn't know in which section to make this post, I hope it's the correct one.
I installed FocusWriter from the stable repo and nothing happens when I click on it. I uninstalled it and reinstalled after rebooting, no change. Is this a bug? Can someone confirm?

[asqwerth]

What text output do you get if you run the command

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focuswriter

in terminal?

[Sparky]

sorry, no in MXPI

in the terminal the result is this:
$ focuswriter
focuswriter: Fatal IO error 2 (No such file or directory) on X server :0.0.

[asqwerth]

I don't understand.

YOu said you had already installed it.

You tried to run it from the menu and it didn't run.

Now try to run it via a command in terminal. Doing so will display all the error messages so the experts here can understand why it's not running for you.

[EDIT] OK, our posts crossed. Having checked, it looks like you need to specify a file after the word "focuswriter". https://www.mankier.com/1/focuswriter

What happens if you use the command

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focuswriter test

[Sparky]

I figured that out (kind of late), so I edited the last post. Yes I installed it using MXPI and it's in the menu as an option.

[asqwerth]

I figured that out (kind of late), so I edited the last post. Yes I installed it using MXPI and it's in the menu as an option.

Oops, now I've just edited my last post!

[Sparky]

$ focuswriter test
focuswriter: Fatal IO error 2 (No such file or directory) on X server :0.0.

I guess I can find an alternative, but I really liked focuswriter. It just... Makes more Focus

[asqwerth]

Well, just wait for the more knowledgeable members to wake up to give their input. Someone might be able to help you.

MEanwhile, could you post the output of Quick SYstem Info?

[Sparky]

Sure:

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System:    Host: supra Kernel: 4.19.0-1-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 6.3.0 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: MX-18.1_x64 Continuum Feb 9  2019 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: X550LD v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X550LD v: 1.0 serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends 
           v: X550LD.307 date: 06/26/2014 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 57.3 Wh condition: 57.3/65.1 Wh (88%) model: ASUSTeK X550A30 
           status: Not charging 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-4510U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell 
           rev: 1 L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 20754 
           Speed: 1843 MHz min/max: 800/3100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1050 2: 1097 3: 1142 
           4: 1000 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 
           v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/810M/820M / GT 620M/625M/630M/720M] 
           driver: N/A bus ID: 04:00.0 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Mobile v: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.6 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:03.0 
           Device-2: Intel 8 Series HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:1b.0 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.0-1-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK 
           driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e000 bus ID: 02:00.1 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Broadcom Limited BCM43142 802.11b/g/n vendor: Lite-On driver: wl v: kernel 
           port: e000 bus ID: 03:00.0 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 962.76 GiB used: 45.11 GiB (4.7%) 
           ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 vendor: Apacer model: APPSD size: 31.25 GiB 
           ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB size: 931.51 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 913.89 GiB used: 45.11 GiB (4.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2000 
Repos:     Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/mxlinux/antix/stretch/ stretch main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/mxlinux/mx/repo/ stretch main non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list 
           1: deb https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/stable/
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/windscribe-repo.list 
           1: deb https://repo.windscribe.com/debian stretch main
Info:      Processes: 199 Uptime: 41m Memory: 11.62 GiB used: 1.29 GiB (11.1%) Init: SysVinit 
           runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 6.3.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.12 inxi: 3.0.29 

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[Stevo]

No, it works for me with just the "focuswriter" command in the terminal.

It's Qt5...didn't we have some threads about Qt 5 apps like VLC not starting in MX for some people unless they added some environment command first? Sparky, can you start vlc from the terminal?

Does it make any difference if you use MX Tweak to switch to the "intel" driver and restart the system?

Oh, wait, is this the same laptop that gave you the same sort of error message with VLC? https://mxlinux.org/forum/viewtopic.php ... f&start=10