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nickc · 22-11-2017, 22:24

(22-11-2017 17:48)simoncn Wrote: I apologise for my confusing reference to MinimServer update 105 in my previous post. On reviewing this thread, I see that your issue concerned MinimWatch running on a GNOME desktop. Given this, you don't need to change anything in your MinimServer configuration but you do need to install the latest MinimWatch update (update 54).

The error message about "unable to create tray icon" is caused by an incompatibility between the latest GNOME 3.26 and Java. This is because of a decision by the GNOME developers to remove functionality that was available in previous versions of GNOME and is vital for Java to function correctly. The only solution I have found for this problem is to install TopIcons Plus on the GNOME desktop.

In addition to this problem, there are other issues with Java and GNOME (not just the latest version of GNOME) not working together correctly. In my opinion, these issues are caused by Java and should be fixed in Java. However, it will probably be a long time before this happens, so I have added a workaround to MinimWatch and MinimServer that allows them to work on GNOME without the Java fix. This is intended to be a temporary workaround until there is a Java fix available.

The workaround requires the GNOME machine to have Java 9 and MinimWatch update 53 (or later) or MinimServer update 105 (or later). If MinimWatch is running on the GNOME machine and MinimServer is running on some other machine, it doesn't matter what versions of Java and MinimServer are installed on the other machine.

Thanks very much for this further clarification - what a nightmare though for you as a developer!

Although I now have java 9 on my desktop, I don't think I've yet done anything to ensure it's the version that gets used, so presumably I follow the instructions you provide on the installation page to set the path. That should be manageable.
But given that I ran minimwatch/setup probably without the java 9 version path set, can I just run it again, or do I need to uninstall and reinstall mimimwatch?

Finally, one of the many features of MinimServer /MinimWatch I've greatly appreciated and admired is the effortless way the updates are managed. But in the absence of a functioning MinimWatch, how do I ascertain which updates might be available and how do I implement them manually? (As you say I must have update 53 or later.)