Re: dev (gui) build does not start on kubuntu 13.04

[Torsten]

On 18.08.2013 10:54, Kirill Fuior wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to build and run octave from dev sources (according to
> etc/HACKING and wiki instructions), but I face a problem -- after
> successful build it simply does not start.
> 
> My actions step-by-step:
> * install build-dep octave and bison (it isn't included)
> * clone hg repository
> * bootstrap, configure (without custom options) and make.
> make is passed without errors (with only some compile warnings)
> * then I try ./run-octave or .build/src/octave script and it simply does
> nothing, without any output.
> Only once it showed me wizard "It seems you are running octave gui first
> time..." with only 1 active button "finish". When I click it, wizard has
> been closed and again -- nothing else happen.
> 
> But src/octave-cli runs octave in terminal.
> Also, if I install latest (3.6.4) octave from the repository, it works.
> 
> So it seems problem is in gui.
> 
> I use Kubuntu 13.04 with latest recommended updates (kde 4.10.5, Qt 4.8.4).
> 
> Note:
> It worked few month ago, on Kubuntu 12.10.
> 
> I haven't found this issue neither in the known issues list, nor on bug
> tracker.
> I haven't report this as a bug yet, because it may be that I'm doing
> something wrong (?).

>From what you are describing you are not doing anything wrong.
Are you using other qt-applications and are they running as expected?

Torsten