Unable to test extended attributes at location '/home/dustin/.wine-browser'.

Asked by Dustin Hamlin

I was trying to install the netflix-desktop app and everything went smooth until I tried to launch it and got this error

Unable to test extended attributes at location '/home/dustin/.wine-browser'.

P.S its 6:30am so I probably wont be able to respond to this for awhile but please try to figure this out for me, ive been at it for hours. Also im running on Lubuntu 14.04

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Erich E. Hoover (ehoover) said :
#1

Please try running:
mkdir /home/dustin/.wine-browser
/usr/share/wine-browser-installer/test-xattr /home/dustin/.wine-browser
echo $?

and send me the output. Also, what kind of filesystem is your home directory installed on?

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Dustin Hamlin (t0xikpurg3) said :
#2

This is the output after running that code in the terminal

dustin@Mist:~$ mkdir /home/dustin/.wine-browser
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/home/dustin/.wine-browser’: File exists
dustin@Mist:~$ /usr/share/wine-browser-installer/test-xattr /home/dustin/.wine-browser
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/wine-browser-installer/test-xattr", line 3, in <module>
    import xattr
ImportError: No module named xattr
dustin@Mist:~$ echo $?
1
dustin@Mist:~$

The filesystem my home directory is installed on is Ext4

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Erich E. Hoover (ehoover) said :
#3

Huh, it should have automatically installed that - try:
sudo apt-get install python-pyxattr

and then run again:
/usr/share/wine-browser-installer/test-xattr /home/dustin/.wine-browser
echo $?

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Dustin Hamlin (t0xikpurg3) said :
#4

I get the same exact output as last time. I have a feeling its something to do with Lubuntu. I think Lubuntu (being a lighter version of Ubuntu) doesnt install the same things that comes preloaded with Ubuntu, causing these errors.

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Erich E. Hoover (ehoover) said :
#5

It's possible that it's because of the python version you're using, would you mind running "/usr/bin/python" and seeing what version it is? You should be able to run "import xattr" from the terminal that creates and have it not return an error.

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Dustin Hamlin (t0xikpurg3) said :
#6

Hmm, this is what it returns after I put in both codes:

dustin@Mist:~$ /usr/bin/python
Python 2.7.6 (default, Mar 22 2014, 22:59:56)
[GCC 4.8.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import xattr
>>>

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Erich E. Hoover (ehoover) said :
#7

Hmmm. Could you try the same thing with "/usr/bin/env python" ?

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Dustin Hamlin (t0xikpurg3) said :
#8

This is what I get

dustin@Mist:~$ /usr/bin/env python
Python 2.7.5 (default, Sep 19 2014, 16:45:33)
[GCC 4.8.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import xattr
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named xattr
>>>

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Erich E. Hoover (ehoover) said :
#9

Could you please run "which python" from a terminal and send me the output? It looks like your system may be using a non-repository python by default.

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Dustin Hamlin (t0xikpurg3) said :
#10

Here you go.

dustin@Mist:~$ which python
/usr/local/bin/python
dustin@Mist:~$

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Erich E. Hoover (ehoover) said :
#11

Yup, that's the problem - did you install a custom version of python on purpose?

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Dustin Hamlin (t0xikpurg3) said :
#12

Not purposefully, I installed lubuntu and couldnt find any version of python installed so I just went to the Synaptic Package Manager and installed them all.

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Best Erich E. Hoover (ehoover) said :
#13

Well, then you _should_ be able to work around this by moving/removing the custom version at /usr/local/bin/python. That is not a location that a package should install to (and searching the Ubuntu repos doesn't show any that install there). I would just rename that file (sudo mv /usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/bin/python.bak). If this breaks something then you can move it back.

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Dustin Hamlin (t0xikpurg3) said :
#14

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! It actually works now. I would donate or something but im 16 in highschool and dont have a job :/

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Dustin Hamlin (t0xikpurg3) said :
#16

Oh boy, another problem. When I go to watch something on netflix it either freezes after clicking on something to watch or it gets to where it would normally load but there is just a black screen.

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Erich E. Hoover (ehoover) said :
#17

Glad I could help, sorry it took so long to pin down the issue. Let me know if you have any more trouble!

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Dustin Hamlin (t0xikpurg3) said :
#18

Eh, its kinda my fault I guess but yes, if you look at #16 I have another problem.

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Erich E. Hoover (ehoover) said :
#19

Try running it as "netflix-desktop --disable-hw-acceleration".

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Dustin Hamlin (t0xikpurg3) said :
#20

Thanks that worked. Any idea how I can configure it to disable hardware acceleration automatically, so that I dont have to run the command in the terminal to watch stuff?

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Erich E. Hoover (ehoover) said :
#21

You can edit the launcher with:
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/netflix-desktop.desktop
Just change the line that says:
Exec=netflix-desktop
to:
Exec=netflix-desktop --disable-hw-acceleration

If you send me the output of glxinfo (glxinfo > glxinfo.txt) then I can potentially add it to the auto-detection list.

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Dustin Hamlin (t0xikpurg3) said :
#22

Thanks! Here's what it says in glxinfo.txt

name of display: :0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_create_context, GLX_ARB_create_context_profile,
    GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float, GLX_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB, GLX_ARB_multisample,
    GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile, GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB,
    GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_EXT_visual_info,
    GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_INTEL_swap_event, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,
    GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
    GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_SGI_swap_control
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_create_context, GLX_ARB_create_context_profile,
    GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness, GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float,
    GLX_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB, GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample,
    GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile, GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float,
    GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB, GLX_EXT_import_context,
    GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
    GLX_INTEL_swap_event, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,
    GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent, GLX_MESA_query_renderer,
    GLX_MESA_swap_control, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control,
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
    GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
    GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync
GLX version: 1.4
GLX extensions:
    GLX_ARB_create_context, GLX_ARB_create_context_profile,
    GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float, GLX_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB,
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample,
    GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile, GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB,
    GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_EXT_visual_info,
    GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_INTEL_swap_event, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,
    GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent, GLX_MESA_query_renderer,
    GLX_MESA_swap_control, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control,
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
    GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
    GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync
OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1, GL_AMD_seamless_cubemap_per_texture,
    GL_AMD_shader_trinary_minmax, GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt3,
    GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt5, GL_APPLE_object_purgeable,
    GL_APPLE_packed_pixels, GL_APPLE_vertex_array_object,
    GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility, GL_ARB_clear_buffer_object,
    GL_ARB_color_buffer_float, GL_ARB_copy_buffer, GL_ARB_debug_output,
    GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float, GL_ARB_depth_clamp, GL_ARB_depth_texture,
    GL_ARB_draw_buffers, GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex,
    GL_ARB_draw_instanced, GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location,
    GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions, GL_ARB_fragment_program,
    GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow, GL_ARB_fragment_shader,
    GL_ARB_framebuffer_object, GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB,
    GL_ARB_get_program_binary, GL_ARB_half_float_pixel,
    GL_ARB_half_float_vertex, GL_ARB_instanced_arrays,
    GL_ARB_internalformat_query, GL_ARB_invalidate_subdata,
    GL_ARB_map_buffer_alignment, GL_ARB_map_buffer_range, GL_ARB_multisample,
    GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_occlusion_query, GL_ARB_occlusion_query2,
    GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object, GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite,
    GL_ARB_provoking_vertex, GL_ARB_robustness, GL_ARB_sampler_objects,
    GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map, GL_ARB_shader_bit_encoding,
    GL_ARB_shader_objects, GL_ARB_shader_texture_lod,
    GL_ARB_shading_language_100, GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_sync,
    GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_compression,
    GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map,
    GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_texture_env_combine,
    GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
    GL_ARB_texture_float, GL_ARB_texture_mirror_clamp_to_edge,
    GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two,
    GL_ARB_texture_rectangle, GL_ARB_texture_rg, GL_ARB_texture_rgb10_a2ui,
    GL_ARB_texture_storage, GL_ARB_texture_swizzle, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix,
    GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra, GL_ARB_vertex_array_object,
    GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_binding, GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object,
    GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_vertex_shader,
    GL_ARB_vertex_type_2_10_10_10_rev, GL_ARB_window_pos,
    GL_ATI_blend_equation_separate, GL_ATI_draw_buffers,
    GL_ATI_envmap_bumpmap, GL_ATI_separate_stencil,
    GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, GL_ATI_texture_float, GL_EXT_abgr,
    GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate,
    GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract,
    GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, GL_EXT_copy_texture, GL_EXT_draw_buffers2,
    GL_EXT_draw_instanced, GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord,
    GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object,
    GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB, GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters,
    GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil,
    GL_EXT_packed_float, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object,
    GL_EXT_point_parameters, GL_EXT_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_provoking_vertex,
    GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color,
    GL_EXT_separate_shader_objects, GL_EXT_separate_specular_color,
    GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, GL_EXT_stencil_two_side, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap,
    GL_EXT_subtexture, GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D,
    GL_EXT_texture_array, GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1,
    GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc, GL_EXT_texture_cube_map,
    GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
    GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3,
    GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, GL_EXT_texture_integer,
    GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle,
    GL_EXT_texture_sRGB, GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_decode,
    GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent, GL_EXT_texture_snorm,
    GL_EXT_texture_swizzle, GL_EXT_vertex_array, GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra,
    GL_IBM_multimode_draw_arrays, GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip,
    GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_INGR_blend_func_separate, GL_KHR_debug,
    GL_MESA_pack_invert, GL_MESA_texture_signed_rgba, GL_MESA_window_pos,
    GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_conditional_render, GL_NV_depth_clamp,
    GL_NV_light_max_exponent, GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil,
    GL_NV_primitive_restart, GL_NV_texgen_reflection,
    GL_NV_texture_env_combine4, GL_NV_texture_rectangle, GL_OES_EGL_image,
    GL_OES_read_format, GL_S3_s3tc, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap,
    GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp,
    GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays

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