About Linux Support

Current version of Switchy! supports Linux platform in general, but there are some limitations which make Switchy! not work as expected in some cases.

Supported Linux Distributions

Currently, only Gnome and KDE based distributions are supported, though, I hope other distributions will be supported in future (if it's at all possible).

Error Diagnostics

Follow these steps to diagnose the problem that prevents Switchy from working well:

1. Open Switchy Options page and click Error Log button, the Error Log page will open.

2. At the top of the page you'll see the test summary, which summarizes the results of 3 tests done by Switchy. To work well, Switchy should pass all these tests.

• Loading Switchy Plugin

Failure means that the Switchy plugin wasn't loaded successfully for some reason.
To help us diagnose the problem, please do the following:

1. Enable Chrome logging.
   
2. File an issue in the issue tracker and attach the output log file.

• Plugin Functionality

Failure means that Switchy doesn't work properly, you will see a description of the problem beside this item.
To solve this problem try the solution described bellow for the third test.

• System Environment

Failure means that the system environment isn't supported (e.g. the desktop environment isn't a Gnome nor KDE).
To solve this problem try the following:
If you think your system is KDE based:

1. Install kreadconfig and kwriteconfig.
   
2. Set this system environment variable: KDE_FULL_SESSION=true, and restart the computer.
3. Run this command [echo $KDE_HOME], if it returns "~/.kde4", then run this command: [ln -s ~/.kde4 ~/.kde] and restart Chrome.

Otherwise:

1. Install gconftool-2.
   
2. Set this system environment variable: GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=Default, and restart the computer.

If the problem isn't solved, please do the Extra Tests (see below) and file an issue in the issue tracker and send the test results.

Extra Tests

To help us diagnosing your problem, please run the following commands and send the result with your error report:

> echo $DESKTOP_SESSION + $GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID + $KDE_FULL_SESSION
> gconftool-2 -g /system/http_proxy/host
> kreadconfig --file kioslaverc --group 'Proxy Settings' --key httpProxy