# gnofract4d A fatal error occurred: Can't find formula file gf4d.frm in formula search path Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python-exec/python2.7/gnofract4d", line 152, in <module> main(sys.argv[1:]) File "/usr/lib/python-exec/python2.7/gnofract4d", line 81, in main gtkmain(opts) File "/usr/lib/python-exec/python2.7/gnofract4d", line 128, in gtkmain mainWindow = main_window.MainWindow() File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/fract4dgui/main_window.py", line 69, in __init__ self.f = gtkfractal.T(self.compiler,self) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/fract4dgui/gtkfractal.py", line 447, in __init__ Hidden.__init__(self,comp,width,height) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/fract4dgui/gtkfractal.py", line 73, in __init__ self.try_init_fractal() File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/fract4dgui/gtkfractal.py", line 86, in try_init_fractal f = fractal.T(self.compiler,self.site) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/fract4d/fractal.py", line 96, in __init__ self.set_formula(T.DEFAULT_FORMULA_FILE,T.DEFAULT_FORMULA_FUNC,0) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/fract4d/fractal.py", line 501, in set_formula self.forms[index].set_formula(formulafile,func,self.get_gradient()) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/fract4d/formsettings.py", line 314, in set_formula formula = self.compiler.get_formula(file,func,self.prefix) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/fract4d/fc.py", line 445, in get_formula f = self.get_parsetree(filename,formname) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/fract4d/fc.py", line 435, in get_parsetree ff = self.get_file(filename) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/fract4d/fc.py", line 369, in get_file self.load_formula_file(filename) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/fract4d/fc.py", line 334, in load_formula_file filename = self.find_file(filename,type) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/fract4d/fc.py", line 296, in find_file return self.last_chance(filename) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/fract4d/fc.py", line 249, in last_chance filename) IOError: Can't find formula file gf4d.frm in formula search path
I'm facing the same. After install it was still working as root. Not any more.
Changing to /usr/share/gnofract4d it will start, then add missing "Formula Search Path" namely "/usr/share/gnofract4d/formulas". After this I was able to start it from menu with an ugly looking default preset.
I'd guess this is no gentoo bug.
Seemed to be fixed for me by version bump to 3.14.1: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/3206 But then again I didn't see it at all on another system...
I confirm that 3.14.1 fixes the bug.