Bug 30970 – gdesklets causes Python-Error instead of starting

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

[Description Benjamin Judas (RETIRED) 2003-10-12 06:20:02 UTC]

I merged gdesklets-core from Portage. I specified the ebuild directly since I don't use ~x86. When I start the daemon at first, I get a Python error so gdesklets won't startup.

I installed gdesklets on my Notebook the same way (by specifiying the ebuild directly) and gdesklets just works fine. I can't see any differences between my Notebook and my Desktop-PC and now I'm stuck and don't have another idea.

This is the error I get:

benni@antares ~ $ gdesklets
gDesklets 0.22.1
Copyright 

[Comment 1 Benjamin Judas (RETIRED) 2003-10-12 06:20:02 UTC]

I merged gdesklets-core from Portage. I specified the ebuild directly since I don't use ~x86. When I start the daemon at first, I get a Python error so gdesklets won't startup.

I installed gdesklets on my Notebook the same way (by specifiying the ebuild directly) and gdesklets just works fine. I can't see any differences between my Notebook and my Desktop-PC and now I'm stuck and don't have another idea.

This is the error I get:

benni@antares ~ $ gdesklets
gDesklets 0.22.1
Copyright © 2003 Martin Grimme, Christian Meyer, Jesse Andrews
 
This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL.
 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gdesklets", line 30, in ?
    starter.start_displays()
  File "/usr/share/gdesklets/main/Starter.py", line 197, in start_displays
    self.__on_watch(None, displays)
  File "/usr/share/gdesklets/main/Starter.py", line 88, in __on_watch
    self.__add_display(id, displays[id])
  File "/usr/share/gdesklets/main/Starter.py", line 105, in __add_display
    dsp = self.__create_display(id, path)
  File "/usr/share/gdesklets/main/Starter.py", line 139, in __create_display
    display = self.__factory.create_display(id, data)
  File "/usr/share/gdesklets/factory/DisplayFactory.py", line 54, in create_display
    sax.parseString(data, self)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/_xmlplus/sax/__init__.py", line 47, in parseString
    parser.parse(inpsrc)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/_xmlplus/sax/expatreader.py", line 107, in parse
    self.reset()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/_xmlplus/sax/expatreader.py", line 236, in reset
    self._parser = expat.ParserCreate(intern = self._interning)
TypeError: 'intern' is an invalid keyword argument for this function
benni@antares ~ $



I already tried to compile the "original" Package from the gdesklets-website but I get the same error.

If you need any additional Information or ressources please feel free to file a request.

Thanks in advance
    Benjamin "beejay" Judas

[Comment 2 Mike Gardiner (RETIRED) 2003-10-12 10:00:19 UTC]

could you please add your version of python and emerge info ? thanks.

self._parser = expat.ParserCreate(None, " ", intern=self._interning)
is the function i have in the .py, but it's on a slightly different line
to yours.

[Comment 3 Benjamin Judas (RETIRED) 2003-10-12 11:44:27 UTC]

Sorry, I could have thought about including this information ;)

Ok, I took a look into the gdesklets-core ebuild, these are the RDEPENDs:

RDEPEND=">=dev-lang/python-2.2
        >=gnome-base/gconf-2
        >=dev-python/pygtk-1.99.14
        >=dev-python/gnome-python-1.99.14
        >=x11-libs/gtk+-2"

And these are the installed Versions:

dev-lang/python-2.2.3-r1
gnome-base/gconf-2.4.0.1
dev-python/pygtk-1.99.16
dev-python/gnome-python-1.99.16
x11-libs/gtk+-2.2.4-r1

I'll now go on and change the code - maybe it works.

[Comment 4 Benjamin Judas (RETIRED) 2003-10-12 11:50:17 UTC]

Changing the Sourcecode didn't change anything - error is still present.
Changed line back to original Version.

[Comment 5 Benjamin Judas (RETIRED) 2003-10-13 13:15:47 UTC]

Created attachment 19196 [details]
Output of emerge --verbose /usr/portage/gnome-extra/gdesklets-core/gdesklets-core-0.22.1.ebuild

This is the --verbose output when I emerge the package (I cannot see anything
suspicious -- but I'm not the specialist ;) )

[Comment 6 Mike Gardiner (RETIRED) 2003-10-13 20:27:23 UTC]

do you have dev-libs/expat installed ?

[Comment 7 Benjamin Judas (RETIRED) 2003-10-14 09:06:25 UTC]

Solved!

It wasn't expat. I saw someting about xml in the output of the python-error.
So I did an "emerge search xml" | grep py.

I found pyxml in the resulting output. An "emerge -p pyxml" showed that pyxml
was _very_ outdated.
The installed Version was pyxml-0.7.1 and the upgrade was Version 0.8.2 ("x86"-Tree).

I updated and now everything runs fine. I don't know when pyxml had been
installed originally and why it was never included in an "emerge -u world".

Well, this bug is now solved for me. Thanks for your help obz - I suggest
to close this one.

Regards, 
   Benjamin "beejay" Judas

[Comment 8 Benjamin Judas (RETIRED) 2003-10-14 10:30:37 UTC]

This was definitely the solution -- closing this bug