Jonathan Polley wrote: > I have one account on a WindowsXP machine that refuses to run IDLE (or > any other python script that uses Tk). Other people can login to that > PC and IDLE runs just fine, so it is not an installation issue. When > the person who has the problem logs into another PC the problem follows > them. Any ideas as to what might me wrong?
Perhaps your configuration files contain bad data: """ # IDLE reads several config files to determine user preferences. This # file is the default config file for general idle settings. # # When IDLE starts, it will look in # the following two sets of files, in order: # # default configuration # --------------------- # config-main.def the default general config file # config-extensions.def the default extension config file # config-highlight.def the default highlighting config file # config-keys.def the default keybinding config file # # user configuration # ------------------- # ~/.idlerc/config-main.cfg the user general config file # ~/.idlerc/config-extensions.cfg the user extension config file # ~/.idlerc/config-highlight.cfg the user highlighting config file # ~/.idlerc/config-keys.cfg the user keybinding config file # # On Windows2000 and Windows XP the .idlerc directory is at # Documents and Settings\<username>\.idlerc # # On Windows98 it is at c:\.idlerc """ This is from a newer version of python, but your configuration may have a similar layout. The easiest way to test whether I guessed the cause of your troubles correctly should be to rename the .idlerc directory so that idle cannot find it anymore and then try to start it again. Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
