Yesterday I installed compiz-icon in my Ubuntu. Today, when I go to the python interpreter, I happen to do this:
### START OF PYTHON SESSION ### Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Apr 21 2008, 11:17:30) [GCC 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> help() Welcome to Python 2.5! This is the online help utility. If this is your first time using Python, you should definitely check out the tutorial on the Internet at http://www.python.org/doc/tut/. Enter the name of any module, keyword, or topic to get help on writing Python programs and using Python modules. To quit this help utility and return to the interpreter, just type "quit". To get a list of available modules, keywords, or topics, type "modules", "keywords", or "topics". Each module also comes with a one-line summary of what it does; to list the modules whose summaries contain a given word such as "spam", type "modules spam". help> modules Please wait a moment while I gather a list of all available modules... * Starting Compiz ... executing: compiz.real --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop- hints ccp Starting gtk-window-decorator compiz.real (video) - Warn: No 8 bit GLX pixmap format, disabling YV12 image format GConf backend: There is an unsupported value at path /apps/compiz/ plugins/scale/allscreens/options/initiate_edge. Settings from this path won't be read. Try to remove that value so that operation can continue properly. Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site.py", line 342, in __call__ return pydoc.help(*args, **kwds) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/pydoc.py", line 1649, in __call__ self.interact() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/pydoc.py", line 1667, in interact self.help(request) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/pydoc.py", line 1683, in help elif request == 'modules': self.listmodules() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/pydoc.py", line 1804, in listmodules ModuleScanner().run(callback) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/pydoc.py", line 1855, in run for importer, modname, ispkg in pkgutil.walk_packages(): File "/usr/lib/python2.5/pkgutil.py", line 125, in walk_packages for item in walk_packages(path, name+'.', onerror): File "/usr/lib/python2.5/pkgutil.py", line 110, in walk_packages __import__(name) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/FusionIcon/interface_gtk/ __init__.py", line 3, in <module> import main File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/FusionIcon/interface_gtk/ main.py", line 213, in <module> gtk.main() KeyboardInterrupt >>> ### END OF PYTHON SESSION ### How on earth could python's help utility crashed compiz-icon, and made compiz crash too (I lost my windows decoration after the crash). This is repeatable, until I uninstalled compiz-icon. After uninstalling, I retried help -> modules again, same problem, different program, now a blank Tk window showed up and it printed this traceback: Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site.py", line 342, in __call__ return pydoc.help(*args, **kwds) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/pydoc.py", line 1649, in __call__ self.interact() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/pydoc.py", line 1667, in interact self.help(request) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/pydoc.py", line 1683, in help elif request == 'modules': self.listmodules() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/pydoc.py", line 1804, in listmodules ModuleScanner().run(callback) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/pydoc.py", line 1855, in run for importer, modname, ispkg in pkgutil.walk_packages(): File "/usr/lib/python2.5/pkgutil.py", line 125, in walk_packages for item in walk_packages(path, name+'.', onerror): File "/usr/lib/python2.5/pkgutil.py", line 110, in walk_packages __import__(name) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/OpenGL/Tk/__init__.py", line 87, in <module> _default_root.tk.call('package', 'require', 'Togl') _tkinter.TclError: can't find package Togl OK, I don't think I can uninstall Tk without messing up a lot of harmless python programs later, and by now, I figured out that the problem isn't in compiz-icon afterall. So, has anyone got something like this? PS: Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) + Python 2.5.2 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
