Lemme preface this post by saying the following - I've taken my computer to the local IT office on RIT campus, asked a Computer Science professor specializing in Python, and posted my question on answers.yahoo.com (I don't know why I expected that to work...). I've also googled my problem multiple times and have not come up with anything newer than about 4 years ago.
Okay, so the problem. I tried to install Python 2.7 about two months ago on both my laptop and iMac. Both are running up-to-date Mac OS X 10.6, with 64-bit processors and around 2.4GHz speed and 2G of RAM. My laptop installed python 2.7 and ran it perfectly, first time. My desktop... not so much. How to recreate the issue on iMac - try to open IDLE, or in terminal, type the following: python import turtle turtle.up() This is what's displayed in terminal: COMPUTERNAME:~ USER$ python Python 2.7.2 (v2.7.2:8527427914a2, Jun 11 2011, 15:22:34) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import turtle >>> turtle.up() CGColor with 1 components Abort trap COMPUTERNAME:~ USER$ It also pops up a Problem Report for Python Python quit unexpectedly. Click Reopen to open the application again. This report will be sent to Apple automatically. Problem Details and System Configuration Process: Python [33535] Path: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/ Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python Identifier: org.python.python Version: 2.7.2 (2.7.2) Code Type: X86-64 (Native) Parent Process: bash [33532] Date/Time: 2011-11-10 17:31:58.424 -0500 OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) Report Version: 6 Interval Since Last Report: 1141508 sec Crashes Since Last Report: 2 Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 2 sec Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 2 Anonymous UUID: C667A2E4-5530-4A3E-B6E3- B38E970458E5 Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT) Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000 Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread Application Specific Information: abort() called Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff89bd40b6 __kill + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff89c749f6 abort + 83 2 Tcl 0x000000010067f9ef Tcl_Panic + 0 3 Tcl 0x000000010067fa91 Tcl_Panic + 162 4 Tk 0x00000001010ac5a7 TkpGetColor + 383 5 Tk 0x00000001010b9a2a TkpMenuInit + 156 6 Tk 0x000000010103c36c TkMenuInit + 88 7 Tk 0x00000001010bc68b - [TKApplication(TKMenus) _setupMenus] + 53 8 Tk 0x00000001010b6d27 - [TKApplication(TKInit) _setup:] + 56 9 Tk 0x00000001010b7260 TkpInit + 545 10 Tk 0x000000010102da26 Initialize + 1678 11 _tkinter.so 0x00000001005fccfb Tcl_AppInit + 75 12 _tkinter.so 0x00000001005fa153 Tkinter_Create + 915 13 org.python.python 0x00000001000c102d PyEval_EvalFrameEx + 22397 14 org.python.python 0x00000001000c2d29 PyEval_EvalCodeEx + 2137 15 org.python.python 0x000000010003da80 function_call + 176 16 org.python.python 0x000000010000c5e2 PyObject_Call + 98 17 org.python.python 0x000000010001ebcb instancemethod_call + 363 18 org.python.python 0x000000010000c5e2 PyObject_Call + 98 19 org.python.python 0x00000001000be5f3 PyEval_EvalFrameEx + 11587 20 org.python.python 0x00000001000c2d29 PyEval_EvalCodeEx + 2137 21 org.python.python 0x000000010003da80 function_call + 176 22 org.python.python 0x000000010000c5e2 PyObject_Call + 98 23 org.python.python 0x000000010001ebcb instancemethod_call + 363 24 org.python.python 0x000000010000c5e2 PyObject_Call + 98 25 org.python.python 0x00000001000ba5f7 PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords + 87 26 org.python.python 0x0000000100021e5e PyInstance_New + 126 27 org.python.python 0x000000010000c5e2 PyObject_Call + 98 28 org.python.python 0x00000001000be5f3 PyEval_EvalFrameEx + 11587 29 org.python.python 0x00000001000c2d29 PyEval_EvalCodeEx + 2137 30 org.python.python 0x000000010003da80 function_call + 176 31 org.python.python 0x000000010000c5e2 PyObject_Call + 98 32 org.python.python 0x000000010001ebcb instancemethod_call + 363 33 org.python.python 0x000000010000c5e2 PyObject_Call + 98 34 org.python.python 0x0000000100077a68 slot_tp_init + 88 35 org.python.python 0x0000000100074e65 type_call + 245 36 org.python.python 0x000000010000c5e2 PyObject_Call + 98 37 org.python.python 0x00000001000be5f3 PyEval_EvalFrameEx + 11587 38 org.python.python 0x00000001000c1ebe PyEval_EvalFrameEx + 26126 39 org.python.python 0x00000001000c2d29 PyEval_EvalCodeEx + 2137 40 org.python.python 0x000000010003da80 function_call + 176 41 org.python.python 0x000000010000c5e2 PyObject_Call + 98 42 org.python.python 0x000000010001ebcb instancemethod_call + 363 43 org.python.python 0x000000010000c5e2 PyObject_Call + 98 44 org.python.python 0x0000000100077a68 slot_tp_init + 88 45 org.python.python 0x0000000100074e65 type_call + 245 46 org.python.python 0x000000010000c5e2 PyObject_Call + 98 47 org.python.python 0x00000001000be5f3 PyEval_EvalFrameEx + 11587 48 org.python.python 0x00000001000c1ebe PyEval_EvalFrameEx + 26126 49 org.python.python 0x00000001000c1ebe PyEval_EvalFrameEx + 26126 50 org.python.python 0x00000001000c2d29 PyEval_EvalCodeEx + 2137 51 org.python.python 0x00000001000c2e46 PyEval_EvalCode + 54 52 org.python.python 0x00000001000e769c PyRun_InteractiveOneFlags + 380 53 org.python.python 0x00000001000e78fe PyRun_InteractiveLoopFlags + 78 54 org.python.python 0x00000001000e80e1 PyRun_AnyFileExFlags + 161 55 org.python.python 0x00000001000fe77c Py_Main + 2940 56 org.python.python 0x0000000100000f14 0x100000000 + 3860 Thread 1: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff89b9ec0a kevent + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff89ba0add _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 154 2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff89ba07b4 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 185 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff89ba02de _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 252 4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff89b9fc08 _pthread_wqthread + 353 5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff89b9faa5 start_wqthread + 13 Thread 2: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff89b9fa2a __workq_kernreturn + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff89b9fe3c _pthread_wqthread + 917 2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff89b9faa5 start_wqthread + 13 Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit): rax: 0x0000000000000000 rbx: 0x00007fff7116b2f8 rcx: 0x00007fff5fbfc0e8 rdx: 0x0000000000000000 rdi: 0x00000000000082ff rsi: 0x0000000000000006 rbp: 0x00007fff5fbfc100 rsp: 0x00007fff5fbfc0e8 r8: 0x00007fff7116ea60 r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x00007fff89bd00fa r11: 0x0000000000000206 r12: 0x00000001006ecb20 r13: 0x0000000000000001 r14: 0x00000001010e1f77 r15: 0x0000000000000000 rip: 0x00007fff89bd40b6 rfl: 0x0000000000000206 cr2: 0x00000001135b54f3 ............... ............... ............... Model: iMac7,1, BootROM IM71.007A.B03, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.20f4 Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro, ATI,RadeonHD2600, PCIe, 256 MB Memory Module: global_name AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x88), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.42.4) Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports Network Service: Built-in Ethernet, Ethernet, en0 Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1 Serial ATA Device: WDC WD3200AAJS-40RYA0, 298.09 GB Parallel ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5630A, 406.7 MB USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8502, 0xfd400000 / 2 USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8206, 0x1a100000 / 2 USB Device: Razer Naga, 0x1532, 0x0015, 0x1d100000 / 2 USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0x5d100000 / 2 I have tried copying every framework possible from the laptop to the iMac, done several reinstalls, and pretty much everything else I and the IT people on campus could think of to no avail. I'm pretty close to paying 20-30 bucks for a call to Apple and ask for help, because I'm tired of programming on a 13-inch screen while my 20-inch desktop is sitting right next to me just playing pandora... P.S. To those who might say "just use your imac as another monitor!" I can't. I've already asked Apple about that - the iMac is too old. HELP!!! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
