isn't it related to tk and cygwin being a little bit stubborn ? see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9393462/cannot-launch-git-gui-using-cygwin-on-windows
On Thursday, August 29, 2013 4:52:47 PM UTC+2, Razvan Teslaru wrote: > > PS: I have both cygwin python and Windows python installed on the same > machine, if relevant. > > On Thursday, August 29, 2013 3:29:53 PM UTC+2, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >> >> I have experienced the same problem. Yet I do not have a windows/cygwin >> machine here to debug it. Can you help us and figure out exactly where in >> gluon/widget.py it gets stuck? >> >> On Thursday, 29 August 2013 08:04:26 UTC-5, Razvan Teslaru wrote: >>> >>> Update: I managed to trace execution in web2py.py until "import >>> gluon.widget" -- execution doesn't continue in web2py.py after that line, >>> but again, no error message. >>> >>> On Thursday, August 29, 2013 12:00:20 AM UTC+2, Razvan Teslaru wrote: >>>> >>>> Trying to run web2py under cygwin. Python 2.7.5 installed, plus all >>>> necessary dependencies. >>>> >>>> Downloaded and unzipped web2py_src.zip; when running ./web2py, it hangs >>>> for a few seconds and then exits, without any message. Initially I thought >>>> it might attempt (and fail) to spawn the GUI to get a password, but >>>> starting it with -a 'passwd' yields the same behavior. >>>> >>>> Tried uninstalling the cygwin python and using the regular Windows >>>> python under Cygwin -- now it works as expected, so it appears to be a >>>> Cygwin Python + web2py specific issue, but I'm not sure how to proceed >>>> from >>>> here, without any sort of error message. >>>> >>> -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.