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G_Syme

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Registered: 2007-01-04

Posts: 83

[SOLVED] strange wxpython problems...

Hi,

I'm running Arch64 and I have major problems running taskcoach and faces. Both programs depend on wxpython, and both build without problems (taskcoach from AUR and faces form a PKGBUILD I've tried to make myself).

taskcoach did run fine a few months ago before python-2.5 came out. But as it runs without problems for Arch (i686) users, I guess that the problem lies in one of the (new) *python* packages, perhaps wxpython, because it seems to be the only common dependency for both taskcoach and faces.

I've tried to rebuild wxpython, and even to upgrade to wxpython-2.8.4.0 and wxgtk-2.8.4. But the result is still the same. Both programs compile fine but crash with the following (quite similar) errors:

$ taskcoach.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/taskcoach.py", line 93, in <module>
    start()
  File "/usr/bin/taskcoach.py", line 84, in start
    app = App(options, args)
  File "/usr/bin/taskcoach.py", line 33, in __init__
    self.init(**kwargs)
  File "/usr/bin/taskcoach.py", line 65, in init
    settings, splash)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/taskcoachlib/gui/mainwindow.py", line 54, in __init__
    self.createWindowComponents()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/taskcoachlib/gui/mainwindow.py", line 68, in createWindowComponents
    self.initLayout()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/taskcoachlib/gui/mainwindow.py", line 88, in initLayout
    self._sizer.Add(self.viewer, proportion=1, flag=wx.EXPAND)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_core.py", line 12203, in Add
    return _core_.Sizer_Add(*args, **kwargs)
TypeError: wx.Window, wx.Sizer, wx.Size, or (w,h) expected for item

$ faces
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/faces", line 5, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/faces/gui/plangui.py", line 1649, in main
    app.add_model(app.session)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/metapie/gui/controller.py", line 900, in add_model
    active=activate)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/metapie/gui/menupanel.py", line 253, in insert_title
    content = _ContentPanel(self, cid)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/metapie/gui/menupanel.py", line 178, in __init__
    sizer.Add(_SpacePanel(self), 1, flag=wx.EXPAND)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_core.py", line 12203, in Add
    return _core_.Sizer_Add(*args, **kwargs)
TypeError: wx.Window, wx.Sizer, wx.Size, or (w,h) expected for item

Does anybody have the same issues or perhaps a solution to this problem?

Thanks in advance!

Last edited by G_Syme (2007-07-20 11:02:46)

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G_Syme

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Registered: 2007-01-04

Posts: 83

Re: [SOLVED] strange wxpython problems...

[...] I've tried to rebuild wxpython, and even to upgrade to wxpython-2.8.4.0 and wxgtk-2.8.4. But the result is still the same. [...]

Now, after a few months, I've given it another try, and now the upgrade to wxpython-2.8.4.0 and wxgtk-2.8.4 has made both taskcoach and faces run once again.
Probably there were also other packages causing the problem which have been updated in the meantime...

Either way, problem solved.

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big_gie

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Registered: 2005-01-19

Posts: 637

Re: [SOLVED] strange wxpython problems...

Hi G_Syme, I'm having the same problem... Have you rebuilt from abs or is there a pkg already built somewhere?
thanx

G_Syme

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Registered: 2007-01-04

Posts: 83

Re: [SOLVED] strange wxpython problems...

Unfortunately both wxgtk and wxpython lack a maintainer at the moment...

Here are the modified PKGBUILDs from abs which work for me without problems:

pkgname=wxgtk
pkgver=2.8.4
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="wxGTK - GTK+ implementation of wxWidgets API for GUI"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://wxwidgets.org"
license=('LGPL')
depends=('gtk2>=2.10.9' 'mesa')
source=(http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxwindows/wxGTK-$pkgver.tar.bz2)
md5sums=('22e42c1601d9759530c875ffa2c3c554')
sha512sums=('655678285e50d672df58672455f17cf607905ef5a2c7940e0ffbd700c08a48bf0aa07067a8c2f3519e80d62807cfd12f0347727a1561d13b4702e5a99157fccb')

build() {
  cd ${startdir}/src/wxGTK-$pkgver
  autoconf
  ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-gtk=2 --with-opengl --enable-unicode \
      --without-gnomeprint --disable-optimize || return 1
  make || return 1
  make -C locale allmo
  make DESTDIR=${startdir}/pkg install || return 1
  cd contrib/src
  make || return 1
  make DESTDIR=${startdir}/pkg install || return 1
}

pkgname=wxpython
pkgver=2.8.4.0
pkgrel=1
force=y
pkgdesc="A wxWidgets GUI toolkit for Python."
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
license=('LGPL')
url="http://www.wxpython.org"
depends=('wxgtk>=2.8.0.1' 'python>=2.5')
source=(http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython-src-${pkgver}.tar.bz2)
md5sums=('424f5a569635646eb805adfe4e4dd9ec')
sha512sums=('aad0e0a46987967d4908ddd20c13d3d851041bb93f5fb4372ebf4fe838fb4d8384245aeb442b936286b6573c04c34c56ac056e8cc9a001529d0b609020bc0e8c')

build() {
  cd ${startdir}/src/wxPython-src-${pkgver}/wxPython
  python setup.py \
    WXPORT=gtk2 \
    UNICODE=1 \
    build install --root=${startdir}/pkg
}

Good luck!

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big_gie

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Registered: 2005-01-19

Posts: 637

Re: [SOLVED] strange wxpython problems...

Thanx it worked.