The python bindings for gconf (gnome-python2-gconf) could not be found.

Jeremy C. Reed reed at reedmedia.net
Wed Mar 17 14:50:18 EST 2004 

Configuring gramps (genealogy software) says:

checking Python bindings for gtk... ok
checking Python bindings for GNOME... ok
checking Python bindings for gconf... Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "conftest.py", line 17, in ?
    import gnome.gconf
ImportError: No module named gconf
cat: conftest.out: No such file or directory
configure: error:
**** The python bindings for gconf (gnome-python2-gconf) could not be found.
*** Error code 1


I am able to repeat it with this simple python script (based on the
configure code):

-=-=-=-
try:
    import pygtk
    pygtk.require('2.0')
except ImportError:
    pass

def out(str):
    f = open('conftest.out', 'w')
    f.write(str)
    f.close()

try:
    import gconf
    out("YES")
except ImportError:
    import gnome.gconf
    out("YES")
except ImportError:
    out("NO")
-=-=-=-

For example:

$ python gconf.test.python
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "gconf.test.python", line 16, in ?
    import gnome.gconf
ImportError: No module named gconf

I have gnome-python-2.0.0 installed. I installed using pkgsrc build system
and it did not work. And I installed directly from source too.

I assume I have the gconf module installed. How can I find out?

I have:

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       296026 Mar 17 05:30
/usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gconf.a
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         1114 Mar 17 06:08
/usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gconf.la
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       182087 Mar 17 06:08
/usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gconf.so
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        29603 Mar 17 06:08
/usr/share/pygtk/2.0/defs/gconf.defs


How can I get python to tell me what it is doing when it looks for
and tries the module?

I have built and installed this several times before. Just the past few
days something has changed in my python setup or in my gnome-python.

My python is:
$ python -V    
Python 2p3.3

It is as installed using pkgsrc under Linux. (The package name is
python23-pth-2.3.3nb1.)

When I run python with debugging and verbose I get:

# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/glob.py
# /usr/lib/python2p3/glob.pyc matches /usr/lib/python2p3/glob.py
import glob # precompiled from /usr/lib/python2p3/glob.pyc
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gconf.so
import gnome # directory /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/__init__.so
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/__init__module.so
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/__init__.py
# /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/__init__.pyc matches
/usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/__init__.py
import gnome # precompiled from /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/__init__.pyc
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/ltihooks.so
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/ltihooksmodule.so
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/ltihooks.py
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/ltihooks.pyc
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/ltihooks.so
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/ltihooksmodule.so
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/ltihooks.py
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/ltihooks.pyc
# trying /usr/pkgsrc/databases/gramps/ltihooks.so
# trying /usr/pkgsrc/databases/gramps/ltihooksmodule.so
# trying /usr/pkgsrc/databases/gramps/ltihooks.py
...
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/PIL/ltihooks.so
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/PIL/ltihooksmodule.so
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/PIL/ltihooks.py
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/PIL/ltihooks.pyc
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/gobject.so
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/gobjectmodule.so
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/gobject.py
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/gobject.pyc
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gobject.so
import gobject # dynamically loaded from /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gobject.so
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/_gnome.so
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/gconf.so
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/gconfmodule.so
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/gconf.py
# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/gconf.pyc
dlopen("/usr/lib/python2p3/lib-dynload/strop.so", 2);
dlopen("/usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gconf.so", 2);
dlopen("/usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gobject.so", 2);
dlopen("/usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/_gnome.so", 2);
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "gconf.test.python", line 16, in ?
    import gnome.gconf
ImportError: No module named gconf
# clear __builtin__._
# clear sys.path
# clear sys.argv
...


strace tells me:

getdents64(3, /* 108 entries */, 4096)  = 4096
getdents64(3, /* 96 entries */, 4096)   = 3768
getdents64(3, /* 0 entries */, 4096)    = 0
close(3)                                = 0
stat64("/usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096,
...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gconf", 0xbfffef40) = -1 ENOENT (No such
file or directory)
write(2, "# trying /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gconf.so\n", 59# trying
/usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gconf.so
) = 59
open("/usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gconf.so", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=182087, ...}) = 0
open("/usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gconf.so", O_RDONLY) = 4
read(4,
"\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\310;\0\0004\0\0\0\274\277\2\0\0\0\0\0004\0
\0\3\0(\0\"\0\37\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\300\207\0\0\300\207\0\0\5\0\0\0\0\20\0\0\1\0\0\0\
300\207\0\0\300\227\0\0\300\227\0\0D\21\0\0h\21\0\0\6\0\0\0\0\20\0\0\2\0\0\0$\225\0\0$\245\0\0$\245
\0\0\20\1\0\0\20\1\0\0\6\0\0\0\4\0\0\0\305\0\0\0\313\0\0\0\0\0\0\0C\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\272\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
\0\0\0\0U\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\273\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0003\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\257\0\0\0\0\0\0\0[\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
\243\0\0\0\0"...,
1024) = 1024
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=182087, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 43304, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x4040c000
mprotect(0x40415000, 6440, PROT_NONE)   = 0
old_mmap(0x40415000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 4, 0x8000) =
0x40415000
close(4)                                = 0
open("/usr/gcc3/lib/libgconf-2.so.5", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.5", O_RDONLY) = 4


/usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gconf.so does exist.
How can I find out why it was skipped?

$ ldd /usr/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gconf.so
        libgconf-2.so.5 => /usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.5 (0x4000c000)
        libORBit-2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 (0x40044000)
        libgobject-2.0.so.200 => /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.200 (0x40080000)
        libgthread-2.0.so.200 => /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.200 (0x400b7000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x400c3000)
        libgmodule-2.0.so.200 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.200 (0x400e5000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x400e9000)
        libglib-2.0.so.200 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.200 (0x400ec000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4015d000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x40275000)
        liblinc.so.1 => /usr/lib/liblinc.so.1 (0x402c6000)
        libpopt.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpopt.so.0 (0x402ce000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x80000000)


On a NetBSD system, it works and is slightly different:

# trying /usr/pkg/lib/python2p3/glob.py
# /usr/pkg/lib/python2p3/glob.pyc matches /usr/pkg/lib/python2p3/glob.py
import glob # precompiled from /usr/pkg/lib/python2p3/glob.pyc
# trying /usr/pkg/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gconf.so
# trying /usr/pkg/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gobject.so
import gobject # dynamically loaded from /usr/pkg/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gt
k-2.0/gobject.so
import gconf # dynamically loaded from /usr/pkg/lib/python2p3/site-packages/gtk-
2.0/gconf.so
# clear __builtin__._
# clear sys.path
# clear sys.argv


I am not sure what information is needed to troubleshoot this.
The python and other packages are installed using pkgsrc system.
I am pretty sure the problem is how it was configured or built, but I am
trying to track down where this has changed.

Any advice on this would be appreciated.

Thank you,

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://bsd.reedmedia.net/

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