Odd behavior of python module listing

[Benjamin Kaplan]

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Lie <Lie.1296 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> --


The error appears to be in OpenGL. Maybe you should ask the Ubuntu people
about it.

>
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