[ python-Bugs-1563630 ] IDLE doesn't load - apparently without firewall problems

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Bugs item #1563630, was opened at 2006-09-22 12:19
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Category: IDLE
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: dani (daniboy22)
Assigned to: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk)
Summary: IDLE doesn't load - apparently without firewall problems

Initial Comment:
I've installed Python in Windows XP, SP2. When I ran
IDLE for the first times, it worked ok. But then I
redefined some shorcuts (history-previous,
history-next, and expand-word). This also worked ok,
but there was a problem I wasn't expecting: I changed
the history-previous to the short-cut <Ctrl> + P, and
when I use it for the first time it printed the content
of the window... I forgot that this shorcut was already
in use...

Then came the real problem. I went to redefine the
history-previous to another key set, but each time I
clicked for "oK" for the new keys, the shell wrote some
errors in red (-/+ 7/8 lines). I did that a few times
until I closed IDLE and tried to restarted it again.
Then it stop working.

The only thing it does now is to show the hourglass
logo in the mouse pointer for a few seconds and then it
does not do anything else.

I've installed Python in its default path
(C:\Python25), and tried to switch off all the
firewalls I remembered (Windows Firewall and disabled
McAfee Virus Scan). None of that worked. I tried
several times to reinstall the software, but that
didn't work either.

I even tried to install a previous version of Python
(v2.4.3), but it had exactly the same problem.

I haven't found any similar problem on the web.

Thanks,
Dani 

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Comment By: jordanramz (jordanramz)
Date: 2006-10-01 11:42

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What is the .idlerc customization folder?

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Comment By: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk)
Date: 2006-09-30 21:38

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Use the task manager to kill all Python processes.

Then set aside your .idlerc customization folder (i.e.
rename it).

Now IDLE should start.  Try to recreate the problem and
post any error messages you see here.

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Comment By: jordanramz (jordanramz)
Date: 2006-09-22 16:15

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I am having the same problem.  When I first installed it, 
it ran okay.  Now everytime I go back to run it, the 
hourglass on my mouse shows up for a few seconds and then 
nothing.  At first I had v2.4.3 because that's what we're 
using in my class, but I tried v2.5(final) thinking it 
would help, but it didn't, so I reinstalled v2.4.3.   I 
noticed that with my task manager in view, when I click 
the IDLE program my processes jump up one number for a few 
seconds also, then goes back.  So apparently it's running 
but then ending before it loads up?  I tried messing with 
my firewall and stuff also, with no success, so I'm in the 
same boat as you.

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