Snowballz crashed

Here is what it says when i run it (installed snowballz from repository) in terminal:

gorski@mashina:~$ snowballz
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request: 134 (XFree86-VidModeExtension)
  Minor opcode of failed request: 10 (XF86VidModeSwitchToMode)
  Value in failed request: 0x88
  Serial number of failed request: 124
  Current serial number in output stream: 126

I am using Hardy.

Please remove file ~/.snowballz.ini and try again.

If the problem continues, run the following command in a terminal: python -c "import pygame; pygame.init(); print pygame.display.list_modes()" and check whether the highest listed resolution is supported by your system.

removing the file doesn't solve the problem, and running the command doesn't show anything.

It crashes with jaunty too. (installed from repository). Reported by every users on french forum.
The error is:

  import rabbyt.fonts
/usr/share/games/snowballz/font.py:3: UserWarning:
The rabbyt.vertexarrays module is deprecated and will be removed in a future
version of rabbyt.

  import rabbyt.fonts
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "snowballz.py", line 28, in <module>
    import menu
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/menu.py", line 3, in <module>
    from gooeypy import gl as gui
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/gooeypy/gl.py", line 1, in <module>
    import util
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/gooeypy/util.py", line 10, in <module>
    from cellulose import *
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/cellulose/__init__.py", line 24, in <module>
    from cellulose.celltypes import CellList, CellDict, CellSet, ComputedDict
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/cellulose/celltypes.py", line 72, in <module>
    class CellList(DependencyCell, _ListBase):
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/cellulose/celltypes.py", line 66, in __init__
    try: new.__name__ = old.__name__
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute '__name__'

Maybe it comes from the package python-rabbyt. It's not the same with jaunty.
With intrepid: version 0.7.5-1
With Jaunty: version 0.8.1-1build1

cellulose (which snowballz 0.9 depends on) doesn't work with python 2.6 which is the default version in the latest Ubuntu release. I recommend downloading the pre-built linux binary from the website: http://arcticpaint.com/static/games/snowballz.tar.bz2

Same for me.
/usr/share/games/snowballz/font.py:3: UserWarning:
*******************************************************************************
The rabbyt.fonts module is deprecated and will be removed in a future version
of rabbyt. I recommend using pyglet for font rendering.

If you still want to use pygame fonts, check out the ``pygame_font.py`` example
included with rabbyt.
*******************************************************************************

  import rabbyt.fonts
/usr/share/games/snowballz/font.py:3: UserWarning:
The rabbyt.vertexarrays module is deprecated and will be removed in a future
version of rabbyt.

  import rabbyt.fonts
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "snowballz.py", line 28, in <module>
    import menu
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/menu.py", line 3, in <module>
    from gooeypy import gl as gui
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/gooeypy/gl.py", line 1, in <module>
    import util
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/gooeypy/util.py", line 10, in <module>
    from cellulose import *
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/cellulose/__init__.py", line 24, in <module>
    from cellulose.celltypes import CellList, CellDict, CellSet, ComputedDict
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/cellulose/celltypes.py", line 72, in <module>
    class CellList(DependencyCell, _ListBase):
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/cellulose/celltypes.py", line 66, in __init__
    try: new.__name__ = old.__name__

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute '__name__'

/usr/share/games/snowballz/font.py:3: UserWarning:
*******************************************************************************
The rabbyt.fonts module is deprecated and will be removed in a future version
of rabbyt. I recommend using pyglet for font rendering.

If you still want to use pygame fonts, check out the ``pygame_font.py`` example
included with rabbyt.
*******************************************************************************

  import rabbyt.fonts
/usr/share/games/snowballz/font.py:3: UserWarning:
The rabbyt.vertexarrays module is deprecated and will be removed in a future
version of rabbyt.

  import rabbyt.fonts
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "snowballz.py", line 28, in <module>
    import menu
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/menu.py", line 3, in <module>
    from gooeypy import gl as gui
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/gooeypy/gl.py", line 1, in <module>
    import util
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/gooeypy/util.py", line 10, in <module>
    from cellulose import *
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/cellulose/__init__.py", line 24, in <module>
    from cellulose.celltypes import CellList, CellDict, CellSet, ComputedDict
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/cellulose/celltypes.py", line 72, in <module>
    class CellList(DependencyCell, _ListBase):
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/cellulose/celltypes.py", line 66, in __init__
    try: new.__name__ = old.__name__
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute '__name__'

Problem remains in Jaunty.

same situation in Karmic:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "snowballz.py", line 28, in <module>
    import menu
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/menu.py", line 3, in <module>
    from gooeypy import gl as gui
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/gooeypy/gl.py", line 1, in <module>
    import util
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/gooeypy/util.py", line 10, in <module>
    from cellulose import *
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/cellulose/__init__.py", line 24, in <module>
    from cellulose.celltypes import CellList, CellDict, CellSet, ComputedDict
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/cellulose/celltypes.py", line 72, in <module>
    class CellList(DependencyCell, _ListBase):
  File "/usr/share/games/snowballz/cellulose/celltypes.py", line 66, in __init__
    try: new.__name__ = old.__name__
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute '__name__'

seems to be something to do with cellulose celltypes not dealing with the case where now __hash__ = None with some containers, this simply checks to see if we have 'None' and skip trying to get attributes if we do.

snowballz (0.9.5.1-2ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/list_nohash.patch:
    - catch a case where the cellulose celltype tries to get variables
    from None types (LP: #350466, #234598)

test build here,
https://launchpad.net/~sevenmachines/+archive/release+1

looks good, uploading, thanks!

Can you forward this to Debian please? Thanks.

This bug was fixed in the package snowballz - 0.9.5.1-2ubuntu1

---------------
snowballz (0.9.5.1-2ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/list_nohash.patch:
    - catch a case where the cellulose celltype tries to get variables
    from None types (LP: #350466, #234598)
 -- Niall Creech <email address hidden> Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:47:12 +0000