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_tkinter.TclError: unknown color name "{#c3c3c3}"

Bug #371720 reported by Steve Hammond on 2009-05-04

This bug affects 9 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to
	OpenIPMI	New	Undecided	Unassigned
	Tix	New	Undecided	Unassigned
	tix (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Medium	Georges Khaznadar
Nominated for Jaunty by GS
Nominated for Karmic by Matt Joiner

Bug Description

I have a python program which uses widgets from tkinter-tix. It worked fine before the upgrade and still works fine on non-upgraded systems both windows and linux ie. only ubuntu 9.04 do I have this problem. I get the following error report when I try to run it...

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./bozodb4.py", line 124, in <module>
    vp_start_gui()
  File "./bozodb4.py", line 37, in vp_start_gui
    w = Bozo_Data_Base (root)
  File "./bozodb4.py", line 67, in __init__
    self.tix26 = Tix.FileSelectBox(master, pattern="*.bdb", command=self.file_pick) #pattern sets the pattern for the filter box
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/lib-tk/Tix.py", line 794, in __init__
    TixWidget.__init__(self, master, 'tixFileSelectBox', ['options'], cnf, kw)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/lib-tk/Tix.py", line 307, in __init__
    self.tk.call(widgetName, self._w, *extra)
_tkinter.TclError: unknown color name "{#c3c3c3}"

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Krzysztof Klimonda (kklimonda) on 2009-05-12

affects:

ubuntu → python2.6 (Ubuntu)

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Krzysztof Klimonda (kklimonda) wrote on 2009-05-12:

http://bugs.python.org/issue3872 - I'm pasting link to upstream bts report as I can't add it in normal way. According to them it was fixed in 2.6.2c1 but test_combotix.py still throws exception for me.

Changed in python2.6 (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed
summary:	- python-tkinter-tix program has unknown color error + _tkinter.TclError: unknown color name "{#c3c3c3}"

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Krzysztof Klimonda (kklimonda) wrote on 2009-05-12:

It seems to be related to the version of tix library we ship.
The most recent is 8.4.3 but for some reson we still ship 8.4.0.
I have compiled 8.4.3 from source and after some more work text_combotix.py has worked.

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Steve Hammond (st-hammond) wrote on 2009-05-13: RE: [Bug 371720] Re: _tkinter.TclError: unknown color name "{#c3c3c3}"

Thanks for the response. I haven't tried to get/recompile the new library yet but will do it soon.

> Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 17:59:30 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 371720] Re: _tkinter.TclError: unknown color name "{#c3c3c3}"
>
> It seems to be related to the version of tix library we ship.
> The most recent is 8.4.3 but for some reson we still ship 8.4.0.
> I have compiled 8.4.3 from source and after some more work text_combotix.py has worked.
>
> --
> _tkinter.TclError: unknown color name "{#c3c3c3}"
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371720
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
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Krzysztof Klimonda (kklimonda) on 2009-05-13

affects:

python2.6 (Ubuntu) → tix (Ubuntu)

C de-Avillez (hggdh2) on 2009-05-14

Changed in tix (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium

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Silvano (silvavlis) wrote on 2009-06-03:

I can confirm the bug and that the solution (compiling and installing version 8.4.3) works.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2009-06-09

Changed in tix:
status:	Unknown → Fix Released

Brian Murray (brian-murray) on 2009-07-24

Changed in tix:
importance:	Unknown → Undecided
status:	Fix Released → New

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Hungerburg (pch-myzel) wrote on 2010-05-02:

This bug is still present in ubuntu 10.4, relevant package is: tix_8.4.0-7ubuntu1_amd64.deb.

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Hungerburg (pch-myzel) wrote on 2010-05-02:

An updated and working tix package is available here:
# https://launchpad.net/~portis25/+archive/ppa/+build/1416208
After installation, I had to fix an error in library location:
# ln -s /usr/lib/libTix8.4.so.1 /usr/lib/Tix8.4.3/libTix8.4.so.1
--
peter

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cminyard (minyard) wrote on 2010-07-14:

A working 8.4.3 version of Tix for Ubuntu 10.04 Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain)

Adding a dsc file and a diff file to build 8.4.3. Can we please get this fixed? The fix has been available for a very long time.

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cminyard (minyard) wrote on 2010-07-14:

Diff file for building Tix Edit (8.6 KiB, text/plain)

The diff file, you'll need this and the dsc file, along with the original source named tix_8.4.3.orig.tar.gz to build the package.

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Lone Ranger (lone.ranger) wrote on 2010-08-02:

I have 10.04 (32 bits), how can I fix this? The attached working version is for 64 bits. I can't use pyfaces program because of this bug.

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Marcos (devilcius) wrote on 2010-09-01:

#10

i've downloaded the .deb from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/i386/tix/8.4.3-4 and it worked (ubuntu 9.10)

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HamilJF (john-hamilton) wrote on 2010-11-13:

#11

Just discovered this myself, using python and ix for the first time. I've got an AMD64 machine and 10.04, and no idea how to convert the stuff referenced here into a usable build. Is there a 64bit .deb somewhere ? Is there a workaround by specifying colour(s) in the instantiation ?

Brian Murray (brian-murray) on 2010-11-14

tags:

added: patch

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Steve Hammond (st-hammond) wrote on 2010-11-14:

#12

This seems to be an ubuntu problem, not a problem with other distros. Some people have gotten around it by getting the source code an recompiling.

> Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 23:02:58 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 371720] Re: _tkinter.TclError: unknown color name "{#c3c3c3}"
>
> Just discovered this myself, using python and ix for the first time.
> I've got an AMD64 machine and 10.04, and no idea how to convert the
> stuff referenced here into a usable build. Is there a 64bit .deb
> somewhere ? Is there a workaround by specifying colour(s) in the
> instantiation ?
>
> --
> _tkinter.TclError: unknown color name "{#c3c3c3}"
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371720
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.