Ubuntu
democracyplayer package

Democracy player won't start [feisty]

Bug #76493 reported by Mikael Nilsson
36
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
democracyplayer (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Daniel T Chen

Bug Description

Binary package hint: democracyplayer

/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/democracy/eventloop.py:17: RuntimeWarning: Python C API version mismatch for module fasttypes: This Python has API version 1013, module fasttypes has version 1012.
  import database
/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/democracy/frontend_implementation/Application.py:26: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.threads_init is deprecated, use gtk.gdk.threads_init instead
  gtk.threads_init()
DTV: Starting up Democracy Player
DTV: Version: 0.9.2.1
DTV: Revision: unknown
DTV: Loading preferences...
DTV: Restoring database...
Database load slow: 0.107
DTV: Recomputing filters...
failed() called; generating crash report.
WARNING: Error reading logfile: /home/mini/.democracy/log
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/democracy/util.py", line 194, in readLog
    f = open(logFile, "rt")
IOError: [Errno 2] Filen eller katalogen finns inte: '/home/mini/.democracy/log'
WARNING: Error reading logfile: /home/mini/.democracy/dtv-downloader-log
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/democracy/util.py", line 194, in readLog
    f = open(logFile, "rt")
IOError: [Errno 2] Filen eller katalogen finns inte: '/home/mini/.democracy/dtv-downloader-log'
----- CRASH REPORT (DANGER CAN HAPPEN) -----
App: Democracy Player
Publisher: Participatory Culture Foundation
Platform: gtk-x11
Python: 2.5 (release25-maint, Dec 13 2006, 16:21:45)
[GCC 4.1.2 20061212 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.1-21ubuntu2)]
Py Path: ['/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/democracy', '/usr/bin', '/usr/lib/python25.zip', '/usr/lib/python2.5', '/usr/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2', '/usr/lib/python2.5/lib-tk', '/usr/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload', '/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Numeric', '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PIL', '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/cairo', '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gst-0.10', '/var/lib/python-support/python2.5', '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-2.0', '/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/gtk-2.0', '/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/HTMLgen']
Version: 0.9.2.1
Serial: 20061127000
Revision: unknown
Time: Tue Dec 19 21:29:55 2006
When: while finishing starting up

Exception
---------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/democracy/app.py", line 531, in finishStartup
    downloader.startupDownloader()
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/democracy/downloader.py", line 440, in startupDownloader
    restartDownloads()
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/democracy/downloader.py", line 426, in restartDownloads
    for downloader in views.remoteDownloads:
  File "database.pyx", line 496, in database.DynamicDatabase.next
TypeError: exceptions must be strings, classes, or instances, not type

Call stack
----------
  File "/usr/bin/democracyplayer", line 90, in <module>
    startapp()
  File "/usr/bin/democracyplayer", line 57, in startapp
    app.main()
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/democracy/app.py", line 71, in main
    Controller().Run()
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/democracy/frontend_implementation/Application.py", line 27, in Run
    self.onStartup()
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/democracy/app.py", line 512, in onStartup
    self.finishStartup(gatheredVideos)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/democracy/app.py", line 674, in finishStartup
    util.failedExn("while finishing starting up")
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/democracy/util.py", line 131, in failedExn
    failed(when, withExn = True, **kwargs)

Threads
-------
Current: MainThread
Active:
 - MainThread

----- END OF CRASH REPORT -----
/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/democracy/frontend_implementation/gtk_queue.py:109: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.threads_enter is deprecated, use gtk.gdk.threads_enter instead
  gtk.threads_enter()
/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/democracy/frontend_implementation/gtk_queue.py:129: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.threads_leave is deprecated, use gtk.gdk.threads_leave instead
  gtk.threads_leave()
*** Launching Democracy Downloader Daemon ****
/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/democracy/eventloop.py:17: RuntimeWarning: Python C API version mismatch for module database: This Python has API version 1012, module database has version 1013.
  import database
/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/democracy/frontend_implementation/gtk_queue.py:116: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.threads_leave is deprecated, use gtk.gdk.threads_leave instead
  gtk.threads_leave()

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Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) wrote :

I can confirm this behaviour in Feisty (up-to-date as of today).

Changed in democracyplayer:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Wouter Stomp (wouterstomp-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

I get the same error.

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Wouter Stomp (wouterstomp-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

The packages provided at http://www.getdemocracy.com/downloads/ubuntu.php do actually work (and also have a .desktop file which is also missing).

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Tim Fuchs (tim-fuchs) wrote :

After the transition to Python 2.5 these days you can't use the official packages (frm getdemocracy.com) anymore.

That means there is currently no way to install a working Democracy player on feisty exept from source.

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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote :

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Format: 1.7
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:03:58 -0500
Source: democracyplayer
Binary: democracyplayer-data democracyplayer
Architecture: source
Version: 0.9.2.1-2.1ubuntu1
Distribution: feisty
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Uwe Hermann <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Daniel T Chen <email address hidden>
Description:
 democracyplayer - GTK+ based RSS video aggregator
 democracyplayer-data - GTK+ based RSS video aggregator data files
Closes: 401569
Changes:
 democracyplayer (0.9.2.1-2.1ubuntu1) feisty; urgency=low
 .
   * Merge from Debian unstable, remaining changes:
     - debian/control: python2.4-dbus -> python-dbus, python ->
       python-all-dev, libxul-dev (>= 1.8.0.4-2) -> firefox-dev,
       fixes FTBFS.
     - This merge, given the existing python-dbus rebuild currently
       in 7.04, Closes Ubuntu: #76493, #76801, #78230, #80664
       (and likely #64882, #65943, #77201, #77741, #77756 as well).
 .
 democracyplayer (0.9.2.1-2.1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Non-maintainer upload with the agreement of the Maintainer.
   * Really fix incorrect plurar form for Romanian (Closes: #401569)
Files:
 cb8df6e4bcde9acee0444b1a8b9a37b9 829 net optional democracyplayer_0.9.2.1-2.1ubuntu1.dsc
 9af3ec85f3cea21e16c3b61db5273f18 17737 net optional democracyplayer_0.9.2.1-2.1ubuntu1.diff.gz

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Changed in democracyplayer:
assignee: nobody → crimsun
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen (ralf-nieuwenhuijsen) wrote :

Same here. Won't launch at all.. I suspect its the same bug.

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Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen (ralf-nieuwenhuijsen) wrote :

I wonder: When was the fix-commited?
Is the bug back open again, or has the fix not been pushed to the repo's yet?

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Jvan (jvanfer) wrote :

non parte

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Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen (ralf-nieuwenhuijsen) wrote :

When will the fixed democracy player be uploaded?

(non parte means 'did not leave' right? my french is rusty)

William Grant (wgrant)
Changed in democracyplayer:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen (ralf-nieuwenhuijsen) wrote :

Ehm, this version did not fix the problem:

  from dbus.dbus_bindings import *
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/democracyplayer", line 89, in <module>
    onetime.OneTime()
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/democracy/onetime.py", line 105, in __init__
    bus_name = BusNameFlags('org.participatoryculture.dtv.onetime', bus=bus, flags=dbus.dbus_bindings.NAME_FLAG_DO_NOT_QUEUE)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/democracy/onetime.py", line 53, in __new__
    retval = dbus.dbus_bindings.bus_request_name(bus.get_connection(), name, flags=flags)
TypeError: request_name() takes no keyword arguments

And we're talking 0.9.2.1-2.1ubuntu1

Still DBUs problems. I'm reoppening this bug.

Changed in democracyplayer:
status: Fix Released → Confirmed
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Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

appears to be a different backtrace.

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Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

marking this bug as fix released, as the original issue is fixed. The other is mentioned in the high importance bug report, and dupes.

Changed in democracyplayer:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen (ralf-nieuwenhuijsen) wrote :

Just out of curiosity, is there anybody (including the maintainer/uploader) for which the program actually launches?

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Edwin Soto (edwinsoto) wrote :

Same issue after new feisty installation and reinstalling Democracy Player - will not start.

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mxyzptlk (mxyzptlk) wrote :

I'll pile on; same problem with Feisty.

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Joey Stanford (joey) wrote :

me too

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Blaine Elswood (blaine-elswood) wrote :

me three

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