sketch does not start

I have reproduced this on Breezy. I have sketch installed due to it being a dependency of Inkscape.

The error looks like it's similar to https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1025599&group_id=5470 , which appears to be down to the wrong function being called (apparently skencil redefines it to have less paramaters and that is the version seen).

I had some sort of hang the first time round...

I don't know how to get sketch to work, but if you download skencil from skencil.org and apt-get python2.3-4suite
, it will work. sketch does not work with python 2.4.

I don't know how to manage 2.4/2.3 with update-alternatives, or if it just works when install python2.3-4suite. I did not test sketch of ubuntu. I installed skencil from skencil.org.

Maybe it suffice to solve the problem by apt-get python2.3-4suite. That would be a dependency bug in sketch.

regards

Gerhard

No, sketch from breezy does not run even if python 2.3 is installed or not:
$ sketch
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/sketch", line 34, in ?
    Sketch.main.main()
  File "/usr/lib/sketch-0.6.15/Sketch/Base/main.py", line 148, in main
    run_script = options.run_script)
  File "/usr/lib/sketch-0.6.15/Sketch/UI/skapp.py", line 184, in __init__
    geometry = geometry)
  File "/usr/lib/sketch-0.6.15/Sketch/UI/skapp.py", line 103, in __init__
    self.init_tk(screen_name, geometry)
  File "/usr/lib/sketch-0.6.15/Sketch/UI/skapp.py", line 213, in init_tk
    geometry = geometry)
  File "/usr/lib/sketch-0.6.15/Sketch/UI/skapp.py", line 108, in init_tk
    className = self.tk_class_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1569, in __init__
    self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className, interactive, wantobjects, useTk, sync, use)
TypeError: function takes at most 4 arguments (8 given)
(i386_chroot)gerhard@ubuntu:~$ dpkg -l *py* |grep ^ii
ii python 2.4.1-0ubuntu2 An interactive high-level object-oriented la
ii python-4suite- 0.99cvs2004100 Common files used by 4Suite packages
ii python-imaging 1.1.4-3ubuntu2 Python Imaging Library
ii python-minimal 2.4.1-0ubuntu2 A minimal subset of the Python language (def
ii python-tk 2.4.1-0ubuntu2 Tkinter - Writing Tk applications with Pytho
ii python2.3 2.3.5-2 An interactive high-level object-oriented la
ii python2.3-4sui 0.99cvs2004100 An open-source platform for XML and RDF proc
ii python2.3-dev 2.3.5-2 Header files and a static library for Python
ii python2.3-xml 0.8.4-1ubuntu1 XML tools for Python (2.3.x)
ii python2.4 2.4.1-0 An interactive high-level object-oriented la
ii python2.4-imag 1.1.4-3ubuntu2 Python Imaging Library
ii python2.4-mini 2.4.1-0 A minimal subset of the Python language (ver
ii python2.4-tk 2.4.1-0 Tkinter - Writing Tk applications with Pytho
ii xdpyinfo 7.0-1 X display information

regards

Gerhard

FYI: skencil from skencil.org works.

Am Dienstag 06 Dezember 2005 09:56 schrieb Daniel Holbach:
> Public bug report changed:
> https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/5347
>
> Task: ubuntu
> Status: New => Rejected
Just curious: Is this bug rejected, because it's an upstream issue?
Is there a way to get sketch/skencil to work in breezy?

Regards

Gerhard Gaußling

Starting back with the debian sarge package, I upload a new version to my web site, versioned to use python2.3. It looks to work mostly, although I didn't test it carefully.

Source code and i386 binary package available at http://www.tzone.org/~fabien/oss/sketch/

same problem still on dapper:

$> sketch

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/bin/sketch", line 34, in ?

    Sketch.main.main()

  File "/usr/lib/sketch-0.6.15/Sketch/Base/main.py", line 148, in main

    run_script = options.run_script)

  File "/usr/lib/sketch-0.6.15/Sketch/UI/skapp.py", line 184, in __init__

    geometry = geometry)

  File "/usr/lib/sketch-0.6.15/Sketch/UI/skapp.py", line 103, in __init__

    self.init_tk(screen_name, geometry)

  File "/usr/lib/sketch-0.6.15/Sketch/UI/skapp.py", line 213, in init_tk

    geometry = geometry)

  File "/usr/lib/sketch-0.6.15/Sketch/UI/skapp.py", line 108, in init_tk

    className = self.tk_class_name)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1569, in __init__

    self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className, interactive, wantobjects, useTk, sync, use)

TypeError: function takes at most 4 arguments (8 given)

Version 0.6.17 can run with Python 2.4.
Sketch was renamed to Skencil.

See http://www.skencil.org/

I tried to report this to ubuntu-users in April 2005,
but it seems my message was not accepted by the moderators
and never made it through.

There is a new debian package in testing and in backports.
It would be easy to build for ubuntu:

Get e.g. the following files (or newer) from Debian:
skencil_0.6.17-3.dsc
skencil_0.6.17-3.diff.gz
skencil_0.6.17.orig.tar.gz

dpkg-source -x skencil_0.6.17-3.dsc
cd in the directory and use
dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -rfakeroot

As of May 17, this bug still exists:

Sketch will not run. Looks like maybe the tkinter library interface
has changed.

$ sketch
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/sketch", line 34, in ?
    Sketch.main.main()
  File "/usr/lib/sketch-0.6.15/Sketch/Base/main.py", line 148, in main
    run_script = options.run_script)
  File "/usr/lib/sketch-0.6.15/Sketch/UI/skapp.py", line 184, in __init__
    geometry = geometry)
  File "/usr/lib/sketch-0.6.15/Sketch/UI/skapp.py", line 103, in __init__
    self.init_tk(screen_name, geometry)
  File "/usr/lib/sketch-0.6.15/Sketch/UI/skapp.py", line 213, in init_tk
    geometry = geometry)
  File "/usr/lib/sketch-0.6.15/Sketch/UI/skapp.py", line 108, in init_tk
    className = self.tk_class_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1569, in __init__
    self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className, interactive,
+wantobjects, useTk, sync, use)
TypeError: function takes at most 4 arguments (8 given)

Sketch runs fine for me in Edgy. Is this still an issue?

It looks like this is a problem with Tkinter.py. The self.tk instruction on line 1569 is sending 8 arguments (screenName, baseName, className, interactive, wantobjects, useTk, sync, and use) when tk expects only 4 arguments max.

Not sure what the fix is, but I bet this isn't a sketch issue alone.

I installed the python2.3-tk and checked the Tkinter.py file. the self.tk instruction is different:

python2.4-tk:
self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className, interactive, wantobjects, useTk, sync, use)

python2.3-tk:
self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className)

I wonder if there is some sort of mismatch in the backend. It looks like 2.4 added features, but perhaps the backend .so module doesn't match up. Just a guess.

Jim Jones

Sketch starts just fine on Edgy for me. Can this bug be closed?

As reported in a dupe to this one (bug #81388), this is still an issue on dapper (Long Time Support version).

So is this going to be fixed in Dapper which is Long Term Support after all?

On 1/25/07, Vassilis Pandis <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> ** Changed in: skencil (Ubuntu)
> Status: Fix Released => Unconfirmed
>
> --
> sketch does not start
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/5347
>

As this still affects Dapper, I don't think this bug should be rejected or closed. Dapper is under the Long Term Support auspices after all.

What's the solution to this one guys?

I just updated my Dapper install and sketch still does not work.

Jim, I reopened the bug. Please be patient - the open bugs currently are about 21K, and as you might imagine, the developers are much less.

I understand. I just wanted to voice concern that it was being closed. If
it is opened and unfixed, at least it is on the list to be fixed.

Thanks

Jim

Fixed in Feisty. Please don't reopen this task.

It doesn't matter if it is fixed in Feisty. It doesn't work in Dapper aka
Long Term Support and it hasn't worked in Dapper since its release. The fix
needs to be backported to Dapper as it is under 3 years of support updates
on the desktop.

On 3/17/07, William Grant <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Fixed in Feisty. Please don't reopen this task.
>
> ** Changed in: skencil (Ubuntu)
> Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released
>
> --
> sketch does not start
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/5347
>