[Eric] Eric crashes on linux

[Joe Pimentel]

Hi Alex,
Tks for the hint but I have not uim installed.

-- 
Joe Bertoli Pimentel
joe.b.pimentel at gmail.com

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Alex Mandel
<tech_dev at wildintellect.com> wrote:
> This may be related to the issue I had when upgrading, the culprit for
> me was uim-qt3.
>
> Alex
>
>> Regarding this problem I can confirm that, even having compiling
>> dependences from sources, eric4 versions back to 4.2.0 still crashes
>> with the same message.
>> eric4 version 4.1.6 works starts ok.
>> All versions downloaded from sourceforge site.
>> Anything else I can do to help with this problem?
>>
>> -- Joe Pimentel joe.b.pimentel at gmail.com On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 10:25 PM, Joe Pimentel <joe.b.pimentel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Hi Detlev,
>>> >
>>> > I changed the subject just to help future searchs on the list.
>>> >
>>> > I cannot simple remove packages because there is a lot of other packages
>>> > that depends on it (kdebluetooth, desktop-effects-kde, hplip-gui,
>>> > system-config-printer-kde,
>>> > kaffeine to name a few).
>>> >
>>> > So, I believe that I will have to try to recompile everything and
>>> > install over the packages.
>>> > But this is what I have done before, so ... I will do it again, jut to
>>> > be sure I done everything
>>> > as correct as possible...
>>> >
>>> > I want to do it because I really like eric4 and want to work with it.
>>> >
>>> > Tks for now. If I have some news about this I will post it here.
>>> >
>>> > Best Regards,
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Joe Bertoli Pimentel
>>> > joe.b.pimentel at gmail.com
>>> >
>>> >
>>>> >> Hi,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> did you uninstall the Ubuntu packages before you installed the self compiled
>>>> >> ones? If not, there could be some old libraries, that are picked up. After
>>>> >> upgrading sip and PyQt4, you must upgrade and/or recompile the QScintilla
>>>> >> Python bindings as well. Best would be to uninstall all these Ubuntu packages
>>>> >> and do an install from sources in the order given by the eric4 README file.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Regards,
>>>> >> Detlev
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Samstag, 6. Dezember 2008, Joe Pimentel wrote:
>>>> >> - Hide quoted text -
>>>>> >> > Well,
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > Initially I install de ubuntu package (eric, 4.1.1-1ubuntu1) but I am
>>>>> >> > studying some new features and need to have more up to date versions.
>>>>> >> > So I used to install eric from tar.gz's  from the site.
>>>>> >> > The other packages (pre-reqs) when possible I use to install from
>>>>> >> > ubuntu repositories.
>>>>> >> > Now I have decided to write an application that uses Qt (Qt Designer)
>>>>> >> > and to speed up the development I realized I would need Qt4
>>>>> >> > autocompletion.
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > I tryed to find the PyQt4.api everywhere on the system but had no success.
>>>>> >> > So, I decide (by reading lists over Internet) to install from the
>>>>> >> > PyQt4 from http://www.riverbankcomputing.com (and sip, as it is an
>>>>> >> > pre-req).
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > After compiling and installing both sip and PyQt4 I managed to start
>>>>> >> > eric, compile the api  and can observe that it works.
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > The next time I tryed to start eric4 the error behaviour starts.
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > I tryed to rollback the instalations by removing the files and
>>>>> >> > installing again the ubuntu packages for syp and pyqt4 but this seems
>>>>> >> > not to help.
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > Debugging eric4 I could figure out that the error occours at the
>>>>> >> > following line call:
>>>>> >> > file: SplashScreen.py
>>>>> >> > line: 39
>>>>> >> >         QApplication.processEvents()
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > Hope this helps
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> --
>>>> >> - Hide quoted text -
>>>> >> Detlev Offenbach
>>>> >> detlev at die-offenbachs.de
>>> >
>>> > Original problem:
>>> >
>>>>>> >> > > I am having a problem somewhat like that but I am using linux
>>>>>> >> > > (Kubuntu). Eric4 used to work well (4-4.3).
>>>>>> >> > > I was trying to use Qt API and the way I choose to solve that was to
>>>>>> >> > > install the latest SIP (4.7.9) and PyQt4 (4.4.4) in order to generate
>>>>>> >> > > the PyQt4.api.
>>>>>> >> > > After installed the above I start receiveing the following messages
>>>>>> >> > > after the splash:
>>>>>> >> > >
>>>>>> >> > > Warning: translation file 'eric4_pt_BR'could not be loaded.
>>>>>> >> > > Using default.
>>>>>> >> > > Warning: translation file 'qscintilla_pt_BR'could not be loaded.
>>>>>> >> > > Using default.
>>>>>> >> > > QVariant::load: unable to load type 36.
>>>>>> >> > > QVariant::load: unable to load type 36.
>>>>>> >> > > QVariant::load: unable to load type 36.
>>>>>> >> > > QVariant::load: unable to load type 36.
>>>>>> >> > > QVariant::load(QDataStream &s): type  unknown to QVariant.
>>>>>> >> > >
>>>>>> >> > > and eric  crashes (even had installed the
>>>>>> >> > > eric4-4.3-snapshot-20081130). The Qt version is 4.4.0
>>>>>> >> > >
>>>>>> >> > > It this problem related or I have to open another thread ? I am
>>>>>> >> > > running out of ideas to solve it.
>>>>>> >> > >
>>>>>> >> > > Tks in advance,
>>>>>> >> > >
>>>>>> >> > > --
>>>>>> >> > > Joe Bertoli Pimentel
>>>>>> >> > > joe.b.pimentel at gmail.com
>>>>>> >> > >
>>> >
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