[Eric] The Debugger backend could not be started ?

[Detlev Offenbach]

On Sonntag, 20. März 2011, Jesse Meng wrote:
> I'm sure the FW dosen's block this ,
> the steps I did are ,
> 0. install Qt 4.7.1 for MinGW and QtCreator
> 1. install python 2.6.6
> 2. install pythonxy
> 3. uninstall pyqt 4.5.2
> 4. install pyqt 4.8.3
> 5. install eric
> 
> 
> 2011/3/19 Detlev Offenbach <detlev at die-offenbachs.de>
> 
> > On Samstag, 19. März 2011, Jesse Meng wrote:
> > > Hi,everyone,
> > > 
> > >     I want to learn python with this IDE , But it always shows that
> > >     "The
> > > 
> > > Debugger backend could not be started" , this makes me
> > 
> > confused,However,I'm
> > 
> > > just a beginner.
> > > 
> > >     What should I do ? anybody konws?
> > > 
> > > P.S.
> > > 
> > >     I use the latest pythonxy on XP os (I've update the PyQt to
> > 
> > 4.8.3),then
> > 
> > > I install the eric 4.4.12
> > 
> > On Windows this can happen, if the Windows Firewall is blocking the
> > communication between eric IDE and eric debugger backend. The solution is
> > to
> > allow this communication.
> > 
> > In order to investigate other possibilities you should explain your setup
> > and
> > the steps you did to install eric a little bit.
> > 
> > 
> > Detlev
> > --
> > Detlev Offenbach
> > detlev at die-offenbachs.de

Please get latest eric4 sources from the eric4 repository. I did an 
enhancement to the error reporting for your situation. Try to run eric from 
the checked out sources (after doing a 'python compileUiFiles.py' in the 
source directory) and check the given error message.

Regards,
Detlev
-- 
Detlev Offenbach
detlev at die-offenbachs.de