[PyKDE] PyQt v3.2 on OS X

[Barron Snyder]

I tried running hello.py interactively with the -v flag in hopes that it 
would tell me something. It doesn't, but perhaps it's helpful to someone 
else?

[localhost:~/PythonProjects] barron% python -v
# /sw/lib/python2.2/site.pyc matches /sw/lib/python2.2/site.py
import site # precompiled from /sw/lib/python2.2/site.pyc
# /sw/lib/python2.2/os.pyc matches /sw/lib/python2.2/os.py
import os # precompiled from /sw/lib/python2.2/os.pyc
import posix # builtin
# /sw/lib/python2.2/posixpath.pyc matches /sw/lib/python2.2/posixpath.py
import posixpath # precompiled from /sw/lib/python2.2/posixpath.pyc
# /sw/lib/python2.2/stat.pyc matches /sw/lib/python2.2/stat.py
import stat # precompiled from /sw/lib/python2.2/stat.pyc
# /sw/lib/python2.2/UserDict.pyc matches /sw/lib/python2.2/UserDict.py
import UserDict # precompiled from /sw/lib/python2.2/UserDict.pyc
Python 2.2 (#1, Apr 17 2002, 16:11:12)
[GCC 2.95.2 19991024 (release)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
import readline # dynamically loaded from /sw/lib/python2.2/lib-
dynload/readline.so
 >>> import sys
 >>> from qt import *
# /sw/lib/python2.2/site-packages/qt.pyc matches 
/sw/lib/python2.2/site-packages/qt.py
import qt # precompiled from /sw/lib/python2.2/site-packages/qt.pyc
import libsip # dynamically loaded from /sw/lib/python2.2/site-
packages/libsip.so
import libqtc # dynamically loaded from /sw/lib/python2.2/site-
packages/libqtcmodule.so
 >>> app = QApplication(sys.argv)
Bus error

On Sunday, May 5, 2002, at 11:32 AM, Barron Snyder wrote:
> ...
> I tried to run the simple "hello world" example from Boudewijn Rempt's 
> book "GUI Programming with Python Using the Qt Toolkit" (p 83):
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> import sys
> from qt import *
>
> app = QApplication(sys.argv)
> button = QPushButton("Hello World", None)
> app.setMainWidget(button)
> button.show()
> app.exec_loop()
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> However, I receive a "bus error". I get the same error when I try to 
> run programs from the PyQt examples directory:
>
> [localhost:~/PythonProjects] barron% python hello.py
> Bus error
>
> [localhost:/Applications/pyqt-3.2/examples] barron% python 
> addressbook.py
> Bus error
>
> What does "Bus error" mean in this context?