[PyKDE] pykde segfaults

[Gudjon I. Gudjonsson]

Þann Mánudagur 5. september 2005 21:52 skrifaði Jim Bublitz:
> On Monday 05 September 2005 12:14, Gudjon I. Gudjonsson wrote:
> > Þann Mánudagur 5. september 2005 20:54 skrifaði Jim Bublitz:
> > > On Monday 05 September 2005 11:29, Gudjon I. Gudjonsson wrote:
> > > > Hi
> > > >    I am using Debian unstable and kde 3.4.2. Pykde finishes with
> > > > segmentation fault when reaching the lines
> > > >        self.kDoubleNumInput1_4 =
> > > > KDoubleNumInput(self.groupBox4,"kDoubleNumInput1_4")
> > > > or if that is commented out then it stops (with segmentation fault)
> > > > at self.kComboBox2 = KComboBox(0,self.groupBox5,"kComboBox2")
> > > > I am using PyKDE-snapshot20050829.tar.gz. All example programs work
> > > > and both KComboBox and KDoubleNumInput are used there so I don't
> > > > understand why it crashes in my program.
> > >
> > > Could you please post an example program (short if possible) that
> > > exhibits this behavior. As you indicate, the classes involved seem to
> > > operate correctly in at least some circumstances, and I have no way of
> > > knowing under what circumstances PyKDE is failing.
> > >
> > > Jim
> >
> > Here is a program that gives a segmentation fault on my computer (the
> > line is marked in the code). There code does not make much sense but it
> > works if two lines are commented out. The full program worked some weeks
> > ago on debian but I don't remember what version that was.
> >    Do you want to get an strace output or some other information?
>
> You're using QApplication instead of KApplication. If you add:
>
>    from kdecore import KApplication
>
> and change
>
>    app = QApplication (sys.argv)
>
> to
>
>    app = KApplication (sys.argv,  "")
>
> it won't segfault (doesn't appear to display everything the way you
> probably intend - didn't troubleshoot that)
>
> You can look at .py files in the examples/ directory or templates/
> directory for other examples of instantiating KApplication.
>
> Jim
Thank you Jim
   This worked perfectly and saved me a lot of time. 

Sincerely
Gudjon