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Problems with py2app for i386
by Chris Van Bael Nov. 8, 2006

Nov. 8, 2006

Hi, I'm building an application on a PPC Mini in Python with PyGame. When I run "python setup.py py2app" I get a .app file made that runs on my (and other) PPC Macs. But it fails on Intel Macs. I presume these last lines I get have something to do with it: " /usr/bin/strip: for architecture i386 object: /Users/chrisvanbael/Childsplay/Sources/childsplay-0.84.1/dist/childsplay.app/Contents/MacOS/childsplay malformed object (unknown flavor for flavor number 0 in LC_UNIXTHREAD command 10 can't byte swap it) /usr/bin/strip: for architecture i386 object: /Users/chrisvanbael/Childsplay/Sources/childsplay-0.84.1/dist/childsplay.app/Contents/MacOS/python malformed object (unknown flavor for flavor number 0 in LC_UNIXTHREAD command 13 can't byte swap it) stripping saved 11991384 bytes (12298552 / 24289936) " Any ideas where my problem is; is it in my code or a problem of py2app or the strip application? Do I need to use the no-strip option or prefer-ppc for a universal binary? Thanks for any help. Chris

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Problems with universal Python 2.4.3's distutils
by Anand Patil Nov. 5, 2006

Nov. 5, 2006

Hi all, I'm running Universal Python 2.4.3 on my Powerbook G4 under OS X 10.4.8. I'm trying to install a package called mpi4py (MPI for Python), and Universal Python's distutils seem to be causing some trouble. It looks like the -arch i386 argument is confusing the linker somehow because my computer is a PPC. Also, I'm not sure what the library rt is, but there doesn't seem to be such a thing on my computer (though I've installed the latest version of Xcode). Does anyone know how I can resolve this? Sorry if this is OT, I didn't know where else to post. Thanks for any advice, Anand Patil Anand-Patils-Computer:~/Desktop/mpi4py-0.4.0rc1 anand$ python setup.py build --mpi=mpich2 running build running build_py running build_ext MPI configuration: from section 'mpich2' in file/s 'mpi.cfg' MPI C compiler: /usr/local/mpich2/bin/mpicc MPI C++ compiler: /usr/local/mpich2/bin/mpicxx building 'mpi4py.libmpi' extension /usr/local/mpich2/bin/mpicc -arch ppc -arch i386 -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -fno-strict-aliasing -Wno-long-double -no-cpp-precomp -mno-fused-madd -fno-common -dynamic -DNDEBUG -O3 -I/usr/local/mpich2/include -I/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/include/python2.4 -c mpi/ext/libmpi.c -o build/temp.macosx-10.4-fat-2.4/mpi/ext/libmpi.o /usr/local/mpich2/bin/mpicc -arch ppc -arch i386 -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -g -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup build/temp.macosx-10.4-fat-2.4/mpi/ext/libmpi.o -L/usr/local/mpich2/lib -L/usr/local/mpich2 -lmpich -lrt -o build/lib.macosx-10.4-fat-2.4/mpi4py/libmpi.so /usr/bin/ld: for architecture i386 /usr/bin/ld: warning /usr/local/mpich2/lib/libmpich.dylib cputype (18, architecture ppc) does not match cputype (7) for specified -arch flag: i386 (file not loaded) /usr/bin/ld: can't locate file for: -lrt collect2: ld returned 1 exit status /usr/bin/ld: for architecture ppc /usr/bin/ld: can't locate file for: -lrt collect2: ld returned 1 exit status lipo: can't open input file: /var/tmp//ccFhLQNI.out (No such file or directory) error: command '/usr/local/mpich2/bin/mpicc' failed with exit status 1

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IDLE and MacPython 2.5
by Rodney Somerstein Nov. 2, 2006

Nov. 2, 2006

I downloaded Python 2.5 yesterday and am having a problem with the included IDLE. If I launch IDLE by double-clicking, it shows up in the task bar, then immediately goes away. I see no windows, menus, etc. for the program. If I type IDLE at the command line, IDLE 1.2 launches with no problem. The icon in the task bar appears to be Python Launcher in that case, not IDLE. If I launch the IDLE.app from MacPython 2.4 by double-clicking, it launches IDLE 1.1.3 with no problems. Does anyone have any suggestions? Is IDLE.app broken under MacPython 2.5? While I can launch it from terminal, it is definitely more convenient to just double-click. I am using IDLE because I have been working my way through the O'Reilly Learning Python book at a glacial pace over the last year or more and it is nice to have a simple Python-aware interactive editor. -Rodney -- Rodney Somerstein Always remember that you are unique... rodneys(a)io.com just like everyone else.

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Another tcl/tk problem with python--PIL this time
by Russell E. Owen Oct. 31, 2006

Oct. 31, 2006

You'll recall that I reported crashes with the macpython.org matplotlib package. This turned out to be because I was using my own Tcl/Tk (a good version instead of the version installed with 10.4). It turns out PIL has a similar but more subtle problem. It works for me, but if I use py2app to bundle an application that uses PIL, it fails one some users machines. Building a new PIL locally fixes the problem, of course. This is another plea for the _tkinter.so that comes with the standard macpython to be set up to look for a Tcl/Tk first in /Library/Frameworks, then in /System/Library/Frameworks. I think the packages would have just worked fine with that change (though i've not ripped out my Tcl/Tk to prove that). The current situation is nasty: - Any serious Tcl/Tk/Tkinter user will install a better version of Tcl/Tk on MacOS X. - MacPython needs a simple modification to support it: <http://www.astro.washington.edu/rowen/PythonOnMacOSX.html> - But this modification breaks matplotlib and PIL, and perhaps any python package installed with a binary installer built on an unmodified MacPython. Ouch. I know there is talk of including a Tcl/Tk with Python like Windows does. I hope we don't do that because, based on my experience with Tcl/Tk on Mac, unix and Windows, the Windows solution is the worst of the lot: - It makes upgrading tcl/tk harder. Serious users of Tcl/Tk want this to get useful bug fixes (no package that large is perfect). - It makes installing tcl/tk additions harder (for example I use the snack sound library). On Windows it's not easy to figure out where to put these extensions, nor is it easy to test them! Modifying _tkinter.so is trivial and it does the job. If it was part of the standard MacPython distro then the problem with broken extensions would probably be solved. If proof of that assertion would tip the balance, I'm willing to do more leg work on it. -- Russell

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Opening Tkinter X11 windows in remote displays
by Jose Hales-Garcia Oct. 31, 2006

Oct. 31, 2006

Sorry if this has been asked already. We're trying to get the Python Tkinter's widgets to appear remotely on an X11 server. So far we're only able to open widgets on the local console. Trying to get them to appear remotely results in the error message... kCGErrorRangeCheck : Window Server communications from outside of session allowed for root and console user only INIT_Processeses(), could not establish the default connection to the WindowServer.Abort This is a problem with the Apple version of Python (v2.3.5) and the latest pre-compiled universal Python (v2.5). We're running Mac OS X 10.4.8 on both client and server. I've double checked the settings. In SSH we have X11Forwarding turned on. The .Xauthority file contains the correct host information. I've set the DISPLAY variable correctly. I am able to open X11 windows on the remote server. For instance, the R statistics package can open windows remotely. Thank you for your time, Jose

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psyco
by Bill Dozier Oct. 30, 2006

Oct. 30, 2006

I had hopes, when reading this post, that setting -mstackrealign would magically make psyco work on MacIntel. No such luck. I still got a seg fault. Rats. -- "I can sum that up in one word: youneverknow." -- Joaquin Andujar Bill Dozier wddozier(a)mac.com

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py2app problems
by thor Oct. 30, 2006

Oct. 30, 2006

Hi list I'm trying to build an app with py2app. The project is using pygame and pyOpenGL and all that is imported in the main file. I'm on PowerBook, OS X 10.4.6 I try to build the setupfile with py2applet as recommended but I get this: thm21-mac-pb:~/Desktop/opengl thm21$ py2applet --make-setup myApp.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/py2applet", line 2, in ? from py2app.scripts.script_py2applet import main ImportError: No module named scripts.script_py2applet thm21-mac-pb:~/Desktop/opengl thm21$ Ok. so I copy a py2app setup file from the pygame example folder of py2app and make this: from setuptools import setup setup( app=["myApp.py"], setup_requires=["py2app"], ) Run this in the command line: python setup.py py2app But after a while I get the following message: (myApp.app is now 8.6 MB) stripping SDL stripping SDL_mixer stripping _File.so stripping zlib.so /usr/bin/strip: for architecture i386 object: /Users/thm21/Desktop/ opengl/dist/myApp.app/Contents/MacOS/stripped malformed object (unknown flavor for flavor number 0 in LC_UNIXTHREAD command 10 can't byte swap it) stripping saved 4548552 bytes (7711040 / 12259592) thm21-mac-pb:~/Desktop/opengl thm21$ Could someone tell me how to proceed? Thanks thor

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is there a pyobjc installer compatible with python 2.5?
by Samantha Atkins Oct. 29, 2006

Oct. 29, 2006

The current installer refuses to install after a python 2.5 install. Is there a way around this? - samantha

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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] OmniOutliner Appscript
by has Oct. 27, 2006

Oct. 27, 2006

Tom Weir wrote: > Has anyone successfully used appscript with omnioutliner? I'm have > some problems with conduit setting domains. > > The following applescript snippet works, but I haven't (as you can > see below) found a similar way of doing things in appscript. > > set r to row 1 of document 1 > set the external id of conduit setting domain id > "com.geekwerks.foo" of r to "asdasd" Don't have OO Pro myself, but the AS equivalent should be something like: r = app('OmniOutliner Professional').documents[1].rows[1] r.conduit_setting_domains.ID("com.geekwerks.foo").external_id.set ("asdasd") You might also want to grab a copy of ASTranslate from appscript.sourceforge.net - handy when you want to convert AS commands to their appscript equivalents. HTH has -- http://freespace.virgin.net/hamish.sanderson/ http://appscript.sourceforge.net http://rb-appscript.rubyforge.org

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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Saving a file???
by has Oct. 27, 2006

Oct. 27, 2006

Tom Weir wrote: > I'm trying to create and save a new OmniOutliner doc, but I'm > having some trouble trying to figure out what to pass as the _in > parameter. Any suggestions? A script snippet is below. import macfile newFile = macfile.File('/tmp/aNewFile') HTH has -- http://freespace.virgin.net/hamish.sanderson/ http://appscript.sourceforge.net http://rb-appscript.rubyforge.org

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