Description of problem: Miro will not start. It gives the Python traceback: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/miro.real", line 119, in <module> iface.HandleArgs(dbusargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 63, in __call__ return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 135, in __call__ **keywords) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 603, in call_blocking message, timeout) dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.AttributeError: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/service.py", line 655, in _message_cb retval = candidate_method(self, *args, **keywords) File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/miro/onetime.py", line 125, in HandleArgs dbus.service.Object.__init__(self, bus_name, '/org/participatoryculture/dtv/OneTime') AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'widgetTree' This happens with an existing .miro directory as well as without any pre-existing configuration. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Miro-0.9.9.9-1.fc8 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. run 'miro' from a terminal
I can't reproduce this on my F-8 machine, it starts just fine for me. I'm running i386, perhaps that might account for the difference. I'm planning to upgrade to 1.0 soon (bug #380811), I'll check to see if any python/d-bus related bugs have been fixed since 0.9.9.9
Unfortunately, I get the same error with Miro-1.0-1.fc8.
Okay, I dug around in the source a bit, trying to figure out what's going on. It turns out that I had a stale miro process running and Miro's "OneTime" class apparently has a bug in it. Killing the stale process fixed it.