[Eric] Won't start - translation file error

Alex Mandel tech_dev at wildintellect.com
Fri Oct 31 19:56:52 GMT 2008


Alex Mandel wrote:
> Detlev Offenbach wrote:
>> On Freitag, 31. Oktober 2008, Alex Mandel wrote:
>>> Eric won't start for me, getting the following error, which I've noticed
>>> posts about many times in the past and no real answer.
>>>
>>> Warning: translation file 'qt_en_US'could not be loaded.
>>> Using default.
>>> Warning: translation file 'eric4_en_US'could not be loaded.
>>> Using default.
>>> Warning: translation file 'qscintilla_en_US'could not be loaded.
>>> Using default.
>>
>> That can be ignored. It is just telling you, that the translation for 
>> your locale is not available. In that case, eric4 will use the 
>> built-in default, which is some kind of English.
>>
>>> -Splash screen is hung on "Generating Main User Interface"
>>>
>>> I upgraded from ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 today and eric stopped working. So I
>>>   unistalled the version in the repos and tried installing 4.2.2a and
>>> the latest snapshot doing a complete remove including the .config/eric
>>> and .eric4 folder.
>>
>> Some version infos could help. What is going on, when eric hangs? Is 
>> CPU usage at 100% (-> endless loop)? You could try to debug it using 
>> print statements at various places in UserInterface.py.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Detlev
> 
> Looks like it hangs at(based on print statement debug)
> # Create the main window now so that we can connect QActions to it.
>         self.__createLayout(debugServer)
> in the UserInterface.py
> Yes CPU appears to be in an endless loop.
> 
> This is using the eric4-4.3-snapshot-20081019
> I have the dependencies listed on
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/eric
> Version Numbers:
>   Python 2.5.2
>   Qt 4.4.3
>   PyQt4 4.4.3
>   sip 4.7.7
>   QScintilla 2.2
>   eric4 4.3-snapshot-20081019 (r2598)
> 
> It was working with eric4.1.1
> based on theses dependancies
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/eric
> 
> It's possible there's a bug in one of the ubuntu packages and if I can 
> identify that I'll take the issue up with them.
> 
> Thanks,
> Alex
> 
Well good news, it's not eric.
Something is wrong with qt4 on ubuntu intrepid.

I'll post when I find the answer.

Thanks,
Alex


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