[PyKDE] Eric questions

[Phil Thompson]

On Sunday 11 April 2004 12:59 pm, jul wrote:
> Hi again,
> Well, concerning my v3.4 install problem, I've looked a bit further...
>
> I've found that the "PixmapCache.py" module calls the
> "QPixmap.fromMimeSource" function from the 'qt' module.
> The QPixmap class exists in my qt.py module, but doesn't have the
> 'fromMimeSource' attribute....
>
> The qt.py header indicates that the module was generated by SIP 3.10
> which seems to be recent enough...
> I don't understand why the file wasn't generated correctly.
> Hope it helps.
>
> Regards,
> ++
> Jul.
>
> jul wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have few questions about Eric3:
> >
> > 1) I've installed  the last eric3 version (3.4.1)  but the following
> > error is  raised on launch :
> > ================================================================
> > $ eric3
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "/usr/local/CDAT/lib/python2.3/site-packages/eric3/eric3.py",
> > line 147, in ?
> >     main()
> >   File "/usr/local/CDAT/lib/python2.3/site-packages/eric3/eric3.py",
> > line 132, in main
> >     mw = UserInterface(loc, splash)
> >   File
> > "/usr/local/CDAT/lib/python2.3/site-packages/UI/UserInterface.py",
> > line 138, in __init__
> >   File
> > "/usr/local/CDAT/lib/python2.3/site-packages/UI/PixmapCache.py", line
> > 44, in getPixmap
> >   File
> > "/usr/local/CDAT/lib/python2.3/site-packages/UI/PixmapCache.py", line
> > 32, in getPixmap
> > AttributeError: fromMimeSource
> > Mutex destroy failure: Device or resource busy
> > ================================================================
> > Actually, I use the following versions :
> >     - Python 2.3.3
> >     - QT 3.0.5
> >     - PyQT 3.11
> >     - QScintilla 1.2
> >     - SIP 3.10.1

It looks like Detlev has (accidentally?) added a dependency on Qt v3.1.

Upgrade Qt and re-build SIP and PyQt.

Phil