On 09/07/2010 11:34, Johan Lans wrote:
> Hi
> I just updated my gentoo system for the first time in a while. Before,
> freevo was running fine, now it won't start at all. The log says:
>
>
> ================================================================================
> Freevo 1.7.6.1 r10340 started at Sat Jul 10 00:21:52 2010
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 2010-07-10 00:21:52,991 INFO config.py (481):
> logdir: /var/log /var/log/freevo
> 2010-07-10 00:21:52,991 INFO config.py (482):
> staticdir: /var/lib /var/lib/freevo
> 2010-07-10 00:21:52,992 INFO config.py (483):
> cachedir: /var/cache /var/cache/freevo
> 2010-07-10 00:21:53,033 INFO config.py (502): Loading freevo
> configuration file "/home/hadoque/.freevo/freevo.conf"
> 2010-07-10 00:21:53,172 INFO config.py (589): Loading local
> configuration file "/etc/freevo/local_conf.py"
> Error: VIDEO_SHOW_DATA_DIR not found
> ROM_DRIVES: Auto-detected and added "('/mnt/dvd', '/dev/hdc', 'DVD-1')"
> 2010-07-10 00:21:53,215 INFO config.py (987):
> overlaydir: /var/cache/freevo/vfs
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/freevo/main.py", line 106, in
> <module>
> import menu # The menu widget class
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/freevo/menu.py", line 37, in
> <module>
> import skin
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/freevo/skin/__init__.py", line
> 134, in<module>
> get_singleton()
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/freevo/skin/__init__.py", line
> 77, in get_singleton
> ' as skinimpl')
> File "<string>", line 1, in<module>
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/freevo/skins/main/main.py",
> line 40, in<module>
> from area import Skin_Area
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/freevo/skins/main/area.py",
> line 60, in<module>
> from skin_utils import *
> File
> "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/freevo/skins/main/skin_utils.py", line
> 41, in<module>
> osd = osd.get_singleton()
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/freevo/osd.py", line 122, in
> get_singleton
> _singleton = OSD()
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/freevo/osd.py", line 397, in
> __init__
> 'misc/freevo_app.png')).convert()
> pygame.error: File is not a Windows BMP file
>
> The only significant error i can see is the last pygame error. Does
> anyone know what this comes from and if this could be the cause of
> freevo not starting?
>
> /Johan
From a quick google that might be caused by a corrupt / incomplete
freevo install. Can you reinstall from packages or try installing from
source? The freevo-1.x branch is stable,
http://doc.freevo.org/SourceSVNInstallation
John
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