On Jun 30, 3:43 pm, ts <thaisi...@gmail.com> wrote: > i just install the python 3.1 dmg onto my mac. when i run python3, it > fail with : > > Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: can't initialize sys standard > streamsLookupError: unknown encoding: > Abort trap > > couldnt understand the problem. anyone can help?
Any chance you could give us some feedback about your system? The Python devs are working to fix the problem: http://bugs.python.org/issue6393 but it would be really helpful to know: - what version of OS X you're using - what output you get when you type 'locale' at a Terminal prompt - what the International settings are in your Terminal preferences (Terminal preferences -> Settings -> Advanced tab): what's the setting for the character encoding, and do you have the 'Set LANG environment variable at startup' checkbox checked? I managed to reproduce the crash by starting python3 (again at a Terminal prompt) with: LANG=UTF-8 python3 So I suspect that your locale settings are part of the problem. As a temporary workaround, something like LANG=en_US.UTF-8 python3 might work. (Substitute whatever language setting is appropriate for you in place of en_US.) Thanks! Mark -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
