Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] urllib2.urlopen fails in a forked daemon with a CoreFoundation error

2009-03-15 Thread Bill Janssen
You need to do an "exec" after doing a "fork". /usr/bin/python on OS X is a "framework build", and some (most?) of the OS X frameworks just don't work after doing a fork. You have to restart with an "exec". It's hard to say just what is using CF; I see you're importing some external packages ("j

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] How to use pythonw on Mac OS X

2009-03-15 Thread Zachary Pincus
Hi Samantha, You should probably direct your query to the creators of the software you purchased... they're the most likely to be able to get this working for you as soon as possible: http://www.paperpilots.com/pp_contact.html Zach On Mar 14, 2009, at 2:07 PM, Samantha Bess wrote: To

[Pythonmac-SIG] How to use pythonw on Mac OS X

2009-03-15 Thread Samantha Bess
To whom it may concern: I'm hoping you can help me. I recently purchased a screensaver called Paper Pilots. When I tried to install it, a message popped up that said, "This program needs access to the screen. Please run with 'pythonw',". Can anyone help me? I'm not sure what I need to do ne