Thanks for persisting with this issue...I've found something on a virtual
install of Natty that may be what you're seeing. Some missed dependency.
More later...
On 03/08/2011 08:23 AM, Mark Cahill wrote:
> The exact traceback is as follows:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/willowng-config", line 212, in<module>
> foo = MainWindow()
> File "/usr/bin/willowng-config", line 71, in __init__
> os.execvp('willowng-config', ())
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/os.py", line 344, in execvp
> _execvpe(file, args)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/os.py", line 380, in _execvpe
> func(fullname, *argrest)
> ValueError: execv() arg 2 must not be empty
>
> line 71 of /usr/bin/willowng-config reads:
> os.execvp('willowng-config', ())
>
> Per the Python documentation for the os module:
> "The various exec*() functions take a list of arguments for the new program
> loaded into the process. In each case, the first of these arguments is passed
> to the new program as its own name rather than as an argument a user may have
> typed on a command line. For the C programmer, this is the argv[0] passed to
> a program’s main(). For example, os.execv('/bin/echo', ['foo', 'bar']) will
> only print bar on standard output; foo will seem to be ignored."
>
> Changing line 71 of /usr/bin/willowng-config to the following allows it to
> continue:
> os.execvp('willowng-config', ['willowng-config'])
>
> This places us in the original state which caused this ticket to be
> opened, that is,
>
> "If I click on System/Administration/Content filter I get a message
> saying the following "Content filter not running! Start content
> filter?". I then click on yes (to start the filter). Then the message
> re-appears and unfortunately WillowNG will not start."
>
> Clicking no causes the following traceback:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/willowng-config", line 200, in on_mainwindow_destroy
> gtk.main_quit()
> RuntimeError: called outside of a mainloop
>
> Also, the process hangs until Ctrl-C is issued.
>
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[SOLVED] willowng will not start
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