[Idle-dev] Re: IDLE-dev Digest, Vol 7, Issue 7

[tgrzybow]

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>   1. Segmentation Fault(s) on RH WS3 (tgrzybow)
>   2. Re: Segmentation Fault(s) on RH WS3 (Kurt B. Kaiser)
>   3. [ idlefork-Feature Requests-441575 ] Better Run Script
>      Interface (SourceForge.net)
>   4. Re: Setting argv in idle (Marilyn Davis)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 17:01:21 -0500
>From: tgrzybow <tgrzybow at rcn.com>
>Subject: [Idle-dev] Segmentation Fault(s) on RH WS3
>To: idle-dev at python.org
>Message-ID: <403683B1.5050303 at rcn.com>
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>Hi:
>
>I have installed python 2.3.3 from source on RH Professional Workstation 
>e3, and I am trying to get IDLE running. No matter what I do, I get a 
>segmentation fault. After trying a number of things, I have even gone so 
>far as to install tcl and tk from source as well - still the same 
>problem. Is there any way to debug this to determine how and where this 
>is happening so that I may correct it without shooting in the dark?
>
>Thanks much,
>
>Thomas Grzybowski
>Gestalt Biotec
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>Message: 2
>Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 17:02:23 -0500
>From: kbk at shore.net (Kurt B. Kaiser)
>Subject: Re: [Idle-dev] Segmentation Fault(s) on RH WS3
>To: tgrzybow <tgrzybow at rcn.com>
>Cc: idle-dev at python.org
>Message-ID: <87k72hmmts.fsf at hydra.localdomain>
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>tgrzybow <tgrzybow at rcn.com> writes:
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>  
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>>I have installed python 2.3.3 from source on RH Professional
>>Workstation e3, 
>>    
>>
>
>The Fedora binary rpm doesn't work?  What about the .src.rpm?
>
>  
>
>>and I am trying to get IDLE running. No matter what I do, I get a
>>segmentation fault. After trying a number of things, I have even
>>gone so far as to install tcl and tk from source as well - still the
>>same problem. Is there any way to debug this to determine how and
>>where this is happening so that I may correct it without shooting in
>>the dark?
>>    
>>
>
>I'm assuming that this only happens when you try to start IDLE, and that
>python itself is working OK.  Please confirm you are actually running
>Python 2.3.3 and RH hasn't found some older version.
>
>
>First thing I would try is to start IDLE with
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>python [path to Python tree]/Lib/idlelib/idle.py -n
>
>which will start it without the subprocess.  That should at least
>confirm that your Tcl/Tk installation is OK.
>
>Please copy/paste full error messages here and we can go from there.
>
>  
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Hi:

I must have goofed myself up earlier. I have reinstalled RH Workstation 
e3, recompiled and reinstalled tcl, tk, and python 2.3, and now can 
successfully bring up IDLE 1.0.

Thanks for the offer of help!

Thanks,

Thomas Grzybowski