GUI(eclipse+pydev/SPE) freeze when doing python auto-completion under Linux

[Fabio Zadrozny]

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Wei, Xiaohai<wistoch at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> where is the error log? I can not find it at /var/log

Take a look at http://pydev.sourceforge.net/faq.html#how_do_i_report_a_bug
(it gives the details on how to find the needed info).

> I have a virtual network card to bridge kvm virtual machine. will it cause
> problem?

Not sure... What I know is that pydev creates a shell and connects to
it through 127.0.0.1, so, if that fails, that could be a problem.

> as you said configuration of interpretor, how should I configure the
> interpretor?

Please follow the getting started tutorial for that:
http://fabioz.com/pydev/manual_101_root.html

Cheers,

Fabio

>
> Thanks
>
> James
>
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Fabio Zadrozny <fabiofz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > yes, the same problem even on an empty program. every file has the same
>> > problem.
>> >
>> > for example, if I new a file and input the following:
>> > import os
>> > os.
>> > after I input '.', it will pop up the window, and i can select the
>> > function
>> > of os module or continue input. but after that, no action can be taken
>> > for
>> > this file unless I switch to other files and then switch back.
>>
>> If it's in pydev, there's probably some problem in your interpreter
>> configuration (when you do os. it'll spawn a shell to gather the
>> completions -- but that should be pretty quick unless you have some
>> firewall that's preventing the communication or the spawn didn't go
>> well -- check your error log to see if you have any errors... In linux
>> I've seen some problems when connecting to 127.0.0.1 while having ipv6
>> enabled or in a network card misconfiguration that could cause
>> problems too).
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Fabio
>>
>>
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Tyler Laing <trinioler at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Do you experience the same problem even on an empty program file or is
>> >> it
>> >> limited to just one file?
>> >>
>> >> -Tyler
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Wei, James <wistoch at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> On Jun 18, 10:45 am, "Wei, James" <wist... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> > When I am editing python program with SPE, I found that SPE will
>> >>> > freeze when it is doing auto-completion. The behavior is very
>> >>> > strange
>> >>> > that I can not edit the file again. If I switch to another file and
>> >>> > then switch back, I can edit it again.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > So I switch to eclipse+pydev, but I found the same thing happen. So
>> >>> > I
>> >>> > think it is not the problem of SPE or eclipse or pydev.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > If I disable auto-completion function in SPE or Eclipse+PyDev, it
>> >>> > will
>> >>> > not freeze any longer.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Anybody can give me some hints?
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I am using Ubuntu 8.10 and updated to latest. All packages is
>> >>> > installed through package manager.
>> >>>
>> >>> the only thing I googled related with it is
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> http://www.nabble.com/-pydev---Users--jython-2.5b1-Froze-eclipse-on-autocomplete-td21394274.html
>> >>>
>> >>> but I think they are different.
>> >>>
>> >>> --
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Best wishes to you.
>> >
>> > Yours sincerely
>> >
>> > Xiaohai Wei
>> > wistoch at ustc.edu
>> >
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>> >
>> >
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> Best wishes to you.
>
> Yours sincerely
>
> Xiaohai Wei
> wistoch at ustc.edu
>