[Pythonmac-SIG] Re: "Bad marshal data" on startup...

[tracy s. ruggles]

Well, I just trashed the Python preferences folder in the system folder,
reinstalled and everything is fine.  Does anybody know what happened?

--t

on 7/4/01 3:38 PM, tracy s. ruggles at trace@reinventnow.com wrote:

> Hi, I'm Python-less right now and my life seems so totally meaningless!  :-)
> 
> My Python IDE won't start-up for either 2.0 or 2.1.  I even tried
> re-installing 2.1 to clean up the installation.  But, every time, I get this
> traceback:
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "theGarden:Python 2.0:Mac:Tools:IDE:PythonIDE.py", line 41, in ?
>   import PythonIDEMain
> File "theGarden:Python 2.0:Mac:Tools:IDE:PythonIDEMain.py", line 254, in ?
>   PythonIDE()
> File "theGarden:Python 2.0:Mac:Tools:IDE:PythonIDEMain.py", line 16, in
> __init__
>   Wapplication.Application.__init__(self, 'Pide')
> File "theGarden:Python 2.0:Mac:Tools:IDE:Wapplication.py", line 18, in
> __init__
>   FrameWork.Application.__init__(self)
> File "thegarden:python 2.0:mac:lib:FrameWork.py", line 105, in __init__
>   self.makemenubar()
> File "theGarden:Python 2.0:Mac:Tools:IDE:Wapplication.py", line 247, in
> makemenubar
>   self.makeusermenus()
> File "theGarden:Python 2.0:Mac:Tools:IDE:PythonIDEMain.py", line 101, in
> makeusermenus
>   prefs = self.getprefs()
> File "theGarden:Python 2.0:Mac:Tools:IDE:Wapplication.py", line 377, in
> getprefs
>   return MacPrefs.GetPrefs(self.preffilepath)
> File "theGarden:Python 2.0:Mac:Tools:IDE:MacPrefs.py", line 106, in GetPrefs
>   preffile = PrefFile(path, creator)
> File "theGarden:Python 2.0:Mac:Tools:IDE:MacPrefs.py", line 53, in __init__
>   prefdict = marshal.load(open(self.__path, 'rb'))
> ValueError: bad marshal data
> 
> ..
> 
> The interpreter will start-up fine, but I've become so dependent on the IDE
> that I can't imagine working with just the interpreter anymore.  Has this
> happened to anyone else and how do I get the IDE back?!?
> 
> Thanks,
> Tracy
> 
> 
> --
> Tracy S. Ruggles :: trace@reinventnow.com :: 512/858.2280
> 
> "RHUBARB. / Rhubarb is susan not susan not seat in bunch toys not wild and
> laughable not in little places not in neglect and vegetable not in fold coal
> age not please." -- Gertrude Stein
> 

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Tracy S. Ruggles :: trace@reinventnow.com :: 512/858.2280

"RHUBARB. / Rhubarb is susan not susan not seat in bunch toys not wild and
laughable not in little places not in neglect and vegetable not in fold coal
age not please." -- Gertrude Stein