Miro won't work with Python 2.7 update

Bug #689319 reported by Dean Loros
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miro (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: miro

Natty testing--Miro will not start after the Python 2.7 upgrade.

Terminal output:dean@linux:~/Desktop$ miro
/home/dean/.themes/Nuvola-Light-Blue-Gray/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:558: error: unexpected identifier `menue', expected character `:'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/miro.real", line 269, in <module>
    startapp()
  File "/usr/bin/miro.real", line 226, in startapp
    startup(props_to_set)
  File "/usr/bin/miro.real", line 166, in startup
    application = load_frontend(globals(), locals(), att)
  File "/usr/bin/miro.real", line 142, in load_frontend
    _temp = __import__(frontend, globals_, locals_, ['application'], -1)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/miro/plat/frontends/widgets/application.py", line 47, in <module>
    from miro.frontends.widgets.application import Application
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/miro/frontends/widgets/application.py", line 57, in <module>
    from miro.frontends.widgets import dialogs
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/miro/frontends/widgets/dialogs.py", line 42, in <module>
    from miro.frontends.widgets import style
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/miro/frontends/widgets/style.py", line 40, in <module>
    from miro.frontends.widgets import imagepool
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/miro/frontends/widgets/imagepool.py", line 42, in <module>
    from miro.plat.frontends.widgets import widgetset
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/miro/plat/frontends/widgets/widgetset.py", line 39, in <module>
    from miro.plat.frontends.widgets import webkitbrowser
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/miro/plat/frontends/widgets/webkitbrowser.py", line 58, in <module>
    class WebKitEmbed(webkit.WebView):
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'WebView'

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu natty (development branch)
Release: 11.04

apt-cache policy miro
miro:
  Installed: 3.0.3-1ubuntu3
  Candidate: 3.0.3-1ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 3.0.3-1ubuntu3 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0.3-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe amd64 Packages

uname -a
Linux linux 2.6.37-8-generic #21-Ubuntu SMP Sun Dec 5 17:56:47 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Tags: miro natty
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sojourner (itsmealso2) wrote :

exact same failure on my 64bit sys, up to date natty, upgraded from maverick .

Changed in miro (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Dean Loros (autocrosser) wrote :

I should add that my install is a "fresh" Natty install (from Alpha 1) & is also x86-64

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Doug McMahon (mc3man) wrote :
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Dean Loros (autocrosser) wrote :

Yes it is--I can confirm that removing /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/webkit removes the problem with Miro....so this bug needs to be linked to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pywebkitgtk/+bug/688732

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Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 688732, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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