Sandwich Menu - Settings do not work (problem with SIP 4.19.4 & PyQt 5.9)

[rainer]

If I click in the sandwich menu on Settings then I see only a dialog reporting an issue. The following information will be shown:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/raphodo/rapid.py", line 2476, in doPreferencesAction
    dialog = PreferencesDialog(prefs=self.prefs, parent=self)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/raphodo/preferencedialog.py", line 780, in __init__
    self.restoreButton.clicked.connect(self.restoreDefaultsClicked)
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'clicked'

I did compile Rapid-Photo-Downloader 0.9.5b1.r1033 with Qt 5.10 beta on Arch Linux.

[rainer (r41n3r)]

Maybe related to this issue, if I click in the Photos or Videos section on the right side on the settings symbol and then Custom, I get the following issue dialog:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/raphodo/destinationdisplay.py", line 429, in doSubfolderCustom
    self.menuItemChosen(-1)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/raphodo/destinationdisplay.py", line 448, in menuItemChosen
    self.sample_rpd_file)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/raphodo/nameeditor.py", line 1011, in __init__
    self.helpButton.clicked.connect(self.helpButtonClicked)
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'clicked'

[Andreas Weigl (andreas-weigl)]

I have the same issue. I get an error when I try to edit the preferences:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/weigla/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/raphodo/rapid.py", line 2476, in doPreferencesAction
    dialog = PreferencesDialog(prefs=self.prefs, parent=self)
  File "/home/weigla/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/raphodo/preferencedialog.py", line 780, in __init__
    self.restoreButton.clicked.connect(self.restoreDefaultsClicked)
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'clicked'

I also can't download pictures/videos. I am stuck in the "Apply Job Code to Download" dialogue. I am on 0.9.4. It used to work with this version. I tried to download some pictures and the downloader crashed. I reinstalled and now I get this.

[Damon Lynch (dlynch3)]

@rainer, running a snapshot PyQt with a beta version of Qt 5.10 is not something I'd recommend unless you want things to break! To run with a supported version of PyQt, from a terminal run this as your regular user (not root):

python3 -m pip install -U --user PyQt5

That will download and install PyQt and Qt 5.9 for your user only, not the system. You'll need to do that if you want to run Rapid Photo Downloader.

@Andreas, without a log file, it's pretty much impossible to diagnose your problem. However you should also first run the same command that I suggest to rainer.

[Damon Lynch (dlynch3)]

I forgot to add, if you still see the exception even after install PyQt5 as I suggest, then please open the bug again.

[Alexey Brodkin (alexey-brodkin)]

I'm seeing this issue as well and proposal with PyQt5 installed for user makes no sense for me,
see attached log.

I'm on 64-bit Fedora 24.

--------------------------->8-----------------------------
python3 -m pip install -U --user PyQt5
Requirement already up-to-date: PyQt5 in /home/abrodkin/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages
Requirement already up-to-date: sip<4.20,>=4.19.3 in /home/abrodkin/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages (from PyQt5)
--------------------------->8-----------------------------

[Damon Lynch (dlynch3)]

I suspect the problem has emerged with the very latest version of sip. I'll look into this some more. However, I still recommend not running a beta version of Qt in combo with PyQt!

[Alexey Brodkin (alexey-brodkin)]

Well, given I'm on quite ancient Fedora version Qt5 version shouldn't be very recent not to say beta.

[Damon Lynch (dlynch3)]

Run this:

python3 -m pip uninstall sip
python3 -m pip install --user sip==4.19.3

The problem is solved. It looks like PyQt 5.9 and sip 4.19.4 do not work well together, at least with the current Rapid Photo Downloader code

[Damon Lynch (dlynch3)]

The PyQt developer confirmed the bug was regression in sip. He has released a new version 4.19.5.