twl doesn't start (D-Bus-Type Error)

Bug #480064 reported by M.T.
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The Widget Laboratory
Triaged
Low
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Bug Description

I installed twl and tried to run it. But it terminates with this message:

[quote start]
> mtw@telemachos:~$ /usr/local/bin/twl
> starting viewer process
> Could not connect to dbus server, retrying...
> starting viewer process
> ERROR:dbus.connection:Unable to set arguments (None,) according to
> signature u'v': <type 'exceptions.TypeError'>: Don't know how which
> D-Bus type to use to encode type "NoneType"
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/local/bin/twl", line 25, in <module>
> twl.main()
> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twl/main.py", line 526,
> in main
> win = TWL()
> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twl/main.py", line 124,
> in __init__
> self.Preview.set_metacity_theme(self.m_theme_name)
> File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 68, in
> __call__
> return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords)
> File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 140, in
> __call__
> **keywords)
> File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/connection.py", line 610, in
> call_blocking
> message.append(signature=signature, *args)
> TypeError: Don't know how which D-Bus type to use to encode type
> "NoneType"
[quote end]

What do I have to do in order to get it running?

I use Ubuntu Karmic Koala.

Tags: d-bus error
M.T. (morro1)
description: updated
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Isaiah Heyer (freshapplepy) wrote :

How did you install it?

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M.T. (morro1) wrote :

I downloaded the tar-gz-archive. Then I ran "setup.py".

By the way: When I tried to use the deb-package it didn't work. I don't know exactly why, but it's possible there was a problem with my Ubuntu.

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Isaiah Heyer (freshapplepy) wrote :

The problem with installing from setup.py instead of from a deb is that it won't install all the dependencies for you.
What was the error message when you tried to install from a deb? Were you using the karmic one and not the jaunty one?

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M.T. (morro1) wrote :

No, it was setup.py. May you tell me needed packages? It's not mentioned iin the readme, is it?

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Isaiah Heyer (freshapplepy) wrote :

python-gtk2
python-gnome2
python-metacity

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M.T. (morro1) wrote :

I have got all these packages installed but it doesn't work?!

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Isaiah Heyer (freshapplepy) wrote :

I do not know what the problem could be. I installed twl from the same archive you did in a fresh 9.10 install and it worked. There must be a problem with you system.

Changed in twl:
status: New → Triaged
Changed in twl:
importance: Undecided → Low
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