Flumotion does not start: AttributeError: 'EPollReactor' object has no attribute 'listenWith'

[Šarūnas Burdulis]

Flumotion does not start on fresh install of Ubuntu 13.04 amd64 Server.

# cat /var/log/flumotion/service.log
INFO [ 1013] servicer Jul 13 11:43:22 Starting manager default (flumotion/service/service.py:409)
INFO [ 1013] servicer Jul 13 11:43:22 Loading planet /etc/flumotion/managers/default/planet.xml (flumotion/service/service.py:421)
INFO [ 1013] servicer Jul 13 11:43:22 Started manager default with pid 1020 (flumotion/service/service.py:457)
INFO [ 1048] servicer Jul 13 11:43:22 Starting worker default (flumotion/service/service.py:474)
INFO [ 1048] servicer Jul 13 11:43:22 Loading worker /etc/flumotion/workers/default.xml (flumotion/service/service.py:498)
INFO [ 1050] jelly Jul 13 11:43:23 GnomeVFS registered (flumotion/common/vfsgnome.py:122)
INFO [ 1050] jelly Jul 13 11:43:23 GIO registered (flumotion/common/vfsgio.py:137)
INFO [ 1050] jelly Jul 13 11:43:23 VFS registered (flumotion/common/vfs.py:92)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/flumotion-worker", line 43, in <module>
    boot.boot(PROGRAM_PATH, gtk=False, gst=False, installReactor=False)
  File "/usr/lib/flumotion/python/flumotion/common/boot.py", line 305, in boot
    sys.exit(wrapped(sys.argv))
  File "/usr/lib/flumotion/python/flumotion/worker/main.py", line 229, in main
    if not brain.listen():
  File "/usr/lib/flumotion/python/flumotion/worker/worker.py", line 143, in listen
    self.feedServer = self._makeFeedServer()
  File "/usr/lib/flumotion/python/flumotion/worker/worker.py", line 176, in _makeFeedServer
    return feedserver.FeedServer(self, ProxyBouncer(self), port)
  File "/usr/lib/flumotion/python/flumotion/worker/feedserver.py", line 51, in __init__
    self.listen(bouncer, portNum)
  File "/usr/lib/flumotion/python/flumotion/worker/feedserver.py", line 64, in listen
    tport = reactor.listenWith(fdserver.PassableServerPort, portNum,
AttributeError: 'EPollReactor' object has no attribute 'listenWith'
WARN [ 1048] servicer Jul 13 11:43:23 worker default could not start (return value 1) (flumotion/service/service.py:518)

# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 13.04
Release: 13.04

# apt-cache policy flumotion
flumotion:
  Installed: 0.10.0-3
  Candidate: 0.10.0-3
  Version table:
 *** 0.10.0-3 0
        500 http://euler/ubuntu.thayer.dartmouth.edu/ raring/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Michael Heath (devildoggodlived)]

I ugraded to 13.04 and because of this bug, I had to move back to "Release 12.10 (quantal) 64-bit" on my on-demand video server.
I found this problem right when 13.04 was released!
I just now found this bug, and tested this again -- the log produced by running "cat /var/log/flumotion/service.log" was identical to what is reported above!!!!
..............
--> This software is very simple to use and configure -- however, it is very sophisticated in the video formats and methods it implements to the end user! It was refeshing in how easy it was to inplement of on-demand streaming or a web cam!
-- > please bump this up in priority -- Importance: "Undecided" is not good enough!!
..............
If I can help to debug this please advise on what you need.... Thanks.

[Michael Heath (devildoggodlived)]

new Flumotion ticket --> https://code.flumotion.com/trac/ticket/1561

[Moses Moore (moses-mozai)]

May be a disconnect between the flumotion.worker.feedsesrver code and twisted python.

`AttributeError: 'EPollReactor' object has no attribute 'listenWith'`
`tport = reactor.listenWith(...`
`from twisted.internet import reactor`
`python -c 'from twisted.internet import reactor; print repr(dir(reactor))'`
... I see 'listenMulticast', 'listenSSL', 'listenTCP', 'listenUDP', 'listenUNIX', 'listenUNIXDatagram', but no 'listenWith'.

Reading http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/367 , it seems the 'listenWith()' method was asked to be removed ten years ago, and was actually deprecated four years ago.

[Michael Heath (devildoggodlived)]

Just an FYI --> Tested on Ubuntu 13.10: same error.

[Paweł Szubert (9-pqwel-0)]

Just for confirmation: Ubuntu 13.10, package for precise (latest stable), same error.

[Patrick Steiner (patrick-helmsdeep)]

Latest version of Ubuntu 13.10 also crashes. It look like the listenWith method is not available with python-twisted anymore.

[elbixente (vinlam)]

Latest version Ubuntu 14.04 also have the same problem.

[Kenji Noguchi (knoguchi)]

There is a patch proposed at the upstream. I applied it, and worked nicely.
http://lists.fluendo.com/pipermail/flumotion-devel/2014-January/000698.html

[Michael Heath (devildoggodlived)]

I tested the above patch on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS--

a) I used the "Ubuntu Software Center" to install the Flumotion.
b) When I tried to setup a ondemand stream, it failed as documented in this bug. (e.g. start a new manager and connect to it)
c) then I applied the patch at http://lists.fluendo.com/pipermail/flumotion-devel/2014-January/000698.html
d) Now, I can:
--> Start a new manager and connect to it
--> I click the connect button, and get to the flumotion configuration assistant, click forward
--> select the create ondemand stream radio button, click forward
--> fill out my usual settings on the ondemand stream dialog, click forward, click finish

The porter-http component starts no problem with a smiley face.

The http-server-ondemand component fails with a sad face with a tear. (haha!)

Here is the error
--------------------------
The component could not be started.
Posted on Sat 06 Dec 2014 09:43:08 PM EST.
Debug information:
failure flumotion.common.errors.ComponentCreateError: module flumotion.component.misc.httpserver.httpserver could not be imported (exception ImportError at flumotion/common/package.py:54: import_module(): cannot import name md5)

So close, but no cigar!
Thanks.
(Note: if anyone can help with that one I would be grateful, and I can move from Ubuntu 12.04 to the latest!!!)

[Thomas Vander Stichele (thomasvs)]

For that last error, it says it's unable to import md5.

Check if that module is missing. I vaguely recall it may have moved or
been deprecated, so depending on your python version that could be an issue.

T

On 12/06/2014 09:48 PM, Michael Heath wrote:
> I tested the above patch on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS--
>
> a) I used the "Ubuntu Software Center" to install the Flumotion.
> b) When I tried to setup a ondemand stream, it failed as documented in this bug. (e.g. start a new manager and connect to it)
> c) then I applied the patch at http://lists.fluendo.com/pipermail/flumotion-devel/2014-January/000698.html
> d) Now, I can:
> --> Start a new manager and connect to it
> --> I click the connect button, and get to the flumotion configuration assistant, click forward
> --> select the create ondemand stream radio button, click forward
> --> fill out my usual settings on the ondemand stream dialog, click forward, click finish
>
> The porter-http component starts no problem with a smiley face.
>
> The http-server-ondemand component fails with a sad face with a tear.
> (haha!)
>
> Here is the error
> --------------------------
> The component could not be started.
> Posted on Sat 06 Dec 2014 09:43:08 PM EST.
> Debug information:
> failure flumotion.common.errors.ComponentCreateError: module flumotion.component.misc.httpserver.httpserver could not be imported (exception ImportError at flumotion/common/package.py:54: import_module(): cannot import name md5)
>
> So close, but no cigar!
> Thanks.
> (Note: if anyone can help with that one I would be grateful, and I can move from Ubuntu 12.04 to the latest!!!)
>

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[Michael Heath (devildoggodlived)]

This workaround worked on 14.10! -- finally!!-->
http://www.serenux.com/2014/08/howto-install-flumotion-streaming-server-on-ubuntu-14-04/
(This update in the bug (e.g 2014-11-28) was so close - Thanks Thomas for trying to help.)

--> As this page states:
"This issue will be resolved once Flumotion is updated to no longer use the deprecated network-related functions in Twisted Python." -- OhYeah, sure: have been waiting for that since 13.04 - I think flumotion is deprecated, and open source now, and no one is updating the code found in the Ubuntu repositories :(

--> Warning: Ubuntu Software updater is broken after this however! -- So, as the page states: "I would recommend that you dedicate a PC to be used as your Flumotion server so you don’t have to install other applications or regularly have to perform updates."