Serpentine crashes while starting - xml.sax._exceptions.SAXParseException

[dr141]

Bug occured while trying to start Serpentine after upgrading from 8.04 to 8.10. Before it worked fine.

...:~$ serpentine
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/serpentine", line 114, in <module>
    from serpentine.common import SerpentineError
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/serpentine/__init__.py", line 40, in <module>
    from serpentine.mastering import GtkMusicList, MusicListGateway
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/serpentine/mastering.py", line 39, in <module>
    from serpentine import xspf
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/serpentine/xspf.py", line 27, in <module>
    from serpentine.compatxml import parseUri, Evaluate
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/serpentine/compatxml.py", line 5, in <module>
    from Ft.Xml.Domlette import NonvalidatingReader
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Ft/Xml/Domlette.py", line 29, in <module>
    from Ft.Xml import InputSource
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Ft/Xml/InputSource.py", line 355, in <module>
    DefaultFactory = InputSourceFactory(catalog=GetDefaultCatalog())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Ft/Xml/Catalog.py", line 579, in GetDefaultCatalog
    catalog = Catalog(uri, quiet)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Ft/Xml/Catalog.py", line 95, in __init__
    self._parseXmlCat(data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Ft/Xml/Catalog.py", line 377, in _parseXmlCat
    p.parse(source)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Ft/Xml/Catalog.py", line 476, in startElementNS
    delegate = Catalog(catalog, self.quiet)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Ft/Xml/Catalog.py", line 95, in __init__
    self._parseXmlCat(data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Ft/Xml/Catalog.py", line 377, in _parseXmlCat
    p.parse(source)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Ft/Xml/Catalog.py", line 476, in startElementNS
    delegate = Catalog(catalog, self.quiet)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Ft/Xml/Catalog.py", line 95, in __init__
    self._parseXmlCat(data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Ft/Xml/Catalog.py", line 377, in _parseXmlCat
    p.parse(source)
xml.sax._exceptions.SAXParseException: file:///usr/share/xml/gnustep/gsdoc-1_0_0.dtd:41:0: syntax error

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

If there's a syntax error in /usr/share/xml/gnustep/gsdoc-1_0_0.dtd, then I guess that's a gnustep-base bug.

[Kevin W. (eyecreate)]

I'm getting the same thing on my Intrepid setup. Is there a patch yet?

[dr141 (dixmartin)]

I don't know. I'm using K3B right now.

Kevin W. wrote:
> I'm getting the same thing on my Intrepid setup. Is there a patch yet?
>

[amimou (chelfim)]

I commented out the following two lines in /etc/xml/catalog

<!-- delegatePublic publicIdStartString="-//GNUstep//DTD gsdoc" catalog="file:///etc/xml/gnustep-base-common.xml"/-->
<!-- delegatePublic publicIdStartString="-//GNUstep//DTD plist" catalog="file:///etc/xml/gnustep-base-common.xml"/ -->

and it's working again.