Phatch not starting in ubuntu 16.04

[florin]

Used to work in 15.10, but yesterday I upgraded. Now phatch won't start, I only see the start logo and that is all (it remains on screen and the main window does not start).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: phatch 0.2.7.1-3.1
Uname: Linux 4.5.0-040500rc6-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Apr 24 23:03:31 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-30 (84 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: phatch
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-22 (2 days ago)

[florin (florin-arjocu)]

Running it from terminal ends with

`
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/PIL/Image.py", line 746, in fromstring
    "Please call frombytes() instead.")
Exception: fromstring() has been removed. Please call frombytes() instead.
`

[Set Hallstrom (sakrecoer)]

Thank you for helping make Ubuntu Studio better. We are well aware of this problem and looking into it. (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/phatch/+bug/1527314 hence why i marked your bug as a duplicate)

[Set Hallstrom (sakrecoer)]

Sorry, i was a bit too quick for my own good; I meant to say: "thank you for helping make _Ubuntu_ better" :)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Gabriel Gagnon (gabriel-gagnon)]

Hi,

The following patch worked for me:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/phatch/+bug/1538906/comments/4
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=811184#12

Thanks.