>>> import gnomekeyring
>>> from gi.repository import Gtk
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
from ._gi import _API, Repository
ImportError: could not import gobject (error was: ImportError('When using gi.repository you must not import static modules like "gobject". Please change all occurrences of "import gobject" to "from gi.repository import GObject".',))
A workaround is to change importing order:
>>> import gnomekeyring python2. 7/dist- packages/ gi/__init_ _.py", line 23, in <module>
>>> from gi.repository import Gtk
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/
from ._gi import _API, Repository
ImportError: could not import gobject (error was: ImportError('When using gi.repository you must not import static modules like "gobject". Please change all occurrences of "import gobject" to "from gi.repository import GObject".',))
--------
>>> from gi.repository import Gtk python2. 7/dist- packages/ gobject/ constants. py:24: Warning: g_boxed_ type_register_ static: assertion `g_type_from_name (name) == 0' failed
>>> import gnomekeyring
/usr/lib/
import gobject._gobject
In this way we don't get crash, only a warning message.