Comment 6 for bug 87844

I can't get Alberto's patch to work, either. But here is the traceback I get.

Launching application...
Create: Framework: menu.
Create: Framework: toolbar.
Create: Framework: statusbar.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/_spe/SPE.py", line 209, in <module>
    style = style)
  File "/usr/share/pycentral/spe/site-packages/_spe/sm/wxp/smdi.py", line 1278, in __init__
    wx.App.__init__(self,redirect=not debug)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_core.py", line 7757, in __init__
    self._BootstrapApp()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_core.py", line 7354, in _BootstrapApp
    return _core_.PyApp__BootstrapApp(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/pycentral/spe/site-packages/_spe/sm/wxp/smdi.py", line 1298, in OnInit
    **self.attributes)
  File "/usr/share/pycentral/spe/site-packages/_spe/sm/wxp/smdi.py", line 801, in __init__
    Parent.__init__(self,app=app,page=page,**options)
  File "/usr/share/pycentral/spe/site-packages/_spe/sm/wxp/smdi.py", line 596, in __init__
    **options)
  File "/usr/share/pycentral/spe/site-packages/_spe/sm/wxp/smdi.py", line 325, in __init__
    self.__statusBar__()
  File "/usr/share/pycentral/spe/site-packages/_spe/sm/wxp/smdi.py", line 417, in __statusBar__
    self.statusBar = self.app.StatusBar(parent=self,id=wx.ID_ANY)
  File "/usr/share/pycentral/spe/site-packages/_spe/Menu.py", line 730, in __init__
    self.throbber = Throbber(self,'throbber_still.gif')
  File "/usr/share/pycentral/spe/site-packages/_spe/Menu.py", line 736, in __init__
    GIFAnimationCtrl.__init__(self,statusBar,-1,info.imageFile(fileName))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/animate.py", line 242, in __init__
    self.LoadFile(filename)
  File "/usr/share/pycentral/spe/site-packages/_spe/Menu.py", line 749, in LoadFile
    if fileName != self._fileName and not self._running:
AttributeError: 'Throbber' object has no attribute '_fileName'