Zim

Activity log for bug #1673437

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2017-03-16 11:56:27 Emil Gautesen bug added bug
2017-03-16 12:20:26 Emil Gautesen summary Zim Wiki fails / crashes at startup Zim Wiki fails / crashes at startup on Windows
2017-03-16 13:34:59 Emil Gautesen summary Zim Wiki fails / crashes at startup on Windows Zim Wiki fails / crashes at startup on Windows 10
2017-03-16 13:35:30 Emil Gautesen description I just installed Zim Wiki on Windows, but whenever I try to start the program is crashes immediately upon startup. Both the desktop and portable version do this. Paste of error-log: This is zim 0.65 Platform: nt Locale: nb_NO cp1252 FS encoding: mbcs Python: (2, 7, 11, 'final', 0) Gtk: (2, 24, 10) Pygtk: (2, 24, 0) Zim revision is: branch: 065 revision: 805 jaap.karssenberg@gmail.com-20151101144245-0g7s8a7qjt5xu1d0 date: 2015-11-01 15:42:45 +0100 ======= Traceback ======= File "zim\main.pyo", line 446, in main File "zim\main.pyo", line 201, in run File "zim\main.pyo", line 168, in build_notebook File "zim\notebook.pyo", line 576, in build_notebook File "zim\notebook.pyo", line 907, in __init__ File "zim\index.pyo", line 484, in __init__ File "zim\index.pyo", line 502, in set_notebook File "zim\index.pyo", line 538, in _connect File "zim\index.pyo", line 580, in _flush File "zim\index.pyo", line 2145, in _set This is zim 0.65 Platform: nt Locale: nb_NO cp1252 FS encoding: mbcs Python: (2, 7, 11, 'final', 0) Gtk: (2, 24, 10) Pygtk: (2, 24, 0) Zim revision is: branch: 065 revision: 805 jaap.karssenberg@gmail.com-20151101144245-0g7s8a7qjt5xu1d0 date: 2015-11-01 15:42:45 +0100 ======= Traceback ======= File "zim\main.pyo", line 446, in main File "zim\main.pyo", line 201, in run File "zim\main.pyo", line 168, in build_notebook File "zim\notebook.pyo", line 576, in build_notebook File "zim\notebook.pyo", line 907, in __init__ File "zim\index.pyo", line 484, in __init__ File "zim\index.pyo", line 502, in set_notebook File "zim\index.pyo", line 538, in _connect File "zim\index.pyo", line 580, in _flush File "zim\index.pyo", line 2145, in _set ProgrammingError: You must not use 8-bit bytestrings unless you use a text_factory that can interpret 8-bit bytestrings (like text_factory = str). It is highly recommended that you instead just switch your application to Unicode strings. EDIT: Solution: use version 0.62 Desktop I just installed Zim Wiki on Windows 10, but whenever I try to start the program is crashes immediately upon startup. Both the desktop and portable version do this. Paste of error-log: This is zim 0.65 Platform: nt Locale: nb_NO cp1252 FS encoding: mbcs Python: (2, 7, 11, 'final', 0) Gtk: (2, 24, 10) Pygtk: (2, 24, 0) Zim revision is:   branch: 065   revision: 805 jaap.karssenberg@gmail.com-20151101144245-0g7s8a7qjt5xu1d0   date: 2015-11-01 15:42:45 +0100 ======= Traceback =======   File "zim\main.pyo", line 446, in main   File "zim\main.pyo", line 201, in run   File "zim\main.pyo", line 168, in build_notebook   File "zim\notebook.pyo", line 576, in build_notebook   File "zim\notebook.pyo", line 907, in __init__   File "zim\index.pyo", line 484, in __init__   File "zim\index.pyo", line 502, in set_notebook   File "zim\index.pyo", line 538, in _connect   File "zim\index.pyo", line 580, in _flush   File "zim\index.pyo", line 2145, in _set This is zim 0.65 Platform: nt Locale: nb_NO cp1252 FS encoding: mbcs Python: (2, 7, 11, 'final', 0) Gtk: (2, 24, 10) Pygtk: (2, 24, 0) Zim revision is:   branch: 065   revision: 805 jaap.karssenberg@gmail.com-20151101144245-0g7s8a7qjt5xu1d0   date: 2015-11-01 15:42:45 +0100 ======= Traceback =======   File "zim\main.pyo", line 446, in main   File "zim\main.pyo", line 201, in run   File "zim\main.pyo", line 168, in build_notebook   File "zim\notebook.pyo", line 576, in build_notebook   File "zim\notebook.pyo", line 907, in __init__   File "zim\index.pyo", line 484, in __init__   File "zim\index.pyo", line 502, in set_notebook   File "zim\index.pyo", line 538, in _connect   File "zim\index.pyo", line 580, in _flush   File "zim\index.pyo", line 2145, in _set ProgrammingError: You must not use 8-bit bytestrings unless you use a text_factory that can interpret 8-bit bytestrings (like text_factory = str). It is highly recommended that you instead just switch your application to Unicode strings.
2017-04-04 21:17:22 Emil Gautesen summary Zim Wiki fails / crashes at startup on Windows 10 Zim Wiki 0.65 fails / crashes at startup on Windows 10
2017-05-31 12:31:15 Jaap Karssenberg zim: status New Incomplete
2017-07-31 04:17:26 Launchpad Janitor zim: status Incomplete Expired