[Sugar-devel] Error on running sugar-activity
Swarup N
nswarup14 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 1 01:24:36 EDT 2019
I reinstalled Ubuntu 18.04 once again, and install sugar v0.114 via the
native method
I have attached the shell.log after running attempting to run *sugar* from
Terminal for the very first time.
I shall also investigate further based on suggestions from James
Thanks.
On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 8:45 AM James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> Thanks. With datastore not running, expected symptoms are as you say;
> activities are not shown, and activities cannot be started.
>
> (Colour of icon in home view is determined by existence of a journal
> object for that activity, so before home view is shown the journal
> must be searched for matching objects. The journal is held by the
> datastore.)
>
> However, I am surprised at your shell.log, for three reasons;
>
> 1. it does not show any errors about trying to contact the datastore.
>
> 2. the timestamp in the file of 1564399715.389937 is 29th July at
> 4:58pm, which was 2.65 days ago, yet the traceback was from 31st July
> at 10:17am.
>
> 3. it shows Sugar was being started on an X11 display that already
> has a window manager; normally Sugar is run on a display with no
> window manager, and this may imply you are starting Sugar from a
> Terminal instead of from an X session or login greeter.
>
> On the theory that the datastore is failing to start, please test
> again by one or more of;
>
> (a) looking at apport /var/crash to find evidence confirming failure,
>
> (b) temporarily excluding Sugar and activities, using instead the
> copy-to-journal tool provided by the datastore,
>
> (c) deinstalling the /usr/local datastore and reinstalling the
> packaged datastore,
>
> (d) running the datastore by hand instead of requiring D-Bus to start
> it, and look for errors.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 08:21:27AM +0530, Swarup N wrote:
> > I agree with James,
> > I have not had a problem with the order either, because I have often used
> > multiple orders while settings up Sugar v0.114 in the past.
> >
> > The activity is being run outside the sugar desktop environment. When I
> log
> > into to the Sugar desktop, from the initial gdm3 greeter, the activities
> in the
> > home view (Favourites) do not appear. On trying to run an activity from
> the
> > home view (All activities), the activity does not start, rather, the icon
> > continues to blip on the screen,
> >
> > On looking at the shell.log in the logs directory, I have the following
> > warnings,
> >
> > (metacity:3385): metacity-WARNING **: 16:58:35.241: Screen 0 on display
> ":0"
> > already has a window manager; try using the --replace option to replace
> the
> > current window manager.
> > 1564399715.389937 ERROR root: window manager did fail,
> > /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/jarabe/main.py:378: Warning:
> > g_spawn_command_line_async: assertion 'command_line != NULL' failed
> > Gtk.main()
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 3:40 AM James Cameron <[1]quozl at laptop.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > I've not had a problem with order, but have had problems mixing
> > install destination because of the extra changes needed.
> >
> > I'll speculate some more.
> >
> > Looking at the traceback shows the toolkit is installed to
> /usr/local,
> > and the activity source is being run in
> > /home/buba/sugar-stuff/sugar-activities/ via
> > /usr/local/bin/sugar-activity.
> >
> > I can't tell if sugar-activity is being run by a Terminal inside
> > Sugar, or by a Terminal outside Sugar.
> >
> > When the datastore does not work, the Sugar shell.log would also
> > indicate this, and the Journal would not be usable.
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 04:00:58PM +0530, ANIKET MATHUR wrote:
> > > Swarup, what is the order of installation you followed for
> datastore,
> > sugar and
> > > sugar-toolkit?
> > >
> > > I am not much sure about it but it might be related.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > On Wed, 31 Jul 2019, 3:55 pm James Cameron, <[1][2]
> quozl at laptop.org>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > The datastore process failed. Look in datastore.log for more
> > > information.
> > >
> > > Datastore is started by Sugar through D-Bus API, and would
> normally
> > > continue operating until Sugar is stopped. If it fails before
> an
> > > activity is started, then the activity call through the D-Bus
> API
> > will
> > > restart the datastore. The traceback you pasted shows this has
> > > happened, and then the datastore failed again.
> > >
> > > Check the D-Bus service file created by the datastore source.
> It may
> > > refer to the wrong path for the binary.
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 10:21:48AM +0530, Swarup N wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I setup Sugar 0.114 via the Native method on a new laptop. On
> > running
> > > > sugar-activity, I get the following message.
> > > >
> > > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > > > File "/usr/local/bin/sugar-activity", line 5, in <module>
> > > > activityinstance.main()
> > > > File
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sugar3/activity/
> > > > activityinstance.py", line 230, in main
> > > > instance = create_activity_instance(activity_constructor,
> > > activity_handle)
> > > > File
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sugar3/activity/
> > > > activityinstance.py", line 59, in create_activity_instance
> > > > activity = constructor(handle)
> > > > File "/home/buba/sugar-stuff/sugar-activities/convert/
> > activity.py",
> > > line 41,
> > > > in __init__
> > > > activity.Activity.__init__(self, handle, True)
> > > > File
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sugar3/activity/
> > > activity.py",
> > > > line 432, in __init__
> > > > self._jobject = self._initialize_journal_object()
> > > > File
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sugar3/activity/
> > > activity.py",
> > > > line 520, in _initialize_journal_object
> > > > datastore.write(jobject)
> > > > File
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sugar3/datastore/
> > > datastore.py",
> > > > line 394, in write
> > > > transfer_ownership)
> > > > File
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sugar3/datastore/
> > > datastore.py",
> > > > line 344, in _create_ds_entry
> > > > object_id = _get_data_store().create(dbus.Dictionary
> > (properties),
> > > filename,
> > > > File
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sugar3/datastore/
> > > datastore.py",
> > > > line 51, in _get_data_store
> > > > DS_DBUS_PATH),
> > > > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line
> 241, in
> > > get_object
> > > > follow_name_owner_changes=follow_name_owner_changes)
> > > > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py",
> line
> > 248, in
> > > > __init__
> > > > self._named_service = conn.activate_name_owner(bus_name)
> > > > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line
> 180, in
> > > > activate_name_owner
> > > > self.start_service_by_name(bus_name)
> > > > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line
> 278, in
> > > > start_service_by_name
> > > > 'su', (bus_name, flags)))
> > > > File
> "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line
> > 651,
> > > in
> > > > call_blocking
> > > > message, timeout)
> > > > dbus.exceptions.DBusException:
> > > org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited:
> > > > Process org.laptop.sugar.DataStore exited with status 1
> > > > 1564548420.435550 WARNING root: DSObject was deleted without
> > cleaning up
> > > first.
> > > > Call DSObject.destroy() before disposing it.
> > > >
> > > > I would be grateful for any suggestions on fixing this.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > --
> > > James Cameron
> > > [2][3]http://quozl.netrek.org/
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> > > References:
> > >
> > > [1] mailto:[6]quozl at laptop.org
> > > [2] [7]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > > [3] mailto:[8]Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
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> >
> > --
> > James Cameron
> > [10]http://quozl.netrek.org/
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> > References:
> >
> > [1] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> > [2] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> > [3] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > [4] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> > [5] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> > [6] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> > [7] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > [8] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
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> > [10] http://quozl.netrek.org/
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