Trying to get my feet wet with wxPython (moving from just command-line apps), I tried the obvious (or, at least to me was obvious):
Start python, "import wx" and then do a "help(wx)" to see what it can tell me. Unfortunately, it spewed back a handful of errors, gasped, wheezed and died semi-hideously. It's a stock install of Python 2.3.5 on Debian (testing). The session has been pasted below if it's of any help. I can successfully "dir(wx)" and get back all the goods. However, the call to help() bombs out. I'm having trouble figuring out what went wrong in the matter: it looks like "g_object_new" is failing some assertion test, but not knowing the internal workings of CPython, I'm afraid this doesn't mean much to me. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. If it makes a difference, other wxPython apps seem to run just fine (particularly pyalacarte has no trouble). Thanks, -tkc Python 2.3.5 (#2, Aug 30 2005, 15:50:26) [GCC 4.0.2 20050821 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.1-6)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import wx >>> help(wx) (process:11000): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2254: initialization assertion failed, use IA__g_type_init() prior to this function (process:11000): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2254: initialization assertion failed, use IA__g_type_init() prior to this function (process:11000): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2254: initialization assertion failed, use IA__g_type_init() prior to this function (process:11000): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_add_interface_static: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed (process:11000): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2254: initialization assertion failed, use IA__g_type_init() prior to this function (process:11000): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2254: initialization assertion failed, use IA__g_type_init() prior to this function (process:11000): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2254: initialization assertion failed, use IA__g_type_init() prior to this function (process:11000): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_new: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type)' failed Segmentation fault -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list