New submission from Peter Heiberg pe...@sveumsondre.no:
I recently installed Win7 on my laptop, and installed the x86 Python 2.7
package. IDLE fails to even start, and shows nothing but a process in task
manager. I've tried compatibility modes both to Vista and XPSP2, with no luck.
I ran
Brian Curtin cur...@acm.org added the comment:
Can you start IDLE from the command line and see if there is any output?
c:\python27\python.exe -m idlelib.idle
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components: +Windows -None
nosy: +brian.curtin
type: crash - behavior
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Python
Peter Heiberg pe...@sveumsondre.no added the comment:
The command line opens, but displays nothing but the white flashing underscore..
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Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org
http://bugs.python.org/issue10834
Brian Curtin cur...@acm.org added the comment:
Have you confirmed that the IDLE window isn't just opened behind another window
or possibly minimized? I don't know the cause of this, but a coworker has seen
a few times where IDLE will open but it isn't the main focused window (hiding
behind a
Peter Heiberg pe...@sveumsondre.no added the comment:
The IDLE window doesn't open, the taskbar shows no icons and IDLE does not show
up under Task Manager's Application tab..
Also, whenever I open an instance of IDLE, two instances of the .exe shows up
under the Processes tab:
one instance
Brian Curtin cur...@acm.org added the comment:
Weird. I'm not sure what could be happening here, and I'm not an IDLE user so I
don't really have anything else to try out here.
I noticed your email address is for what I think is a Norwegian domain. Is your
Windows install set to be a language
Peter Heiberg pe...@sveumsondre.no added the comment:
I am running the EN-US version of Win7, with Norwegian regional and keyboard
settings. Tried changing everything to EN-US, with no change in results. Also
tried deactivating visual themes and desktop composition for the .exe.
What text
Peter Heiberg pe...@sveumsondre.no added the comment:
Hey, progress! I ran python.exe, typed import idlelib.idle, pressed enter -
same blinking underscore as before. Then i pressed Ctrl+C, and WHOA,
python.exe prints 25 lines of something, and the Python Shell (pythonw.exe)
pops up!
There
Brian Curtin cur...@acm.org added the comment:
Ah! You might want to take a look at #6941. Your firewall might be blocking
IDLE's communications.
In Windows 7, if you go to Control Panel and search for firewall in the top
right search box, it'll show an option to make an exception for a
Peter Heiberg pe...@sveumsondre.no added the comment:
My Windows Firewall have been turned off from the day I installed Win7, so that
couldn't cause it.. I also tried deactivating UAC, with no luck. Running with
administrative privileges, without any results.
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