TypeError: Vte.Terminal.set_word_chars() argument 1 must be string, not None

[tawanda]

guake version:
globals.py:VERSION = '0.7.2'

I am on arch linux, I removed the /etc/gconf directory so i could remove guake preferences then i

pacman -R guake

then

pacman -S guake

now if i run guake in a terminal to start it up i get

INFO:guake.guake_app:Logging configuration complete
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/guake/guake_app.py:1614: GtkWarning: gtk_box_pack: assertion 'child->parent == NULL' failed
  self.mainframe.pack_start(self.mainframe, expand=True, fill=True, padding=0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/guake/main.py", line 239, in <module>
    exec_main()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/guake/main.py", line 235, in exec_main
    if not main():
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/guake/main.py", line 151, in main
    instance = Guake()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/guake/guake_app.py", line 300, in __init__
    self.add_tab()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/guake/guake_app.py", line 1360, in add_tab
    box = GuakeTerminalBox()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/guake/terminal.py", line 274, in __init__
    self.terminal = GuakeTerminal()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/guake/terminal.py", line 82, in __init__
    self.configure_terminal()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/guake/terminal.py", line 100, in configure_terminal
    self.set_word_chars(word_chars)
TypeError: Vte.Terminal.set_word_chars() argument 1 must be string, not None

any solutions?

[pypingou]

I seem to remember a similar bug on an old version of guake, are you using the latest one?

[tawanda]

globals.py:VERSION = '0.7.2'

[pypingou]

On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 11:20:41PM -0700, Tawanda Minya wrote:

globals.py:VERSION = '0.7.2'

Odd, something in the gconf scheme installed then maybe?

[tawanda]

I removed the /etc/gconf directory, and reinstalled guake, thats when all hell broke loose

now i only have one file in there %gconf-tree.xml

do you have default files which i can copy in there

[gsemet]

what is /etc/gconf ? Code looks ok, for an unknown reason it get None when reading a gconf key in /general/word_chars. Remove the complete gconf keys (gconf-editor > apps > guake) and reinstall

[tawanda]

how do i access gconf-editor
tried to get it in the terminal

➜  ~  gconf-editor
zsh: command not found: gconf-editor

[tawanda]

i installed the git version with the fix so

terminal.py:

      if word_chars:
           self.set_word_chars(word_chars)

still get this trace

(guake:25257): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(guake:25257): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(guake:25257): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(guake:25257): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(guake:25257): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(guake:25257): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(guake:25257): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(guake:25257): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(guake:25257): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(guake:25257): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(guake:25257): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(guake:25257): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(guake:25257): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(guake:25257): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(guake:25257): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(guake:25257): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(guake:25257): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(guake:25257): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(guake:25257): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(guake:25257): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(guake:25257): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.
INFO:guake.guake_app:Logging configuration complete
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/guake/guake_app.py:1633: GtkWarning: gtk_box_pack: assertion 'child->parent == NULL' failed
  self.mainframe.pack_start(self.notebook, expand=True, fill=True, padding=0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/guake/gconfhandler.py", line 269, in fpalette_changed
    client.get_string(KEY('/style/font/color')))
TypeError: color_parse() argument 1 must be string, not None
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/guake/main.py", line 239, in <module>
    exec_main()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/guake/main.py", line 235, in exec_main
    if not main():
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/guake/main.py", line 151, in main
    instance = Guake()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/guake/guake_app.py", line 328, in __init__
    keyval, mask = gtk.accelerator_parse(key)
TypeError: Gtk.accelerator_parse() argument 1 must be string, not None

/etc/gconf is a folder which i thought was the guake preferences folder and i deleted it, that's when all this pain began

[gsemet]

ubuntu: apt-get install gconf-editor
your system: ???? install gconf-editor

[tawanda]

I have done it, i now get a window with

Guake can not init

Gconf Error
Have you installed guake.schemas properly?

Manually installing the schemas with the following command fixed the problem

gconftool-2 --install-schema-file=/usr/share/gconf/schemas/guake.schemas