added instructions for clutter 0.5.0 installation

I have gutsy, When i do the first ./autogen.sh get the follow error ./autogen.sh: 2: gtkdocize: not found

Do a sudo apt-get install gtk-doc-tools and solve the problem

Cheers

Note you might the an error when running the autogen.sh for python biding. This is because you need -dev packages of some gnome python libraries. Simply type into a console: sudo apt-get install python2.5-dev python-gnome2-desktop-dev

Also it is not recommended to use the deb package because libclutter-0.5.2 has itself has a dependency and it breaks the install process. Compile from source, laterix's script makes it easy.

Problem: Not sure how to proceed. Not a programmer.

$ ./entertainer-backend.py Traceback (most recent call last):

File "./entertainer-backend.py", line 28, in <module>

from backend.backend_server import BackendServer?

File "/home/pvravi/entertainer/src/backend/backend_server.py", line 42, in <module>

from backend.components.feeds.feed_manager import FeedManager?

File "/home/pvravi/entertainer/src/backend/components/feeds/feed_manager.py", line 23, in <module>

from pysqlite2 import dbapi2 as sqlite

ImportError?: No module named pysqlite2

sudo apt-get install python-pysqlite2

got through the backend.

Frontend fails: $ ./entertainer-frontend.py

(./entertainer-frontend.py:25022): ClutterGLX-WARNING : failed to bind GLXGetProcAddress or GLXGetProcAddressARB Traceback (most recent call last):

File "./entertainer-frontend.py", line 28, in <module>

FrontendClient?()

File "/home/pvravi/entertainer/src/frontend/frontend_client.py", line 79, in init

self.ui.start_up(self.configuration.start_in_fullscreen())

File "/home/pvravi/entertainer/src/frontend/gui/user_interface.py", line 158, in start_up

self.enable_menu_overlay()

File "/home/pvravi/entertainer/src/frontend/gui/user_interface.py", line 292, in enable_menu_overlay

self.menu_overlay.fade_in()

File "/home/pvravi/entertainer/src/frontend/gui/widgets/menu_overlay.py", line 51, in fade_in

self.behaviour = clutter.BehaviourOpacity?(255, 0, self.alpha)

TypeError?: an integer is required

Clutter fails? I installed clutter as indicated above.

Frontend fails for me too, i have the same error.

Why you're using unreleased yet version of clutter?

i have the same problem with clutter that everyone else is having, is there a solution for this? i think python is still using clutter 0.4 bindings, i've tried everything and i can't get it to use 0.5, the instructions above don't seem to include python bindings at all

Dumb question : is it going to work on feisty?

@ pvravi, remoquintino, and sysop073 I had the sam issue initially but I believe if you follow the instructions at http://www.taimila.com/install-svn-clutter it should work. You may get some errors as you compile if you don't have some development packages.

Here are some of the packages I was missing (just apt-get install them): python-dev, python-gtk2-dev

Thanks kefkakiller - it worked once (with this error), but fails to start subsequently.

(./entertainer-frontend.py:24564): WARNING : failed to bind GLXGetProcAddress or GLXGetProcAddressARB Traceback (most recent call last):

File "./entertainer-frontend.py", line 28, in <module>

FrontendClient?()

File "/home/pvravi/entertainer/src/frontend/frontend_client.py", line 79, in init

self.ui.start_up(self.configuration.start_in_fullscreen())

File "/home/pvravi/entertainer/src/frontend/gui/user_interface.py", line 157, in start_up

self.transition.forwardEffect(None, self.current)

File "/home/pvravi/entertainer/src/frontend/gui/transitions/slide_and_fade_transition.py", line 62, in forwardEffect

self.in_behaviour2 = clutter.BehaviourOpacity?(self.alpha_in, 0, 255)

TypeError?: could not convert parameter 'opacity_start' of type 'guint'

Seems to work OK with "Show Effects = False" in preferences.conf.

Still these errors: (./entertainer-frontend.py:24564): WARNING : failed to bind GLXGetProcAddress or GLXGetProcAddressARB Traceback (most recent call last):

File "./entertainer-frontend.py", line 28, in <module>

FrontendClient?()

File "/home/pvravi/entertainer/src/frontend/frontend_client.py", line 79, in init

self.ui.start_up(self.configuration.start_in_fullscreen())

File "/home/pvravi/entertainer/src/frontend/gui/user_interface.py", line 157, in start_up

self.transition.forwardEffect(None, self.current)

File "/home/pvravi/entertainer/src/frontend/gui/transitions/slide_and_fade_transition.py", line 62, in forwardEffect

self.in_behaviour2 = clutter.BehaviourOpacity?(self.alpha_in, 0, 255)

TypeError?: could not convert parameter 'opacity_start' of type 'guint'

Also, it does not seem to find my MP3s or Video files from the directories indicated in content management.

When trying to starting Frontend I get:

(./entertainer-frontend.py:7077): WARNING : failed to bind GLXGetProcAddress or GLXGetProcAddressARB Floating point exception (core dumped)

This is my backend error. Any thoughts?

2008-01-23 14:16:38,702 DEBUG Logging system intialized successfully 2008-01-23 14:16:38,703 DEBUG MessageHandler? 'Configuration' registered to the m essage bus. 2008-01-23 14:16:38,703 DEBUG Configuration intialized successfully 2008-01-23 14:16:38,706 DEBUG MessageHandler? 'Notification System' registered to

the message bus.

2008-01-23 14:16:38,706 DEBUG Notification system intialized successfully 2008-01-23 14:16:38,707 DEBUG MessageHandler? 'FeedManager?' registered to the mes sage bus. 2008-01-23 14:16:38,707 DEBUG Feed Manager intialized successfully 2008-01-23 14:16:38,707 DEBUG MessageHandler? 'WeatherFetcher?' registered to the message bus. 2008-01-23 14:16:38,707 DEBUG Weather Manager intialized successfully 2008-01-23 14:16:38,708 WARNING Path '' doesn't exists. Not observed. 2008-01-23 14:16:38,708 DEBUG Observing folder: /home/smithn14/Music 2008-01-23 14:16:38,709 WARNING Path '' doesn't exists. Not observed. 2008-01-23 14:16:38,709 DEBUG Observing folder: /home/smithn14/Music 2008-01-23 14:16:38,709 WARNING Path '' doesn't exists. Not observed. 2008-01-23 14:16:38,710 DEBUG Observing folder: /home/smithn14/Videos 2008-01-23 14:16:38,712 WARNING Path '' doesn't exists. Not observed. 2008-01-23 14:16:38,713 DEBUG Observing folder: /home/smithn14/Music 2008-01-23 14:16:38,713 INFO Image cache rebuilding requested 2008-01-23 14:16:38,724 DEBUG ImageCache? database created successfully 2008-01-23 14:16:38,724 ERROR Adding a directory to the image cache failed. Path

doesn't exists:

2008-01-23 14:16:38,729 DEBUG FileSystemObserver?.removeFolder:/home/smithn14/Mus ic 2008-01-23 14:16:38,729 WARNING Path '' doesn't exists. Not observed. 2008-01-23 14:16:38,729 DEBUG Observing folder: /home/smithn14/Music 2008-01-23 14:16:38,730 INFO Music cache rebuilding requested 2008-01-23 14:16:38,746 DEBUG MusicCache? database created successfully 2008-01-23 14:16:38,746 ERROR Adding a directory to the music cache failed. Path

doesn't exists:

2008-01-23 14:16:38,749 WARNING Path '' doesn't exists. Not observed. 2008-01-23 14:16:38,749 DEBUG Observing folder: /home/smithn14/Videos 2008-01-23 14:16:38,749 INFO Video cache rebuilding requested 2008-01-23 14:16:38,755 DEBUG VideoCache? database created successfully 2008-01-23 14:16:38,756 ERROR Adding a directory to the video cache failed. Path

doesn't exists:

2008-01-23 14:16:38,756 DEBUG MessageHandler? 'MediaCacheManager?' registered to t he message bus. 2008-01-23 14:16:38,757 DEBUG Media Manager intialized successfully 2008-01-23 14:16:38,757 DEBUG MessageHandler? 'Guide Updater' registered to the m essage bus. 2008-01-23 14:16:38,757 DEBUG Guide Updater intialized successfully 2008-01-23 14:16:38,758 ERROR ConnectionServer? initialization failed!

....its python-pysqlite2.

it's installed. What else needs to happen?

libnotify-Message: Unable to get session bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. Entertainer backend started... root@TomB:/home/tom/entertainer/src# Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/home/tom/entertainer/src/entertainer-backend.py", line 43, in <module>

backend = BackendServer?()

File "/home/tom/entertainer/src/backend/backend_server.py", line 123, in init

self.initialize_notifier()

File "/home/tom/entertainer/src/backend/backend_server.py", line 188, in initialize_notifier

self.notifier.connectNotificationServer()

File "/home/tom/entertainer/src/backend/components/notifier/notify.py", line 58, in connectNotificationServer

raise Exception("Couldn't connect to notification server")

Exception: Couldn't connect to notification server

No idea what to do... any ideas??

it seems use ' sudo chmod 777 -R ~/.entertainer/ may solve some problem, but frontend can't play what I added in . sometime show "could not convert parameter 'opacity_start' of type 'guint' ". and reboot PC can recover.

what should I do?

Hi,

I have followed the installation instructions to the letter. I'd love to give this media player a go, but it seems that every time I try and do something in linux I end up waisting hours upon hours trying to troubleshoot error upon error. This is not a complaint, rather an expression of frustration. We don't pay for this stuff so no support is mandatory. I'm appealing to your great sharing nature for some help.

Everything seems to be going great until I get to the frontend part of the installation document. It keeps telling me that Clutter 0.5 at least is needed to run this. I tried the automatic installation first for Clutter. Then I went through the manual installation guide for clutter which did encounter many errors, until I used sudo for every command. The final part of the installation in the bindings directory still gives errors though. Don't know if this is the reason print clutter.version still reports the version as 0.4.2.

Has anybody successfully installed clutter 0.5.0 and have python reporting it as that. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

John K

I cannot get the latest version of python-clutter installed.... tried everything I can think of... when compiling manually I'm getting: warning: failed to load external entity "/usr/share/pygobject/xsl/ref-html-style.xsl" cannot parse /usr/share/pygobject/xsl/ref-html-style.xsl

OK.. got clutter 0.5 installed... missing a build-dep (imagine that) python-gobject-doc... so now it's showing correct clutter version... but I can't start the backend, I'm getting: 2008-02-06 21:04:20,940 ERROR ConnectionServer? initialization failed! No offense, I realize this is in development, but come on.. is anyone working on this project?

Geeeez.. is this windows?? a reboot fixed the backed problem but now getting the following when starting frontend: WARNING : failed to bind GLXGetProcAddress or GLXGetProcAddressARB

OK.. no longer getting the GLX error.. no errors now, just getting a empty grey window when starting the frontend with scrolling diagonal lines.

Hi, Ive followed the installation instructions for Clutter up till this point

cd bindings/pyclutter ./autogen.sh

when I get the following message

... want_intltool='false' want_libtool='true' want_pkg_config='true' shift: 354: can't shift that many

Does anyone have any suggestions. Thnaks

Executing './autogen.sh' in 'clutter/bindings/pyclutter' gives me ... want_libtool=true want_pkg_config=true Checking for required M4 macros...

libtool.m4 not found pkg.m4 not found

Checking for forbidden M4 macros... Error: some autoconf macros required to build PyClutter?

were not found in your aclocal path, or some forbidden macros were found. Perhaps you need to adjust your ACLOCAL_FLAGS?

Please enlighten me, thank you very kindly.

ok, so if I don't have one ubuntu it means I can't use it, right? well I don't have ubuntu my Linux is sabayon 3.4, what can I do? just wait for the release or can I try to compile the source code?

when I run./entertainer-frontend.py I get this...

Couldn't connect to the backend server. Execution aborted! Make sure that Entertainer backend server is up and running.

Thanks Jorge

The player did not run. .I did everything correctly here what error I get whaen I execute ./entertainer-backend.py & ./entertainer-frontend.py

shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~$ cd /home/shashwat/entertainer/src shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~/entertainer/src$ ./entertainer-backend.py Traceback (most recent call last):

File "./entertainer-backend.py", line 28, in <module>

from backend.backend_server import BackendServer?

File "/home/shashwat/entertainer/src/backend/backend_server.py", line 42, in <module>

from backend.components.feeds.feed_manager import FeedManager?

File "/home/shashwat/entertainer/src/backend/components/feeds/feed_manager.py", line 24, in <module>

from backend.components.feeds.feed_fetcher import FeedFetcher?

File "/home/shashwat/entertainer/src/backend/components/feeds/feed_fetcher.py", line 24, in <module>

import feedparser

ImportError?: No module named feedparser shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~/entertainer/src$ ./entertainer-frontend.py Traceback (most recent call last):

File "./entertainer-frontend.py", line 25, in <module>

from frontend.frontend_client import FrontendClient?

File "/home/shashwat/entertainer/src/frontend/frontend_client.py", line 33, in <module>

from frontend.medialibrary.music import MusicLibrary?

File "/home/shashwat/entertainer/src/frontend/medialibrary/music.py", line 23, in <module>

import CDDB, DiscID

ImportError?: No module named CDDB shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~/entertainer/src$

do sudo apt-get install python-cddb

Rebuilt 7.10 system and recompiled. Got backend running. The frontend runs but I don't see anything. Here is the error in the tests:

ERROR: testThumbnailAvi - Tests the VideoThumbnailer?.create_thumbnail()

---

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/home/media/entertainer/src/tests/VideoThumbnailer?_test.py", line 43, in testThumbnailAvi

thumbnailer.create_thumbnail()

File "/home/media/entertainer/src/utils/video_thumbnailer.py", line 232, in create_thumbnail

raise VideoThumbnailerException?('Unable to determine media size')

VideoThumbnailerException?: Unable to determine media size

ERROR: testThumbnailFlv - Tests the VideoThumbnailer?.create_thumbnail()

---

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/home/media/entertainer/src/tests/VideoThumbnailer?_test.py", line 54, in testThumbnailFlv

thumbnailer.create_thumbnail()

File "/home/media/entertainer/src/utils/video_thumbnailer.py", line 232, in create_thumbnail

raise VideoThumbnailerException?('Unable to determine media size')

VideoThumbnailerException?: Unable to determine media size

FAIL: testGetFeedsByUnread (FrontendFeedLibrary?_test.FrontendFeedLibraryTest?)

---

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/home/media/entertainer/src/tests/FrontendFeedLibrary?_test.py", line 146, in testGetFeedsByUnread

self.assertEqual(feedlist0?.get_feed_url(), "url1")

AssertionError?: u'url0' != 'url1'

---

Ran 112 tests in 2.408s

when i run ./entertainer-content-management.py i get: Configuration file is missing: /home/brainstorm/.entertainer/content.conf Execution aborted!

Alberto, you need to copy the "cfg" folder found in the "entertainer" folder you copied from SVN. This has all the configuration settings Entertainer requires.

You can do this from the "entertainer" folder:

cp -R cfg ~/.entertainer

Then it should work out just fine :)

/nox

it works with cp -R cfg/ ~/.entertainer thx very much for your hint ;)

malte@mail:~/entertainer/entertainer/src$ ./entertainer-content-management.py

(entertainer-content-management.py:28766): libglade-WARNING : Error loading image: Bilddatei »utils/glade/.« enthält keine Daten

(entertainer-content-management.py:28766): libglade-WARNING : could not convert string to type GdkPixbuf' for property icon'

(entertainer-content-management.py:28766): libglade-WARNING : Error loading image: Bilddatei »utils/glade/.« enthält keine Daten

(entertainer-content-management.py:28766): libglade-WARNING : could not convert string to type GdkPixbuf' for property icon' Traceback (most recent call last):

File "./entertainer-content-management.py", line 42, in <module>

ContentManagementDialog?(True)

File "/home/malte/entertainer/entertainer/src/utils/content_management_dialog.py", line 119, in init

self.init_dialog_values_from_configure_file()

File "/home/malte/entertainer/entertainer/src/utils/content_management_dialog.py", line 708, in init_dialog_values_from_configure_file

folder_list = self.config.get("Videos", "folders") # Error threat

File "/usr/lib/python2.5/ConfigParser?.py", line 511, in get

raise NoSectionError?(section)

ConfigParser?.NoSectionError?: No section: 'Videos' malte@mail:~/entertainer/entertainer/src$ ./entertainer-backend.py Entertainer backend starting... malte@mail:~/entertainer/entertainer/src$ ./entertainer-frontend.py Couldn't read configuration file! Execution aborted... malte@mail:~/entertainer/entertainer/src$

Looks like it don't works :( But the screenshots look very impressing

Hi all! When I try to start Entertainer

./entertainer-frontend.py 

from the src directory I get this laconic error

Segmentation fault (core dumped)

All dependencies are ok. Clutter version seems ok. Is there a debug option?

Hi robedal, can you try running run_tests.py in the tests folder and then create an issue on the issues page please with any errors that you come across?

games.jan: do the following from the root entertainer folder and then try again cp -R cfg ~/.entertainer

Thanks joshua. I've tried to execute run_tests.py and ALL the tests are OK.

This is the last error:

roberto@mith:~/Temp/entertainer/src$ ./entertainer-backend.py start
Entertainer backend starting...
roberto@mith:~/Temp/entertainer/src$ ./entertainer-frontend.py

** (./entertainer-frontend.py:5735): WARNING **: failed to bind GLXGetProcAddress or GLXGetProcAddressARB
/home/roberto/Temp/entertainer/src/frontend/gui/user_interface.py:121: Warning: cannot create instance of abstract
 (non-instantiatable) type `ClutterStage'
  self.stage = clutter.Stage()
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

After following all instructions, run_tests.py still doesn't pass every mark. Got the following errors:

ERROR: testThumbnailAvi - Tests the VideoThumbnailer?.create_thumbnail()

---

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/home/macandron/entertainer/src/tests/VideoThumbnailer?_test.py", line 40, in testThumbnailAvi

thumbnailer = VideoThumbnailer?(os.path.abspath('.') + '/data/VideoThumbnailer?/test.avi', src='video')

File "/home/macandron/entertainer/src/utils/video_thumbnailer.py", line 122, in init

self.pipeline = gst.element_factory_make('playbin', 'playbin')

ElementNotFoundError?: playbin

ERROR: testThumbnailFlv - Tests the VideoThumbnailer?.create_thumbnail()

---

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/home/macandron/entertainer/src/tests/VideoThumbnailer?_test.py", line 51, in testThumbnailFlv

thumbnailer = VideoThumbnailer?(os.path.abspath('.') + '/data/VideoThumbnailer?/test.avi', src='video')

File "/home/macandron/entertainer/src/utils/video_thumbnailer.py", line 122, in init

self.pipeline = gst.element_factory_make('playbin', 'playbin')

ElementNotFoundError?: playbin

ERROR: testThumbnailConstructor - Ensures instantiation of thumbnailer

---

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/home/macandron/entertainer/src/tests/VideoThumbnailer?_test.py", line 18, in testThumbnailerConstructor

self.thumbnailer = VideoThumbnailer?(os.path.abspath('.') + '/data/VideoThumbnailer?/test.avi', src='video')

File "/home/macandron/entertainer/src/utils/video_thumbnailer.py", line 122, in init

self.pipeline = gst.element_factory_make('playbin', 'playbin')

ElementNotFoundError?: playbin

---

Ran 145 tests in 16.149s

FAILED (errors=3)

Wonder what's wrong? Using Xubuntu 7.10.

When I run ./entertainer-frontend.py in the src directory the error returned is: Couldn't read configuration file! Execution aborted...

Also: Ran 145 tests in 17.303s

FAILED (errors=9)

Any ideas?

i cant run the backend or frontend.

backend gives

"Traceback (most recent call last):

File "./entertainer-backend.py", line 29, in <module>

import dl

ImportError?: No module named dl"

front end gives

"It seems that your Clutter version is too old. Entertainer

requires Clutter 0.5 or later. Execution Aborted!"

Im pretty new to linux but have searched high and low and cant find anything on this.

I think the import dl issue is related to the fact i have an AMD64 system?

I'm getting the same import dl error. The front end just tells me to run the backend first.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./entertainer-backend.py", line 29, in ?
    import dl
ImportError: No module named dl

I also have amd64 so maybe it's the same issue. Clutter 0.6.2, python 2.4.4

This is broken on AMD64, so don't try it until dl is ported. :(

I am getting the same "import dl" error on an Intel Core 2 Duo machine with Hardy Heron. :(

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./entertainer-backend.py", line 29, in <module>
    import dl
ImportError: No module named dl

Everything ok, except that entertaiuner do not play on fullscreen, but just inside a window maximized.

./entertainer-backend.pyTraceback (most recent call last):

File "./entertainer-backend.py", line 28, in <module>

from backend.backend_server import BackendServer?

File "/home/gould/entertainer/src/backend/backend_server.py", line 48, in <module>

from backend.components.mediacache.media_cache_manager import MediaCacheManager?

File "/home/gould/entertainer/src/backend/components/mediacache/media_cache_manager.py", line 29, in <module>

from backend.components.mediacache.file_system_observer import FileSystemObserver?

File "/home/gould/entertainer/src/backend/components/mediacache/file_system_observer.py", line 23, in <module>

from pyinotify import WatchManager?, Notifier, ThreadedNotifier?, EventsCodes?, ProcessEvent?

ImportError?: cannot import name WatchManager?

Fix the "import dl" think by commenting out the import and the "libc =..." and "libc.call" lines near the end of the file. All it's doing is trying to change the process name to something more elegant.

I am also running on AMD64 and had the problem with 'import dl', i commented out the two lines that jgorski had suggested and the backend started fine. Had problems running the front end tho. It just popped up and showed black screen with the error:

** (./entertainer-frontend.py:30627): WARNING **: failed to bind GLXGetProcAddress or GLXGetProcAddressARB

then i ran run_tests.py and got the errors:

======================================================================
FAIL: testWeatherSearch (Weather_test.WeatherTest)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/media/storage/home/adam/entertainer/src/tests/Weather_test.py", line 49, in testWeatherSearch
    self.assertEqual(self.weather.search("derby"),[("UKXX0040","Europe > United Kingdom > Derby")])
AssertionError: [] != [('UKXX0040', 'Europe > United Kingdom > Derby')]

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 145 tests in 118.037s

FAILED (failures=2, errors=2)

I am also running on AMD64 and has the same import dl and black screen problem.

(./entertainer-frontend.py:16131): WARNING : failed to bind GLXGetProcAddress or GLXGetProcAddressARB

Ubuntu Hardy AMD64

guys, we've moved back to launchpad (https://edge.launchpad.net/entertainer) where a number of issues have been fixed. You may have more luck with 64bit systems if you run the code over there.

File "./entertainer-backend.py", line 29, in <module>

import dl

Hi guys

I have followed all the instructions and been working through previous peoples' problems and ... amazingly ... seem to have entertainer working ... well, sort of.

It seems to want to run at a very large resolution - 1280 x 800 - whereas I am running this on an Eee 4G and therefore have a very small monitor.

Is there a way of changing the resolution this thing wants to run at?

Also, the fullscreen mode doesn't seem very fullscreen - it still seems to have a title bar??

Final question - is there a way to get this to work with a remote control? I have the Microsoft MCE remote which I'd love to be able to use.

Many thanks Martin