Invalid or empty config.xml prevents OpenShot from Launching

Hello Giorgia91
I have perhaps a solution. Try to do that on a console:
cd .openshot
rm pid.lock
and try again to launch Openshot.
I hope that will be a sucess.:)

If it doesn't work , remove the .openshot and type in a terminal : openshot
and normaly it will work.

thank you, I've removed the .openshot directory, now it work

And the first solution doesn't work before ? only when you have remove the
secret folder ?

2009/11/26 Giorgia91 <email address hidden>

> thank you, I've removed the .openshot directory, now it work
>
> ** Changed in: openshot
> Status: New => Fix Committed
>
> ** Changed in: openshot
> Status: Fix Committed => Incomplete
>
> ** Changed in: openshot
> Status: Incomplete => New
>
> --
> Openshot doesn't start anymore
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/488717
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of OpenShot
> Developers, which is subscribed to OpenShot Video Editor.
>
> Status in OpenShot Video Editor: New
>
> Bug description:
> With the new ppa installation on Karmic Koala 6 bit Openshot worked great
> until yesterday, today it doesn't start.
> This is the output on the terminal:
>
> giorgia@giorgia-desktop:~$ openshot
> Added /usr/share/openshot to system path
> --------------------------------
> OpenShot (version 0.9.54)
> --------------------------------
> /usr/share/openshot/windows/SimpleGladeApp.py:340: GtkWarning:
> gtk_toolbar_set_icon_size: assertion `icon_size != GTK_ICON_SIZE_INVALID'
> failed
> return gtk.glade.XML(self.glade_path, root, domain)
> A new frmMain has been created
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/openshot", line 50, in <module>
> main()
> File "/usr/share/openshot/openshot.py", line 57, in main
> form1 = MainGTK.frmMain(project=current_project,
> version=info.SETUP['version'])
> File "/usr/share/openshot/windows/MainGTK.py", line 160, in __init__
> self.settings.load_settings_from_xml()
> File "/usr/share/openshot/windows/preferences.py", line 207, in
> load_settings_from_xml
> xmldoc = xml.parse(settings_path)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/xml/dom/minidom.py", line 1918, in parse
> return expatbuilder.parse(file)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 925, in parse
> result = builder.parseFile(fp)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 212, in parseFile
> parser.Parse("", True)
> xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError: no element found: line 1, column 0
>
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no the first solution doesn't work

Looks like a problem reading the settings file (which is in the .openshot folder).

only it works removing the .openshot folder

Yes there is a lot of people which have this problem after an update to 0.9.53 at 0.9.54. Now we know where but not why, and we have an issue.

The next time someone has this problem, please attach the
~/.openshot/config.xml file to this bug. It looks like a bug in our XML
config file, that can no longer be parsed when OpenShot launches. Removing
the .openshot folder will just recreate the file, thus fixing the effects of
the bug. But there is probably some reason the config.xml got messed up in
the first place.

Thanks!
-Jonathan

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 1:57 PM, cenwen <email address hidden> wrote:

> Yes there is a lot of people which have this problem after an update to
> 0.9.53 at 0.9.54. Now we know where but not why, and we have an issue.
>
> --
> Openshot doesn't start anymore
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/488717
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of OpenShot
> Developers, which is subscribed to OpenShot Video Editor.
>
> Status in OpenShot Video Editor: New
>
> Bug description:
> With the new ppa installation on Karmic Koala 6 bit Openshot worked great
> until yesterday, today it doesn't start.
> This is the output on the terminal:
>
> giorgia@giorgia-desktop:~$ openshot
> Added /usr/share/openshot to system path
> --------------------------------
> OpenShot (version 0.9.54)
> --------------------------------
> /usr/share/openshot/windows/SimpleGladeApp.py:340: GtkWarning:
> gtk_toolbar_set_icon_size: assertion `icon_size != GTK_ICON_SIZE_INVALID'
> failed
> return gtk.glade.XML(self.glade_path, root, domain)
> A new frmMain has been created
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/openshot", line 50, in <module>
> main()
> File "/usr/share/openshot/openshot.py", line 57, in main
> form1 = MainGTK.frmMain(project=current_project,
> version=info.SETUP['version'])
> File "/usr/share/openshot/windows/MainGTK.py", line 160, in __init__
> self.settings.load_settings_from_xml()
> File "/usr/share/openshot/windows/preferences.py", line 207, in
> load_settings_from_xml
> xmldoc = xml.parse(settings_path)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/xml/dom/minidom.py", line 1918, in parse
> return expatbuilder.parse(file)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 925, in parse
> result = builder.parseFile(fp)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 212, in parseFile
> parser.Parse("", True)
> xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError: no element found: line 1, column 0
>
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the included patch solves bug #488717
It was due to an unhandled exception in case of invalid or empty config.xml preferences file.
Now in the case the config.xml can't be correctly parsed (invalid, broken or empty) file is re-created using default values

the bug is fixed in my branch too:
lp:~francesco-hermanitosverdes/openshot/hv_francesco

Normaly hv-francesco have done a patch for this. Here :
http://openshotusers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=150

2010/1/20 Jonathan Thomas <email address hidden>

> ** Summary changed:
>
> - Openshot doesn't start anymore
> + Invalid or empty config.xml prevents OpenShot from Launching
>
> --
> Invalid or empty config.xml prevents OpenShot from Launching
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/488717
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of OpenShot
> Developers, which is subscribed to OpenShot Video Editor.
>
> Status in OpenShot Video Editor: Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
> With the new ppa installation on Karmic Koala 6 bit Openshot worked great
> until yesterday, today it doesn't start.
> This is the output on the terminal:
>
> giorgia@giorgia-desktop:~$ openshot
> Added /usr/share/openshot to system path
> --------------------------------
> OpenShot (version 0.9.54)
> --------------------------------
> /usr/share/openshot/windows/SimpleGladeApp.py:340: GtkWarning:
> gtk_toolbar_set_icon_size: assertion `icon_size != GTK_ICON_SIZE_INVALID'
> failed
> return gtk.glade.XML(self.glade_path, root, domain)
> A new frmMain has been created
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/openshot", line 50, in <module>
> main()
> File "/usr/share/openshot/openshot.py", line 57, in main
> form1 = MainGTK.frmMain(project=current_project,
> version=info.SETUP['version'])
> File "/usr/share/openshot/windows/MainGTK.py", line 160, in __init__
> self.settings.load_settings_from_xml()
> File "/usr/share/openshot/windows/preferences.py", line 207, in
> load_settings_from_xml
> xmldoc = xml.parse(settings_path)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/xml/dom/minidom.py", line 1918, in parse
> return expatbuilder.parse(file)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 925, in parse
> result = builder.parseFile(fp)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 212, in parseFile
> parser.Parse("", True)
> xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError: no element found: line 1, column 0
>
>
>
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http://openshotusers.com/forum/index.php

Sorry i have done an error it's already explained above.

This has been added to the trunk now. Thanks!