lernid crashed with ImportError in /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/desktopcouch/records/server.py: No module named application.server

Happened to me as well. Seems to me that the problem is that lernid doesn't depend upon desktopcouch, either directly or indirectly (python-desktopcouch-records doesn't have that dependancy either).

Installing desktopcouch got me by this error. Its presence, and its dependencies on couchdb-bin and python-desktopcouch-application seem to solve this set of errors.

Dooitze de Jong: Can you confirm that desktopcouch is not installed when you experience this problem (its not in the dependency.txt above) and that installing it resolves this particular error? (I'm aware of at least one more error that stops lernid from starting).

There's a good chance that I'm not understanding how python dependencies should be working, but just in case...

In revision 40 of lp:ubuntu/desktopcouch on 1/12/11 dependencies were reorganized. In particular, python-desktopcouch-records no longer depends on the desktopcouch binary package. However, python-desktopcouch-records does import from python-desktop-application in line 9 of its deprecated desktopcouch.records.server.py and python-desk-application requires desktopcouch in /usr/share/pyshared/desktopcouch/application/local_files.py in lines 43-48. (python-desktop-application doesn't depend on the desktopcouch binary, so even if the application instead depended upon python-desktopcouch-application and imported d...application.server rather than d...record.server, a problem would remain in its local_files.py).

See also lp: #708114

WRT desktopcouch also see LP #738762.

  A corrected lernid package is available in my ppa (ppa:jsjgruber/ppa) for this and for LP #716937.

Some users would use your ppa but many users would use the regular
repo and don't know what to do if they get an error.

On 24/03/2011, John S. Gruber <email address hidden> wrote:
> A corrected lernid package is available in my ppa (ppa:jsjgruber/ppa)
> for this and for LP #716937.
>
> ** Changed in: lernid (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Confirmed
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/727232
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> Title:
> lernid crashed with ImportError in
> /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/desktopcouch/records/server.py: No module
> named application.server
>
> Status in “desktopcouch” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in “lernid” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: lernid
>
> Lernid doesn't start
>
> ProblemType: Crash
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: lernid 0.7
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Tue Mar 1 16:55:46 2011
> EcryptfsInUse: Yes
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/lernid
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110202)
> InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/lernid
> ProcEnviron:
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8
> LANGUAGE=nl_NL:nl:en_GB:en
> PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/lernid']
> SourcePackage: lernid
> Title: lernid crashed with ImportError in
> /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/desktopcouch/records/server.py: No module named
> application.server
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
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Dooitze de Jong:
I'm sure you are right. I intend to work toward that goal for the circumvention for lernid

However, I believe the problem is best fixed in desktopcouch. I believe other packages will experience the same problem.

Thanks for the report, by the way.

A build for natty lernid_0.7ubuntu1 is in ppa:~jsjgruber/ppatwo and was tested from there.

lernid is not a debian package

Please note that the proposed update to natty 0.7ubuntu1 is currently in ppa:~jsjgruber/ppatwo while ppa:~jsjgruber/ppa currently contains the merge proposal package for upstream against 0.7.1.

To test remove the exisiting lernid, desktopcouch, python-desktopcouch-application, python-desktopcouch-records, couchdb-bin packages and install the new lernid. Installing should install the packages above and lernid should start up when run, displaying a connection dialog box rather than giving a traceback like that in one of theses two bug descriptions.

This bug was fixed in the package lernid - 0.8

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lernid (0.8) natty; urgency=low

  * Fix Significant bugs
    (LP: #716937) - Correct specification of text tags colors
    (LP: #727232) - Add desktopcouch as dependency
 -- John S Gruber <email address hidden> Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:22:10 -0400