Arch Linux

oops ! ;) "[11:45]" is not a part of the command... just a part of my prompt :)

Same or related problem. Updated wxpython, but nothing changes.

[ambs@eremita bits]$ bittorrent
>>> unable to setrlimit not allowed to raise maximum limit
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/bittorrent", line 183, in <module>
from BitTorrent.GUI_wx.DownloadManager import MainLoop
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/BitTorrent/GUI_wx/__init__.py", line 29, in <module>
import wx
ImportError: No module named wx

And of course, severity of this bug should be changed to high, because it is not just something missing from the package, but the main package binary not working :)

During install pacman displays"
Optional dependencies:
wxpython - for graphical frontend "bittorrent"

please read pacman output carefully ;-)
Just pacman -S wxpython

Alberto Simoes (ambs):
Just because we forgot to say we have it installed doesn't mean we do not.
[ambs@eremita bits]$ pacman -Q wxpython wxpython 2.8.0.1-1

Hm, then I guess you should see this: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/6764 (I show that BR after closed this).
Please confirm that BR so I can close this as duplicate.

If you note the error "ImportError: No module named wx", it is clear this is a packaging problem. My gut tells me this is a python 2.4 vs 2.5 problem.

phrakture, see http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/4917

after installing wxpython same error. Bittorrent can't find wx module. Anyway why not just create 2 packages : bittorrent-nox & bittorrent and then provide good dependancies. Would be better for user.

same error for me.

Does this still happen with the latest package?

It seems this is still happening

$ bittorrent --save_in .
>>> unable to setrlimit not allowed to raise maximum limit
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/bittorrent", line 183, in <module>
from BitTorrent.GUI_wx.DownloadManager import MainLoop
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/BitTorrent/GUI_wx/__init__.py", line 29, in <module>
import wx
ImportError: No module named wx


$ pacman -Qi bittorrent ~
Name : bittorrent
Version : 5.0.6-2
...
Build Date : Fri 02 Mar 2007 10:36:16 CET
Install Date : Fri 28 Dec 2007 15:30:38 CET


wxpython 2.8.7.1-1, wxgtk-2.6 2.6.4-2 and wxgtk 2.8.7-1 are installed


But then bittorrent-curses and bittorrent-console just work as pepected (if you provide a torent file of course)

Can anyone try building bittorrent 5.0.9 and report back?

Same problem with 5.0.9.

Aaron, this package does not have a maintainer at this time and the problem still exists.

Tagging Mr Python on this.

Looks like it's just a wx related error. Shouldn't be really all that hard to fix, if I had to guess.

See  FS#6764  for other comments (closed in favor of this one - they were very similar)

Can someone see if changing /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/BitTorrent/GUI_wx/__init__.py and modifying the select("2.6") to select("2.8") has any effect on this?

>>> import wxversion
>>> wxversion.select("2.8")
>>> import wx
>>>

>>> import wxversion
>>> wxversion.select("2.6")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/wxversion.py", line 152, in select
raise VersionError("Requested version of wxPython not found")
wxversion.VersionError: Requested version of wxPython not found
>>> import wx
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named wx


Looks like that's the culprit. Someone please test and confirm

I tested that out and it now shows a window for a second before segfaulting.

Updating the package to 5.2.2 does not help either.

From the literature I can find, this package requires wxpython 2.6 and has not been updated to 2.8

Do we just update this and remove the problematic bittorrent binary? It appears that the other interfaces still work.

That sounds ideal to me. Maybe add a post-install message saying it's missing and complaints could be directed upstream.

I have updated the package and removed the GUI.