r5331 - trunk/gnue-forms

[jcater]

Author: jcater
Date: 2004-03-16 11:20:33 -0600 (Tue, 16 Mar 2004)
New Revision: 5331

Modified:
   trunk/gnue-forms/FAQ
Log:
added a FAQ entry about setup.py segfaulting

Modified: trunk/gnue-forms/FAQ
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-forms/FAQ        2004-03-16 16:25:04 UTC (rev 5330)
+++ trunk/gnue-forms/FAQ        2004-03-16 17:20:33 UTC (rev 5331)
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@
     CVS gnue-forms against installed sources, just [re]move the gnue directory
     in the client directory.
 
+ Q: When installing GNUe Forms using setup.py, the installation fails with
+    a segmentation fault.
+
+ A: If you are trying to install on an account that has the DISPLAY= variable
+    set, but the install program can't actually access the X display, then
+    wxPython will segfault. This happens alot of times when you "su" into
+    root then try to install.
+
+    The current solution is to "unset DISPLAY" prior to running setup.py.
+    We are trying to work around the wxPython segmentation fault, but it
+    happens in code that we don't have hooks into.
+
 General
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