[Discuss-gnuradio] scopesink.py crashes, Mac OS X, wxPython 2.5.3.1

[Jonathan Jacky]

I have built gnuradio-core, gnuradio-examples, and gr-wxgui on Mac OS X.
I also installed wxPython (2.5.3.1), numarray (1.1.1) and Numeric (23.7).

When I try "pythonw scopesink" it does display the scope with a sinewave
trace on it.  But then the scope window freezes; it is unresponsive to
input (even to close it).  The wxPython stdout/stderr window displays
a traceback (shown below).

After the gnuradio-core installation, "make check" reported one error:
 .... gr_vmcircbuf_sysv_shm_factory: Failed
All the other checks passed.

I've run a few of the demos in the wxPython distribution; they seem to
work OK.

scopesink.py has "import Numeric".  I also tried running with
numarray by replacing this with "import numarray as Numeric". 
It failed in exactly the same way.

I also tried the other demos in wxgui.  waterfallsink.py displays 
a blank window and freezes --- the stdout/stderr window does not
appear.  fftsink also draws a blank window and freezes.  There is a
stdout/stderr window below it, but I can't read it because it is
covered by the blank window, which can't be moved.

Any suggestions?

- Jon Jacky

Here is the traceback from "pythonw scopesink.py":

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/gnuradio/wxgui/plot.py",
   line 896, in OnSize
    self.Clear()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/gnuradio/wxgui/plot.py",
   line 825, in Clear
    dc = wx.BufferedDC(wx.ClientDC(self), self._Buffer)
  File "//Library/Python/2.3/wx-2.5.3-mac-ansi/wx/_gdi.py",
   line 3909, in __init__
    newobj = _gdi_.new_BufferedDC(*args)
wx._core.PyAssertionError: C++ assertion "m_buffer.Ok()"
 failed in /BUILD/wxPython-src-2.5.3.1/include/wx/dcbuffer.h(94):
  invalid bitmap in wxBufferedDC

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "scopesink.py", line 359, in format_data
    npoints = len (records[0])
IndexError: list index out of range
...
... (previous four lines repeat 10 times)
...

Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/
          threading.py", line 436, in __bootstrap
    self.run()
  File "scopesink.py", line 155, in run
    for ch in range (nchan):
MemoryError