Re: [orca-list] no longer able to install orca

[Joshua Lambert <montcalm SDF LONESTAR ORG>]

I'm running gentoo unstable too.  What version of python are you 
running?  I've found that sticking with 2.6 saves troubles all around. 
So if you're running 3.1 maybe downgrading back to 2.6 and trying to 
install orca?

On Tue, 19 Jan 2010, covici ccs covici com wrote:

> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:46:33 -0500
> From: covici ccs covici com
> To: orca-list gnome org
> Subject: [orca-list] no longer able to install orca
>
> Hi.  I am running a gentoo system, and I did an upgrade of the system
> and orca will no longer install its 2.28.3 version, or any other version
> and it no longer works at all.  It is hanging when it says
> checking for python module pyatspi.
>
> I looked at the configure script and it seems that the following python
> script just hangs:
>
> import sys
> try:
>         import pygtk
>         pygtk.require('2.0')
>         import pyatspi
> except ImportError:
>         sys.exit(1)
> except:
>         sys.exit(0)
> sys.exit(0)
>
> If I run this program python just sits there forever.
>
> Re emerging atspi has no effect.
>
> Any ideas on this would be appreciated.
>
> --
> Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> How do
> you spend it?
>
>         John Covici
>         covici ccs covici com
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