Zim 0.6.1 not starting on Windows 7: AssertionError: Failed to start server (spawning)

Can you run zim with the "--debug" switch (will need to use commandline or
a .bat file) and check "$TM%/zim.log" to see what is happening?

Thanks,

Jaap

On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 8:10 AM, Paddy <email address hidden> wrote:

> Public bug reported:
>
> Getting following error when trying to start Zim 0.61 on Windows 7
> (Entreprise Edition):
>
> This is zim 0.61
> Platform: nt
> Locale: nl_BE cp1252
> FS encoding: mbcs
> Python: (2, 7, 8, 'final', 0)
> Gtk: (2, 24, 10)
> Pygtk: (2, 24, 0)
> Zim revision is:
> branch: zim
> revision: 692 <email address hidden>
> date: 2014-07-31 22:22:54 +0200
>
> ======= Traceback =======
> File "zim\main.pyo", line 446, in main
> File "zim\main.pyo", line 211, in run
> File "zim\ipc.pyo", line 282, in start_server_if_not_running
> AssertionError: Failed to start server (spawning)
>
> ** Affects: zim
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
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Quoting Jaap Karssenberg <email address hidden>:

> Can you run zim with the "--debug" switch (will need to use commandline or
> a .bat file) and check "$TM%/zim.log" to see what is happening?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jaap
>

Hi Jaap,

I had to roll back to 0.60 for my Wiki. I will set up a test VM over
the weekend and do a new 0.61 install there and try the debug run. I
will let you know the results afterwards.

Regards,

--
Patrick Van der Veken
KUDOS BVBA - UNIX/Oracle/Web Consultancy
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Quoting Jaap Karssenberg <email address hidden>:

> Can you run zim with the "--debug" switch (will need to use commandline or
> a .bat file) and check "$TM%/zim.log" to see what is happening?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jaap

Hi Jaap,

I did some tests and the results are inconclusive. My test VM is a
Windows 7 Ultimate. First I tried a fresh install of 0.61 and that ran
without problems. Then I simulated an upgrade from 0.60 and 0.61 and
the problem re-occurred, however only twice. When I tried to start Zim
in debug mode, the problem did not occur anymore and any subsequent
starts went fine also.

I do not have my office laptop at hand at the moment to try there
again but will do so next week and see if I can reproduce it there.
Could it be linked to the upgrade process?

Where can I find the debug log by the way?
I noticed the source view plugin is not part of the Windows package?

PS: on my linux machines, the new version runs fine (except for the
source view plugin, I will log a new bug for that)

Regards,
--
Patrick Van der Veken
KUDOS BVBA - UNIX/Oracle/Web Consultancy
http://www.kudos.be - http://www.baanboard.com
E-mail: <email address hidden> - Tel: +32.477.63.52.55

Hallo Patrick,

Not sure why upgrade shows issue. Might be some lag in cleaning up the
socket used for the background process. I have used versions interchanged
last month on my windows laptop (windows 7) and have not found such an
issue myself.

Regards,

Jaap

On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Paddy <email address hidden> wrote:

> Quoting Jaap Karssenberg <email address hidden>:
>
> > Can you run zim with the "--debug" switch (will need to use commandline
> or
> > a .bat file) and check "$TM%/zim.log" to see what is happening?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jaap
>
> Hi Jaap,
>
> I did some tests and the results are inconclusive. My test VM is a
> Windows 7 Ultimate. First I tried a fresh install of 0.61 and that ran
> without problems. Then I simulated an upgrade from 0.60 and 0.61 and
> the problem re-occurred, however only twice. When I tried to start Zim
> in debug mode, the problem did not occur anymore and any subsequent
> starts went fine also.
>
> I do not have my office laptop at hand at the moment to try there
> again but will do so next week and see if I can reproduce it there.
> Could it be linked to the upgrade process?
>
> Where can I find the debug log by the way?
> I noticed the source view plugin is not part of the Windows package?
>
> PS: on my linux machines, the new version runs fine (except for the
> source view plugin, I will log a new bug for that)
>
> Regards,
> --
> Patrick Van der Veken
> KUDOS BVBA - UNIX/Oracle/Web Consultancy
> http://www.kudos.be - http://www.baanboard.com
> E-mail: <email address hidden> - Tel: +32.477.63.52.55
>
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Quoting Jaap Karssenberg <email address hidden>:

> Hallo Patrick,
>
> Not sure why upgrade shows issue. Might be some lag in cleaning up the
> socket used for the background process. I have used versions interchanged
> last month on my windows laptop (windows 7) and have not found such an
> issue myself.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jaap
>

Hi Jaap,

I think it might be related to the local setup on the laptop. It is a
laptop I have to use when working for my client and it has all sorts
of policies on it. Zim (0.6O) also has a very strange startup
behaviour on it. I usually have to click a few times on the Zim icon
and then wait for 2,3 minutes before the Zim screen actually appears.
In the task manager I can see several Zim processes starting and
running together for a wile and then some of them die and only 3
remain (I think). Anyway, I will stick with 0.60 as long as I have
that laptop. At home I am a 100% Linux user and Zim works just fine
there.

Btw, did you receive my donation? Kudos for your good work :)

Regards,

--
Patrick Van der Veken
KUDOS BVBA - UNIX/Oracle/Web Consultancy
http://www.kudos.be - http://www.baanboard.com
E-mail: <email address hidden> - Tel: +32.477.63.52.55

Hey Patrick,

Yes, I have received the donation, many thanks.

What you might want to try on the client's laptop setup is to run zim with
the "--standalone" option. (Create a .bat file on windows to start zim with
commandline switches easily.) This will prevent zim from running a
background process and opening sockets for process communication.

Hope that helps.

Regards,

Jaap

On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Paddy <email address hidden> wrote:

> Quoting Jaap Karssenberg <email address hidden>:
>
> > Hallo Patrick,
> >
> > Not sure why upgrade shows issue. Might be some lag in cleaning up the
> > socket used for the background process. I have used versions interchanged
> > last month on my windows laptop (windows 7) and have not found such an
> > issue myself.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jaap
> >
>
> Hi Jaap,
>
> I think it might be related to the local setup on the laptop. It is a
> laptop I have to use when working for my client and it has all sorts
> of policies on it. Zim (0.6O) also has a very strange startup
> behaviour on it. I usually have to click a few times on the Zim icon
> and then wait for 2,3 minutes before the Zim screen actually appears.
> In the task manager I can see several Zim processes starting and
> running together for a wile and then some of them die and only 3
> remain (I think). Anyway, I will stick with 0.60 as long as I have
> that laptop. At home I am a 100% Linux user and Zim works just fine
> there.
>
> Btw, did you receive my donation? Kudos for your good work :)
>
> Regards,
>
>
> --
> Patrick Van der Veken
> KUDOS BVBA - UNIX/Oracle/Web Consultancy
> http://www.kudos.be - http://www.baanboard.com
> E-mail: <email address hidden> - Tel: +32.477.63.52.55
>
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Quoting Jaap Karssenberg <email address hidden>:

> Hey Patrick,
>
> Yes, I have received the donation, many thanks.
>
> What you might want to try on the client's laptop setup is to run zim with
> the "--standalone" option. (Create a .bat file on windows to start zim with
> commandline switches easily.) This will prevent zim from running a
> background process and opening sockets for process communication.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jaap
>

Hi Jaap,

Thanks! That seems to do the trick. With --standalone Zim starts in
seconds and now also 0.61 works fine.

Regards,

--
Patrick Van der Veken
KUDOS BVBA - UNIX/Oracle/Web Consultancy
http://www.kudos.be - http://www.baanboard.com
E-mail: <email address hidden> - Tel: +32.477.63.52.55