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Re: [Visualpython-users] Problem installing on Mac (non-default python location perhaps?)

[Gary P. <gar...@gm...>]

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:35 AM, James Mueller <mu...@pi...> wrote:

> I took a look and the file distribution.dist inside the vpython installer
> contains the lines
>
>   if(!(system.files.fileExistsAtPath('/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/python2.6')
> == true)) {
>     my.result.title = 'Need Python 2.6 from python.org';
>     my.result.message = 'Python 2.6 from python.org must be installed
> before installing VPython.';
>     my.result.type = 'Fatal';
>     return false;
>   }
>
> So it isn't looking for Current, it is looking for a specific python.
>
> So, if you also install the python 2.6 from python.org, this file will
> exist and the visual installer will work and you will be in the same setup
> as Rhett.  You will have two versions of python, one with visual and one
> with all the enthought libraries.
>
> -Jim
>


AHA!!!

There's a typo in the Enthought distribution.  The directory that should be
called "2.6" is actually called "6.2"
But simply renaming that directory causes other problems.  I'll report it to
the Enthought people.





>
> On Jul 14, 2010, at 9:31 AM, Gary Pajer wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Rhett Allain <ra...@se...> wrote:
>
>> Gary,
>>
>> I have essentially the same problem.  The workaround I use is that if I
>> launch VIDLE (in the VPython folder), it can find the vpython stuff - but it
>> doesn't find the enthought stuff.  If I launch some other IDLE, then it
>> doesn't find the visual module.
>>
>> The bad part of this solution is that I can't use the visual module and
>> the pylab module at the same time.
>>
>> Rhett
>>
>
> How did you install Vpython?  In my case, the Mac installer won't run.
> -g
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Bruce Sherwood <bas...@nc...>wrote:
>>
>>> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python is
>>> indeed the expected location for the Python executor, so that doesn't seem
>>> to be the problem, at least not in any simple sense. I use Apple
>>> PackageMaker to build the Mac VPython installer, and I know nothing about
>>> its criteria for recognizing the presence of Python 2.6.
>>>
>>> You made me realize that the Mac and Windows download pages at
>>> vpython.org were out of date, as they offered Python 2.6.4. After
>>> checking that the VPython installers for Mac and Windows are happy with
>>> Python 2.6.5, I've updated vpython.org to offer Python 2.6.5.
>>>
>>> Nor had I realized that now Python 2.7 is the standard release, so I need
>>> to build against that.
>>>
>>> Bruce Sherwood
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Gary Pajer <gar...@gm...>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm installing software on a new MacBook. I'm not yet very facile with
>>>> Macs.
>>>>
>>>> I have python 2.6.5 from python.org installed, but the vpython
>>>> installer says that I have to install python 2.6 before it will proceed.  I
>>>> think the problem may be that python is not installed in it's default
>>>> location.  Python was installed as part of the Enthought Python
>>>> Distribution, which installs python and a bunch of other stuff that I use.
>>>>  The python executable ended up being
>>>>
>>>> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python
>>>>
>>>> 1.  Is this indeed *not* the default location for a "regular"
>>>> installation of python?
>>>> 2.  If it is not, is that possibly the cause of my problem?
>>>> 3.  Can I fix it by
>>>>    a. creating a symbolic link somewhere (what would it be?)
>>>>    b. or telling vpython where to look for python (set an environment
>>>> variable?)
>>>> 4. Or am I wrong, and the problem lies somewhere else?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> gary
>>>>
>>>>
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Re: [Visualpython-users] Problem installing on Mac (non-default python location perhaps?)

[James M. <mu...@pi...>]

I took a look and the file distribution.dist inside the vpython installer contains the lines

  if(!(system.files.fileExistsAtPath('/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/python2.6') == true)) {
    my.result.title = 'Need Python 2.6 from python.org';
    my.result.message = 'Python 2.6 from python.org must be installed before installing VPython.';
    my.result.type = 'Fatal';
    return false;
  }

So it isn't looking for Current, it is looking for a specific python.  

So, if you also install the python 2.6 from python.org, this file will exist and the visual installer will work and you will be in the same setup as Rhett.  You will have two versions of python, one with visual and one with all the enthought libraries.

-Jim

On Jul 14, 2010, at 9:31 AM, Gary Pajer wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Rhett Allain <ra...@se...> wrote:
> Gary,
> 
> I have essentially the same problem.  The workaround I use is that if I launch VIDLE (in the VPython folder), it can find the vpython stuff - but it doesn't find the enthought stuff.  If I launch some other IDLE, then it doesn't find the visual module.  
> 
> The bad part of this solution is that I can't use the visual module and the pylab module at the same time.
> 
> Rhett
> 
> How did you install Vpython?  In my case, the Mac installer won't run.
> -g
>  
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Bruce Sherwood <bas...@nc...> wrote:
> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python is indeed the expected location for the Python executor, so that doesn't seem to be the problem, at least not in any simple sense. I use Apple PackageMaker to build the Mac VPython installer, and I know nothing about its criteria for recognizing the presence of Python 2.6.
> 
> You made me realize that the Mac and Windows download pages at vpython.org were out of date, as they offered Python 2.6.4. After checking that the VPython installers for Mac and Windows are happy with Python 2.6.5, I've updated vpython.org to offer Python 2.6.5.
> 
> Nor had I realized that now Python 2.7 is the standard release, so I need to build against that.
> 
> Bruce Sherwood
> 
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Gary Pajer <gar...@gm...> wrote:
> I'm installing software on a new MacBook. I'm not yet very facile with Macs.
> 
> I have python 2.6.5 from python.org installed, but the vpython installer says that I have to install python 2.6 before it will proceed.  I think the problem may be that python is not installed in it's default location.  Python was installed as part of the Enthought Python Distribution, which installs python and a bunch of other stuff that I use.  The python executable ended up being
> 
> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python
> 
> 1.  Is this indeed *not* the default location for a "regular" installation of python?
> 2.  If it is not, is that possibly the cause of my problem?
> 3.  Can I fix it by 
>    a. creating a symbolic link somewhere (what would it be?)
>    b. or telling vpython where to look for python (set an environment variable?)
> 4. Or am I wrong, and the problem lies somewhere else?
> 
> Thanks,
> gary
> 
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Re: [Visualpython-users] Problem installing on Mac (non-default python location perhaps?)

[Gary P. <gar...@gm...>]

OK.

To be clear about my situation:  the installer starts but will not perform
the installation.

-g

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Rhett Allain <ra...@se...> wrote:

> Gary,
>
> I just followed the instructions on vpython.org and it worked fine.
>
> Rhett
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Gary Pajer <gar...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Rhett Allain <ra...@se...> wrote:
>>
>>> Gary,
>>>
>>> I have essentially the same problem.  The workaround I use is that if I
>>> launch VIDLE (in the VPython folder), it can find the vpython stuff - but it
>>> doesn't find the enthought stuff.  If I launch some other IDLE, then it
>>> doesn't find the visual module.
>>>
>>> The bad part of this solution is that I can't use the visual module and
>>> the pylab module at the same time.
>>>
>>> Rhett
>>>
>>
>> How did you install Vpython?  In my case, the Mac installer won't run.
>> -g
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Bruce Sherwood <bas...@nc...>wrote:
>>>
>>>> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python is
>>>> indeed the expected location for the Python executor, so that doesn't seem
>>>> to be the problem, at least not in any simple sense. I use Apple
>>>> PackageMaker to build the Mac VPython installer, and I know nothing about
>>>> its criteria for recognizing the presence of Python 2.6.
>>>>
>>>> You made me realize that the Mac and Windows download pages at
>>>> vpython.org were out of date, as they offered Python 2.6.4. After
>>>> checking that the VPython installers for Mac and Windows are happy with
>>>> Python 2.6.5, I've updated vpython.org to offer Python 2.6.5.
>>>>
>>>> Nor had I realized that now Python 2.7 is the standard release, so I
>>>> need to build against that.
>>>>
>>>> Bruce Sherwood
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Gary Pajer <gar...@gm...>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm installing software on a new MacBook. I'm not yet very facile with
>>>>> Macs.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have python 2.6.5 from python.org installed, but the vpython
>>>>> installer says that I have to install python 2.6 before it will proceed.  I
>>>>> think the problem may be that python is not installed in it's default
>>>>> location.  Python was installed as part of the Enthought Python
>>>>> Distribution, which installs python and a bunch of other stuff that I use.
>>>>>  The python executable ended up being
>>>>>
>>>>> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python
>>>>>
>>>>> 1.  Is this indeed *not* the default location for a "regular"
>>>>> installation of python?
>>>>> 2.  If it is not, is that possibly the cause of my problem?
>>>>> 3.  Can I fix it by
>>>>>    a. creating a symbolic link somewhere (what would it be?)
>>>>>    b. or telling vpython where to look for python (set an environment
>>>>> variable?)
>>>>> 4. Or am I wrong, and the problem lies somewhere else?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> gary
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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Re: [Visualpython-users] Problem installing on Mac (non-default python location perhaps?)

[Rhett A. <ra...@se...>]

Gary,

I just followed the instructions on vpython.org and it worked fine.

Rhett


On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Gary Pajer <gar...@gm...> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Rhett Allain <ra...@se...> wrote:
>
>> Gary,
>>
>> I have essentially the same problem.  The workaround I use is that if I
>> launch VIDLE (in the VPython folder), it can find the vpython stuff - but it
>> doesn't find the enthought stuff.  If I launch some other IDLE, then it
>> doesn't find the visual module.
>>
>> The bad part of this solution is that I can't use the visual module and
>> the pylab module at the same time.
>>
>> Rhett
>>
>
> How did you install Vpython?  In my case, the Mac installer won't run.
> -g
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Bruce Sherwood <bas...@nc...>wrote:
>>
>>> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python is
>>> indeed the expected location for the Python executor, so that doesn't seem
>>> to be the problem, at least not in any simple sense. I use Apple
>>> PackageMaker to build the Mac VPython installer, and I know nothing about
>>> its criteria for recognizing the presence of Python 2.6.
>>>
>>> You made me realize that the Mac and Windows download pages at
>>> vpython.org were out of date, as they offered Python 2.6.4. After
>>> checking that the VPython installers for Mac and Windows are happy with
>>> Python 2.6.5, I've updated vpython.org to offer Python 2.6.5.
>>>
>>> Nor had I realized that now Python 2.7 is the standard release, so I need
>>> to build against that.
>>>
>>> Bruce Sherwood
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Gary Pajer <gar...@gm...>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm installing software on a new MacBook. I'm not yet very facile with
>>>> Macs.
>>>>
>>>> I have python 2.6.5 from python.org installed, but the vpython
>>>> installer says that I have to install python 2.6 before it will proceed.  I
>>>> think the problem may be that python is not installed in it's default
>>>> location.  Python was installed as part of the Enthought Python
>>>> Distribution, which installs python and a bunch of other stuff that I use.
>>>>  The python executable ended up being
>>>>
>>>> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python
>>>>
>>>> 1.  Is this indeed *not* the default location for a "regular"
>>>> installation of python?
>>>> 2.  If it is not, is that possibly the cause of my problem?
>>>> 3.  Can I fix it by
>>>>    a. creating a symbolic link somewhere (what would it be?)
>>>>    b. or telling vpython where to look for python (set an environment
>>>> variable?)
>>>> 4. Or am I wrong, and the problem lies somewhere else?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> gary
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
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Re: [Visualpython-users] Problem installing on Mac (non-default python location perhaps?)

[Gary P. <gar...@gm...>]

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Rhett Allain <ra...@se...> wrote:

> Gary,
>
> I have essentially the same problem.  The workaround I use is that if I
> launch VIDLE (in the VPython folder), it can find the vpython stuff - but it
> doesn't find the enthought stuff.  If I launch some other IDLE, then it
> doesn't find the visual module.
>
> The bad part of this solution is that I can't use the visual module and the
> pylab module at the same time.
>
> Rhett
>

How did you install Vpython?  In my case, the Mac installer won't run.
-g


>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Bruce Sherwood <bas...@nc...>wrote:
>
>> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python is indeed
>> the expected location for the Python executor, so that doesn't seem to be
>> the problem, at least not in any simple sense. I use Apple PackageMaker to
>> build the Mac VPython installer, and I know nothing about its criteria for
>> recognizing the presence of Python 2.6.
>>
>> You made me realize that the Mac and Windows download pages at
>> vpython.org were out of date, as they offered Python 2.6.4. After
>> checking that the VPython installers for Mac and Windows are happy with
>> Python 2.6.5, I've updated vpython.org to offer Python 2.6.5.
>>
>> Nor had I realized that now Python 2.7 is the standard release, so I need
>> to build against that.
>>
>> Bruce Sherwood
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Gary Pajer <gar...@gm...> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm installing software on a new MacBook. I'm not yet very facile with
>>> Macs.
>>>
>>> I have python 2.6.5 from python.org installed, but the vpython installer
>>> says that I have to install python 2.6 before it will proceed.  I think the
>>> problem may be that python is not installed in it's default location.
>>>  Python was installed as part of the Enthought Python Distribution, which
>>> installs python and a bunch of other stuff that I use.  The python
>>> executable ended up being
>>>
>>> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python
>>>
>>> 1.  Is this indeed *not* the default location for a "regular"
>>> installation of python?
>>> 2.  If it is not, is that possibly the cause of my problem?
>>> 3.  Can I fix it by
>>>    a. creating a symbolic link somewhere (what would it be?)
>>>    b. or telling vpython where to look for python (set an environment
>>> variable?)
>>> 4. Or am I wrong, and the problem lies somewhere else?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> gary
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Re: [Visualpython-users] Problem installing on Mac (non-default python location perhaps?)

[James M. <mu...@pi...>]

Gary and Rhett,
	I had this problem a couple of years ago when I was teaching a course where I wanted to use scipy and visual.  IIRC at that time I solved it by rebuilding visual against the installed enthought python There were a few issues in the make file that I needed tinker with, but it wasn't hard - at that time.  It was certainly easier than figuring out the install issues.  Then I could distribute my own installer for those students in my class who had macs.  Of course using the other part of pylab, matplotlib, and visual together never worked for me.  
	On windows, the pythonxy distribution comes with numpy, scipy, matplotlib, and visual, so for students on that platform, it was easy to say just install pythonxy.  Unfortunately, pythonxy doesn't have an OS-X version.

	-Jim

On Jul 14, 2010, at 8:35 AM, Rhett Allain wrote:

> Gary,
> 
> I have essentially the same problem.  The workaround I use is that if I launch VIDLE (in the VPython folder), it can find the vpython stuff - but it doesn't find the enthought stuff.  If I launch some other IDLE, then it doesn't find the visual module.  
> 
> The bad part of this solution is that I can't use the visual module and the pylab module at the same time.
> 
> Rhett
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Bruce Sherwood <bas...@nc...> wrote:
> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python is indeed the expected location for the Python executor, so that doesn't seem to be the problem, at least not in any simple sense. I use Apple PackageMaker to build the Mac VPython installer, and I know nothing about its criteria for recognizing the presence of Python 2.6.
> 
> You made me realize that the Mac and Windows download pages at vpython.org were out of date, as they offered Python 2.6.4. After checking that the VPython installers for Mac and Windows are happy with Python 2.6.5, I've updated vpython.org to offer Python 2.6.5.
> 
> Nor had I realized that now Python 2.7 is the standard release, so I need to build against that.
> 
> Bruce Sherwood
> 
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Gary Pajer <gar...@gm...> wrote:
> I'm installing software on a new MacBook. I'm not yet very facile with Macs.
> 
> I have python 2.6.5 from python.org installed, but the vpython installer says that I have to install python 2.6 before it will proceed.  I think the problem may be that python is not installed in it's default location.  Python was installed as part of the Enthought Python Distribution, which installs python and a bunch of other stuff that I use.  The python executable ended up being
> 
> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python
> 
> 1.  Is this indeed *not* the default location for a "regular" installation of python?
> 2.  If it is not, is that possibly the cause of my problem?
> 3.  Can I fix it by 
>    a. creating a symbolic link somewhere (what would it be?)
>    b. or telling vpython where to look for python (set an environment variable?)
> 4. Or am I wrong, and the problem lies somewhere else?
> 
> Thanks,
> gary
> 
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Re: [Visualpython-users] Problem installing on Mac (non-default python location perhaps?)

[Rhett A. <ra...@se...>]

Gary,

I have essentially the same problem.  The workaround I use is that if I
launch VIDLE (in the VPython folder), it can find the vpython stuff - but it
doesn't find the enthought stuff.  If I launch some other IDLE, then it
doesn't find the visual module.

The bad part of this solution is that I can't use the visual module and the
pylab module at the same time.

Rhett



On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Bruce Sherwood <bas...@nc...> wrote:

> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python is indeed
> the expected location for the Python executor, so that doesn't seem to be
> the problem, at least not in any simple sense. I use Apple PackageMaker to
> build the Mac VPython installer, and I know nothing about its criteria for
> recognizing the presence of Python 2.6.
>
> You made me realize that the Mac and Windows download pages at vpython.orgwere out of date, as they offered Python 2.6.4. After checking that the
> VPython installers for Mac and Windows are happy with Python 2.6.5, I've
> updated vpython.org to offer Python 2.6.5.
>
> Nor had I realized that now Python 2.7 is the standard release, so I need
> to build against that.
>
> Bruce Sherwood
>
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Gary Pajer <gar...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> I'm installing software on a new MacBook. I'm not yet very facile with
>> Macs.
>>
>> I have python 2.6.5 from python.org installed, but the vpython installer
>> says that I have to install python 2.6 before it will proceed.  I think the
>> problem may be that python is not installed in it's default location.
>>  Python was installed as part of the Enthought Python Distribution, which
>> installs python and a bunch of other stuff that I use.  The python
>> executable ended up being
>>
>> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python
>>
>> 1.  Is this indeed *not* the default location for a "regular" installation
>> of python?
>> 2.  If it is not, is that possibly the cause of my problem?
>> 3.  Can I fix it by
>>    a. creating a symbolic link somewhere (what would it be?)
>>    b. or telling vpython where to look for python (set an environment
>> variable?)
>> 4. Or am I wrong, and the problem lies somewhere else?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> gary
>>
>>
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Re: [Visualpython-users] Problem installing on Mac (non-default python location perhaps?)

[Bruce S. <bas...@nc...>]

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python is indeed
the expected location for the Python executor, so that doesn't seem to be
the problem, at least not in any simple sense. I use Apple PackageMaker to
build the Mac VPython installer, and I know nothing about its criteria for
recognizing the presence of Python 2.6.

You made me realize that the Mac and Windows download pages at
vpython.orgwere out of date, as they offered Python 2.6.4. After
checking that the
VPython installers for Mac and Windows are happy with Python 2.6.5, I've
updated vpython.org to offer Python 2.6.5.

Nor had I realized that now Python 2.7 is the standard release, so I need to
build against that.

Bruce Sherwood

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Gary Pajer <gar...@gm...> wrote:

> I'm installing software on a new MacBook. I'm not yet very facile with
> Macs.
>
> I have python 2.6.5 from python.org installed, but the vpython installer
> says that I have to install python 2.6 before it will proceed.  I think the
> problem may be that python is not installed in it's default location.
>  Python was installed as part of the Enthought Python Distribution, which
> installs python and a bunch of other stuff that I use.  The python
> executable ended up being
>
> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python
>
> 1.  Is this indeed *not* the default location for a "regular" installation
> of python?
> 2.  If it is not, is that possibly the cause of my problem?
> 3.  Can I fix it by
>    a. creating a symbolic link somewhere (what would it be?)
>    b. or telling vpython where to look for python (set an environment
> variable?)
> 4. Or am I wrong, and the problem lies somewhere else?
>
> Thanks,
> gary
>
>
>
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[Visualpython-users] Problem installing on Mac (non-default python location perhaps?)

[Gary P. <gar...@gm...>]

I'm installing software on a new MacBook. I'm not yet very facile with Macs.

I have python 2.6.5 from python.org installed, but the vpython installer
says that I have to install python 2.6 before it will proceed.  I think the
problem may be that python is not installed in it's default location.
 Python was installed as part of the Enthought Python Distribution, which
installs python and a bunch of other stuff that I use.  The python
executable ended up being

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python

1.  Is this indeed *not* the default location for a "regular" installation
of python?
2.  If it is not, is that possibly the cause of my problem?
3.  Can I fix it by
   a. creating a symbolic link somewhere (what would it be?)
   b. or telling vpython where to look for python (set an environment
variable?)
4. Or am I wrong, and the problem lies somewhere else?

Thanks,
gary

Re: [Visualpython-users] Wondering if vPython can do this?

[Guy K. K. <g....@ma...>]

On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:17:48 Bruce Sherwood wrote:
> I don't see how VPython could be of any help in this, nor do I know what
> application would be suitable.

Have a look into the OpenCV toolbox. I think there's stuff in there to 
facilitate that. Then you might be able to use the output from that to render 
it through VPython.

HTH,

Guy

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Re: [Visualpython-users] Wondering if vPython can do this?

[Bruce S. <bas...@nc...>]

I don't see how VPython could be of any help in this, nor do I know what
application would be suitable.

Bruce Sherwood

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Alec Bennett <wry...@gm...> wrote:

> I have a bank of 5 cameras taking a simultaneous snapshot, and I'd like to
> set up those cameras surrounding a person and assemble them into a 3d model.
> I was wondering if visual Python can take these 5 pictures and do this?
>
> If not, could anyone recommend some other method?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
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[Visualpython-users] Wondering if vPython can do this?

[Alec B. <wry...@gm...>]

I have a bank of 5 cameras taking a simultaneous snapshot, and I'd like to
set up those cameras surrounding a person and assemble them into a 3d model.
I was wondering if visual Python can take these 5 pictures and do this?

If not, could anyone recommend some other method?

Thanks for any help.

Re: [Visualpython-users] Compiling on Ubuntu 10.04

[Andrew M. <amo...@de...>]

This bug seems to come up when there is a new release of Ubuntu.

Last fall (or winter, can't remember) when I ran into the problem, the
discussion on this list seemed to indicate that we file bug reports.
So, I posted a comment to this bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/482928

All the discussions I've read seemed to indicate that there is a
problem with how python is making the opengl calls.  For whatever
reason, it only works when the -dev package is installed, which is not
how python normally works.

One of the debian maintainers submitted a fix that now requires the
-dev package to be included on installs of python-visual.  I don't
think that is an ideal fix, but from an end user standpoint (assuming
this trickles down to ubuntu) it should work all right.

I'm no developer, so I can't really complain, but I was hoping it
would be fixed in a better way.

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Venkat Ramanan <ven...@gm...> wrote:
> FWIW, I can confirm Eric's observation.
>
> I recently installed vpython (Ubuntu's version) on my older machine which
> has 32-bit Ubuntu-10.04.
>
> If we just install vpython it doesn't seem to pull all the dependencies.
> When running, it shows some obscure opengl errors.
>
> Then if we do,
>
> apt-get install libgtkglextmm-x11-1.2-dev
>
> it works. Probably a dependency bug.
>
> Bye,
> Venkat.
>
> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Guy K. Kloss <g....@ma...> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 29 May 2010 10:14:26 Eric Ayars wrote:
>> > They give me vpython 5.12, which I know is not the latest version but
>> > after
>> > the absurd amount of time I've blown on this problem I really don't care
>> > whether it's the latest or not!
>>
>> If you're then just using a binary packaged version of python-visual, you
>> do
>> not need the "*-dev" packages. These are *only* required for
>> building/compiling. So you may want to try to chuck these out and see if
>> it
>> still works (it should).
>>
>> On a side note, I've found that aptitude instead of apt-get is better at
>> resolving dependencies, and it keeps the system cleaner, as it knows and
>> tracks what packages were installed purely as a dependency, and it kicks
>> them
>> out automatically again as soon as they're orphaned. It should be for most
>> purposes a drop in replacement for apt-get.
>>
>> Guy
>>
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Re: [Visualpython-users] Compiling on Ubuntu 10.04

[Venkat R. <ven...@gm...>]

FWIW, I can confirm Eric's observation.

I recently installed vpython (Ubuntu's version) on my older machine which
has 32-bit Ubuntu-10.04.

If we just install vpython it doesn't seem to pull all the dependencies.
When running, it shows some obscure opengl errors.

Then if we do,

apt-get install libgtkglextmm-x11-1.2-dev

it works. Probably a dependency bug.

Bye,
Venkat.

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Guy K. Kloss <g....@ma...> wrote:

> On Sat, 29 May 2010 10:14:26 Eric Ayars wrote:
> > They give me vpython 5.12, which I know is not the latest version but
> after
> > the absurd amount of time I've blown on this problem I really don't care
> > whether it's the latest or not!
>
> If you're then just using a binary packaged version of python-visual, you
> do
> not need the "*-dev" packages. These are *only* required for
> building/compiling. So you may want to try to chuck these out and see if it
> still works (it should).
>
> On a side note, I've found that aptitude instead of apt-get is better at
> resolving dependencies, and it keeps the system cleaner, as it knows and
> tracks what packages were installed purely as a dependency, and it kicks
> them
> out automatically again as soon as they're orphaned. It should be for most
> purposes a drop in replacement for apt-get.
>
> Guy
>
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Re: [Visualpython-users] Segmentation fault on Ubuntu 10.04 (64 bit).

[Venkat R. <ven...@gm...>]

Sorry, I meant to send this to the list.  By default, "Reply" seems to send
only to the person involved and not to the list.

Thanks,
Venkat.

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Venkat Ramanan <ven...@gm...>wrote:

> Thanks for the probable cause. But I'm not sure how to solve it. I've
> already installed the latest recommended driver from Ubuntu. "System > Admin
> > Hardware Drivers" shows the latest recommended Nvidia driver (195.36.24).
>
> However, when I checked the Nvidia site, they've released a new driver
> (256.35), but Ubuntu hasn't picked it up yet. Does anyone know how often
> Ubuntu updates its Nvidia drivers? Otherwise, I may need to manually install
> Nvidia driver (and re-install it whenever there is a kernel update which is
> a pain).
>
> Bye,
> Venkat.
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Bruce Sherwood <bas...@nc...> wrote:
>
>> I too have NVIDIA graphics and have installed the proprietary "NVIDIA
>> accelerated graphics driver (current version)", starting from the menu
>> System > Administration > Hardware Drivers. Is that what you did?
>>
>> I'll say again that the error you're seeing has in the past been
>> associated with a graphics driver problem.
>>
>> Bruce Sherwood
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Venkat Ramanan <ven...@gm...>wrote:
>>
>>> I compiled the latest Vpython (5.32) from source.
>>>
>>> After installing all the dependencies, I had to do a couple of changes
>>> previously described by Bruce in other threads.
>>>
>>> However, the freshly installed vpython still fails.
>>>
>>> $ python
>>> Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Apr 16 2010, 13:57:41)
>>> [GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
>>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> from visual import *
>>> >>> version
>>> ('5.32', 'release')
>>> >>>
>>> >>> sphere()
>>> Segmentation fault
>>>
>>> I'm not sure where this comes from. I'd be grateful for any hints to
>>> solve this.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Venkat.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Venkat Ramanan <ven...@gm...>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Bruce,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the confirmation.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure what is wrong here. Is there a way to enable debug info to
>>>> find the source of the problem?
>>>>
>>>> I'll try to build the latest Vpython (5.32) from source and see if it
>>>> works. It looks like Ubuntu-10.04 still has the old version (5.12).
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Venkat.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Bruce Sherwood <bas...@nc...>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Here's what is said about this on the Linux download page at
>>>>> vpython.org, valid for both 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu:
>>>>>
>>>>> First check to see whether VPython is already available as a package
>>>>> for your Linux. For example, there is a "python-visual" package on Ubuntu.
>>>>> (Unfortunately, this package for Ubuntu 9.10 is broken; to make it work you
>>>>> need to install the Boost 1.38 libraries referenced below. The package for
>>>>> Ubuntu 10.04 does work, and you might consider upgrading to 10.04.).
>>>>>
>>>>> So no, you shouldn't have to do anything special about the Boost
>>>>> libraries. The python-visual package should resolve all dependencies, and
>>>>> this package does work on Ubuntu 10.04, both 32-bit and 64-bit (or at least
>>>>> it works on my own 32-bit and 64-bit machines). The symptom would seem to
>>>>> indicate a problem with the graphics driver, but you say you're using the
>>>>> NVIDIA driver, and glxgear works, so I don't know what can be the source of
>>>>> your problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bruce Sherwood
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Venkat Ramanan <ven...@gm...>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Last week I updated my ubuntu to 10.04 64 bit. I then installed
>>>>>> vpython from default ubuntu repositories.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But even a minimal vpython program gives a segfault.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $ python
>>>>>> Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Apr 16 2010, 13:57:41)
>>>>>> [GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
>>>>>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>>>> >>> from visual import *
>>>>>> >>> sphere()
>>>>>> Segmentation fault
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I remember for the last Ubuntu (9.10), I had to update the boost
>>>>>> library to get it working. Does the same problem exist under 10.04?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm using Nvidia binary drivers. glxgears works fine. I'd be grateful
>>>>>> for any hints to make it work again.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >>> import visual
>>>>>> >>> visual.version
>>>>>> ('5.12', 'release')
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Venkat.
>>>>>>
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Re: [Visualpython-users] building failure from visual-5.2_release.tar.bz2 on Mac OS X10.6.4

[Bruce S. <bas...@nc...>]

The error indicates that some library was not found in the linking stage. If
you showed just a bit more of the tail end of build.log, there might be a
specific indication of what library it is.

Bruce Sherwood

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 7:02 PM, K. Uebayashi <u.k...@gm...> wrote:

> I only replied to Steve, personally.
> So, I resend my message to this list.
>
>
>
> After executed
>  ./configure --prefix=/opt/local \
>    CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/\
>       Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/numpy/core/include/"
> , I met "new" error message,
>  $ make
>  ....
>  Compiling ./gtk2/rate.cpp ...
>  Linking cvisualmodule.so ...
>  make[1]: *** [cvisualmodule.so] Error 1
>  make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> .
>
> "src/build.log" ends with
>  $tail -3 src/build.log
>  Configured with: /var/tmp/gcc/gcc-5659~1/src/configure
> --disable-checking --enable-werror --prefix=/usr --mandir=/share/man
> --enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++
> --program-transform-name=/^[cg][^.-]*$/s/$/-4.2/
> --with-slibdir=/usr/lib --build=i686-apple-darwin10
> --program-prefix=i686-apple-darwin10- --host=x86_64-apple-darwin10
> --target=i686-apple-darwin10 --with-gxx-include-dir=/include/c++/4.2.1
>  Thread model: posix
>  gcc version 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5659)
> .
>
> Could I fix the above error "Error 1" ?
>
> --
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>
> 2010/7/4 Steve Spicklemire <st...@sp...>:
> > OK.. here's the trouble:
> >
> > In file included from
> > ../../visual-5.2_release/include/python/arrayprim.hpp:9:0,
> >                 from ../../visual-5.2_release/src/python/arrayprim.cpp:1:
> > ../../visual-5.2_release/include/python/num_util.hpp:73:31: fatal error:
> > numpy/arrayobject.h: No such file or directory
> > compilation terminated.
> >
> > Did you build/install numpy? Do you have the sources someplace where
> visual
> > can find the header files?
> >
> > -steve
> >
> > On Jul 3, 2010, at 7:54 PM, K. Uebayashi wrote:
> >
> >> <build.log>
> >
> >
>
>
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Re: [Visualpython-users] building failure from visual-5.2_release.tar.bz2 on Mac OS X10.6.4

[K. U. <u.k...@gm...>]

I only replied to Steve, personally.
So, I resend my message to this list.



After executed
  ./configure --prefix=/opt/local \
    CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/\
       Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/numpy/core/include/"
, I met "new" error message,
 $ make
 ....
 Compiling ./gtk2/rate.cpp ...
 Linking cvisualmodule.so ...
 make[1]: *** [cvisualmodule.so] Error 1
 make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
.

"src/build.log" ends with
 $tail -3 src/build.log
 Configured with: /var/tmp/gcc/gcc-5659~1/src/configure
--disable-checking --enable-werror --prefix=/usr --mandir=/share/man
--enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++
--program-transform-name=/^[cg][^.-]*$/s/$/-4.2/
--with-slibdir=/usr/lib --build=i686-apple-darwin10
--program-prefix=i686-apple-darwin10- --host=x86_64-apple-darwin10
--target=i686-apple-darwin10 --with-gxx-include-dir=/include/c++/4.2.1
 Thread model: posix
 gcc version 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5659)
.

Could I fix the above error "Error 1" ?

--
K. Uebayashi

2010/7/4 Steve Spicklemire <st...@sp...>:
> OK.. here's the trouble:
>
> In file included from
> ../../visual-5.2_release/include/python/arrayprim.hpp:9:0,
>                 from ../../visual-5.2_release/src/python/arrayprim.cpp:1:
> ../../visual-5.2_release/include/python/num_util.hpp:73:31: fatal error:
> numpy/arrayobject.h: No such file or directory
> compilation terminated.
>
> Did you build/install numpy? Do you have the sources someplace where visual
> can find the header files?
>
> -steve
>
> On Jul 3, 2010, at 7:54 PM, K. Uebayashi wrote:
>
>> <build.log>
>
>



-- 
K. Uebayashi

Re: [Visualpython-users] Segmentation fault on Ubuntu 10.04 (64 bit).

[Bruce S. <bas...@nc...>]

Here's what is said about this on the Linux download page at vpython.org,
valid for both 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu:

First check to see whether VPython is already available as a package for
your Linux. For example, there is a "python-visual" package on Ubuntu.
(Unfortunately, this package for Ubuntu 9.10 is broken; to make it work you
need to install the Boost 1.38 libraries referenced below. The package for
Ubuntu 10.04 does work, and you might consider upgrading to 10.04.).

So no, you shouldn't have to do anything special about the Boost libraries.
The python-visual package should resolve all dependencies, and this package
does work on Ubuntu 10.04, both 32-bit and 64-bit (or at least it works on
my own 32-bit and 64-bit machines). The symptom would seem to indicate a
problem with the graphics driver, but you say you're using the NVIDIA
driver, and glxgear works, so I don't know what can be the source of your
problem.

Bruce Sherwood

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Venkat Ramanan <ven...@gm...>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Last week I updated my ubuntu to 10.04 64 bit. I then installed vpython
> from default ubuntu repositories.
>
> But even a minimal vpython program gives a segfault.
>
> $ python
> Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Apr 16 2010, 13:57:41)
> [GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> from visual import *
> >>> sphere()
> Segmentation fault
>
> I remember for the last Ubuntu (9.10), I had to update the boost library to
> get it working. Does the same problem exist under 10.04?
>
> I'm using Nvidia binary drivers. glxgears works fine. I'd be grateful for
> any hints to make it work again.
>
> >>> import visual
> >>> visual.version
> ('5.12', 'release')
>
> Thanks,
> Venkat.
>
>
>
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[Visualpython-users] Segmentation fault on Ubuntu 10.04 (64 bit).

[Venkat R. <ven...@gm...>]

Hi all,

Last week I updated my ubuntu to 10.04 64 bit. I then installed vpython from
default ubuntu repositories.

But even a minimal vpython program gives a segfault.

$ python
Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Apr 16 2010, 13:57:41)
[GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from visual import *
>>> sphere()
Segmentation fault

I remember for the last Ubuntu (9.10), I had to update the boost library to
get it working. Does the same problem exist under 10.04?

I'm using Nvidia binary drivers. glxgears works fine. I'd be grateful for
any hints to make it work again.

>>> import visual
>>> visual.version
('5.12', 'release')

Thanks,
Venkat.

[Visualpython-users] vpython icon for Mac

[Aaron T. <hpu...@gm...>]

For Mac VPython users:

I've been annoyed by the generic icon for the VIDLE application on the Mac. So, today I figured out how to change the icon to a somewhat standard Python icon that mimics the icon on Windows. (I'm guessing because I don't really know if this is correct or not.)

You can download icon(s) at:

http://www.crystalxp.net/galerie/en.id.842-python-icon-pack-frenetik-icons-a-png.htm


Mac uses the "Get Info" window (cmd-i) to change icons. You have to copy the icon from one file and paste it for the other. However, you need a file with the correct Python icon. 

I had to use IconDroplet to convert the icns file to one that has the icon. Download IconDroplet from:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19771/icondroplet

Use it convert the icns file to a file that has the icon.

Then, use cmd-i to view the info window, click the icon in the upper left corner, copy, and paste into the icon for the VIDLE application (in its info window).

I hope this helps the Mac folks out there.

Aaron

[Visualpython-users] Fwd: building failure from visual-5.2_release.tar.bz2 on Mac OS X10.6.4

[Mirko B. <mir...@ie...>]

As K. pointed out, I sent this message to his address only: since it might
be of interest to somebody else as well, here it is for the whole list.

K.: the errors from your log seem to boil down to a "cvs export: move away
`(some file name)'; it is in the way", which I did never experience, or at
least not with the visual python cvs repository. Maybe somebody else did?

bye



Hi,

I wrote a portfile to build visual through macports, but since I had some
problems having it accepted in the official macports repositories (and no
time right now to fix those problems) I had to resort to our department
macports repository. Alternatively, you can setup a local one and install it
from there.

http://www.mip.sdu.dk/macports/python/py26-visual.tgz

nb: I believe that there might be problems building it with python 2.6.5, as
the included boost libs where compiled against 2.6.4. You can still try to
fix this by recompiling the boost libs though, if you already moved to
2.6.5.

<http://www.mip.sdu.dk/macports/python/py26-visual.tgz>regards,
Mirko


On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 1:44 PM, K. Uebayashi <u.k...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to build vpython on my Mac OS X10.6.4.
>
> I've installed gtkglextmm, libglademml, ftgl and boost from macports.
>
> After executing
>  PYTHON=/opt/local/bin/python2.6 ./configure --prefix=/opt/local
>  && make,
> I get a error message;
>  "Compiling ./python/arrayprim.cpp ...
>  make[1]: *** [arrayprim.lo] Error 1
>  make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1".
>
>
> Is possible to avoid this error and
>  to build visual python on Mac OS X?
>
>
> --
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>
>
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Re: [Visualpython-users] building failure from visual-5.2_release.tar.bz2 on Mac OS X10.6.4

[Steve S. <st...@sp...>]

OK.. here's the trouble:

In file included from ../../visual-5.2_release/include/python/ 
arrayprim.hpp:9:0,
                  from ../../visual-5.2_release/src/python/ 
arrayprim.cpp:1:
../../visual-5.2_release/include/python/num_util.hpp:73:31: fatal  
error: numpy/arrayobject.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.

Did you build/install numpy? Do you have the sources someplace where  
visual can find the header files?

-steve

On Jul 3, 2010, at 7:54 PM, K. Uebayashi wrote:

> <build.log>

Re: [Visualpython-users] building failure from visual-5.2_release.tar.bz2 on Mac OS X10.6.4

[Steve S. <st...@sp...>]

Good! This means it should "work".

K, You might try building the fink port, or looking at Martin's fink  
package:

http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/visual-py26

If I remember how fink works correctly, most of the info for building  
goes in the 'info' file and the 'patch' file:

http://fink.cvs.sourceforge.net/fink/dists/10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/sci/visual-py26.info

http://fink.cvs.sourceforge.net/fink/dists/10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/sci/visual-py26.patch

The only real change/patch that I see there that would affect  
compiling deal with a linker flag (-bundle_loader vs. -undefined).  
Also there is a mention that the port is only compatible with  
python-2.6. Maybe you should give the fink port a try? At least you  
could build the fink port and see what else might be different? One  
problem is that there are a lot of dependencies and sometimes building  
visual is as much about getting the dependencies (version/build-flags)  
right as it is about the visual code itself.

(Also.. sorry Martin! I didn't realize there was a fink 5.x version.  
Good show!)

-steve

On Jul 3, 2010, at 7:49 PM, Martin Costabel wrote:

> Steve Spicklemire wrote:
>> Hi K,
>> I'm pretty sure the gtk/glade etc are only needed for an X-Windows   
>> build. The Mac port uses the Carbon API to run on macos x.
>> It may be possible to build an X-Windows version (in fact that was   
>> originally how visual was ported to the mac, except using fink  
>> rather  than macports) but it hasn't been done in some time (I  
>> don't think at  all for Visual 5.X, as far as I know, but I may be  
>> wrong here..)
>
> You are wrong:
> Fink has version 5.32 (package "visual-py26"), which uses X11.
>
> -- 
> Martin
>

Re: [Visualpython-users] building failure from visual-5.2_release.tar.bz2 on Mac OS X10.6.4

[K. U. <u.k...@gm...>]

I attached make.log and src/build.log.
>From src/build.log, it seems that I get a error at numpy/arrayobject.h.

Thanks.

2010/7/4 Steve Spicklemire <st...@sp...>:
> Hi K,
>
> What's the full message if you just type 'make'?
>
> -steve
>

-- 
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Re: [Visualpython-users] building failure from visual-5.2_release.tar.bz2 on Mac OS X10.6.4

[Martin C. <cos...@wa...>]

Steve Spicklemire wrote:
> Hi K,
> 
> I'm pretty sure the gtk/glade etc are only needed for an X-Windows  
> build. The Mac port uses the Carbon API to run on macos x.
> 
> It may be possible to build an X-Windows version (in fact that was  
> originally how visual was ported to the mac, except using fink rather  
> than macports) but it hasn't been done in some time (I don't think at  
> all for Visual 5.X, as far as I know, but I may be wrong here..)

You are wrong:
Fink has version 5.32 (package "visual-py26"), which uses X11.

-- 
Martin