OpenShot crashes on openSUSE 11.4

I was sticking to openSUSE 11.2 for as long as I could because I had good functionality and such. I always used OpenShot video editor without hardly any problems. Eventually, being as I am using a new 64-bit system now, I HAD to upgrade the OS to 11.4 to get decent full-screen flash playback. But that is embellishment beyond the need.

The main point is… I’m not new or really bad at video editing. But I do like simple things because I already have enough stress outside of computers in my life. So using OpenShot was very nice because it is simple, basic, and functional; and gets the job done just fine. I just now went to openSUSE 11.4 and OpenShot crashes on load everytime, even after reboot. I would say I know more about computers than 90% of [morons] but there is no way I will ever figure this out.

Does anyone have any idea what is going on here? Your input is appreciated and valued (unless you are wrong).

> (unless you are wrong).

that is a nice invitation to the potential helpers to STAY AWAY!

so, how did you move from 11.2 to 11.4 (that is, did you follow one of
the supported ways: http://tinyurl.com/35p966c or
http://tinyurl.com/6kvoflv

if you didn’t and i reread your invitation i might have to say, sorry i
can’t help you because you didn’t follow the yellow brick road, which
makes you wrong. . .

but i won’t say that…

but tell me, did you save your old home? and did you save the hidden
configure file for openshot…and, did you install the latest version
of openshot…did you install it with YaST or zypper from the openSUSE
repo, or ??

if you look at the log file /var/log/messages do you see any interesting
error messages from the openshot crash

how about if you look at the output in Alt+F10 (use Alt+F7 to return to
the gui

if you start openshot in a terminal, do you get the same crash and do
you get interesting errors, crash output you could copy paste back to here?

if you use YaST to add a new test user, log out and back in as the new
test user, then will OpenShot not crash?

so anyway, why don’t you go ahead and tell us what you mean by “OpenShot
crashes”…that is, does it never open…you don’t see anything
ever…or it opens and five (or how many) minutes later it just
disappears…or every time you do what does it go away? does it give a
error message?

that is, exactly what happens and when…remember we can not see your
computer and we can think of a hundred (more) things which might be
called a “crash”…

and, while providing us enough information to to try help you (and not
be wrong about it), go ahead and tell us what desktop environment and
version you are using also…

oh, and i just installed OpenShot using YaST and it seems to work
fine…so it is not a problem with a correctly installed and set up 11.4
and the latest openshot likewise treated…
see http://paste.opensuse.org/68045841

so, am i wrong?


DD
Caveat-Hardware-Software
openSUSE®, the “German Engineered Automobile” of operating systems!

On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:06:02 +0000, PuraVida22 wrote:

> I just
> now went to openSUSE 11.4 and OpenShot crashes on load everytime, even
> after reboot. I would say I know more about computers than 90% of
> [morons] but there is no way I will ever figure this out.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what is going on here?

Launch it from a terminal and see what the output is - based on the
information you’ve provided, nobody would be able to tell you what was
wrong. All anyone could say is “yep, you’re getting a crash”.

So, more data and less ego, if you please. (Referring to 90% of computer
users as ‘morons’ and your last comment are nothing but pure ego and
aren’t going to get you the help you’re looking for) :slight_smile:

Jim

Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
Forum Use Terms & Conditions at http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C

I have the same problem OpenSuse 11.4 KDE. Installed first from Yast and actually started. I set up a test project and it crashed then and everytime I opened since. Uninstalled and reinstalled with zypper. Started with a terminal and got this message (same one I got with the yast install)
Thanks in advance for anyhelp.
R
rocket@linux-4rj8:~> openshot

------------------------- ERROR 1 ------------------------------
Failed to import ‘from openshot import main’
Error Message: cannot import name main


OpenShot (version 1.4.2)

Process no longer exists: 21902. Creating new pid lock file.
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/openshot/windows/SimpleGtkBuilderApp.py:32: Warning: g_hash_table_insert_internal: assertion `hash_table != NULL’ failed
self.builder.add_from_file(path)

Detecting formats, codecs, and filters…

video_codecs:

  • a64multi
  • a64multi5
  • amv
  • asv1
  • asv2
  • avrp
  • bmp
  • cljr
  • dnxhd
  • dpx
  • dvvideo
  • ffv1
  • ffvhuff
  • flashsv
  • flashsv2
  • flv
  • gif
  • h261
  • h263
  • h263p
  • huffyuv
  • j2k
  • jpegls
  • ljpeg
  • mjpeg
  • mpeg1video
  • mpeg2video
  • mpeg4
  • msmpeg4v2
  • msmpeg4
  • msvideo1
  • pam
  • pbm
  • pcx
  • pgm
  • pgmyuv
  • png
  • ppm
  • prores
  • qtrle
  • r10k
  • r210
  • rawvideo
  • roqvideo
  • rv10
  • rv20
  • sgi
  • snow
  • svq1
  • targa
  • tiff
  • v210
  • v308
  • v410
  • wmv1
  • wmv2
  • xwd
  • y41p
  • yuv4
  • zlib
  • zmbv
  • libdirac
  • libschroedinger
  • libtheora
  • libvpx
  • libx264
  • libx264rgb
  • libxvid

audio_codecs:

  • aac
  • ac3
  • ac3_fixed
  • alac
  • dca
  • eac3
  • flac
  • g723_1
  • mp2
  • nellymoser
  • real_144
  • sonic
  • sonicls
  • vorbis
  • wmav1
  • wmav2
  • roq_dpcm
  • adpcm_adx
  • g722
  • g726
  • adpcm_ima_qt
  • adpcm_ima_wav
  • adpcm_ms
  • adpcm_swf
  • adpcm_yamaha
  • libgsm
  • libgsm_ms
  • libmp3lame
  • libopencore_amrnb
  • libspeex
  • libvorbis

formats:

  • a64
  • ac3
  • adts
  • adx
  • aiff
  • amr
  • asf
  • ass
  • asf_stream
  • au
  • avi
  • avm2
  • bit
  • caf
  • cavsvideo
  • crc
  • daud
  • dirac
  • dnxhd
  • dts
  • dv
  • eac3
  • ffm
  • ffmetadata
  • filmstrip
  • flac
  • flv
  • framecrc
  • framemd5
  • g722
  • g723_1
  • gif
  • gxf
  • h261
  • h263
  • h264
  • image2
  • image2pipe
  • ipod
  • ismv
  • ivf
  • latm
  • m4v
  • md5
  • matroska
  • matroska
  • microdvd
  • mjpeg
  • mlp
  • mmf
  • mov
  • mp2
  • mp3
  • mp4
  • mpeg
  • vcd
  • mpeg1video
  • dvd
  • svcd
  • mpeg2video
  • vob
  • mpegts
  • mpjpeg
  • mxf
  • mxf_d10
  • null
  • nut
  • ogg
  • oma
  • alaw
  • mulaw
  • f64be
  • f64le
  • f32be
  • f32le
  • s32be
  • s32le
  • s24be
  • s24le
  • s16be
  • s16le
  • s8
  • u32be
  • u32le
  • u24be
  • u24le
  • u16be
  • u16le
  • u8
  • psp
  • rawvideo
  • rm
  • RoQ
  • rso
  • rtp
  • rtsp
  • sap
  • segment
  • smjpeg
  • sox
  • spdif
  • srt
  • swf
  • 3g2
  • 3gp
  • mkvtimestamp_v2
  • truehd
  • rcv
  • voc
  • wav
  • webm
  • wtv
  • yuv4mpegpipe
  • alsa
  • oss
  • sdl

    state saved
    **
    Gtk:ERROR:gtkrecentmanager.c:1942:get_icon_fallback: assertion failed: (retval != NULL)
    Aborted

Update: what I did when I first was able use the program then it crashed when I saved a new project parameters. When I went back and deleted that file (the saved project “.opt” file) I was able to use the program and functionally it worked great. I was able to import files edit them and render a finished video. It worked very nicely infact. Just can’t save a new blank project it seems. I guess I will have to work on the fly. Any ideas about how to save project with out crashing would be great. Thanks again.
R