I installed some new widgets but when I try to add them to the desktop I get an error that states “could not create a python script engine for x widget” any of the ones that came preinstalled work fine it’s just the new ones that get this message. I installed them from from KDE-Look.org through the add widgets link on the desktop. Are there just some extra components that I need to install for this?
Ok, the people you linked to do seem to be having the same or a similar problem but they seem to think that they have installed all the necessary plasma components. I don’t know that I have. I don’t really even know what plasma is. So I need to know how I can tell if I have installed the required components and what they are before I get to that step. I did a search for plasma in the forum and the wiki but I don’t see it. I’m sure I’m just missing it but if you could just point me in the right direction I’m sure I can figure it out.
Some questions:
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What version of KDE4 are you using?
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Did you recently perform a KDE4.X upgrade?
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Does this happen with any particular widgets?
I’m not sure about all the requirements, but check that you have these installed:
kde4-plasma-addons
python-kde4
python-qt4
python-kdebase4
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What version of KDE4 are you using? I’m not sure how to check this. I know that uname doesn’t seem to show it. But it’s whichever version came with my fresh install of OpenSUSE 11.1.
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Did you recently perform a KDE4.X upgrade? I haven’t performed any KDE updates that I know of.
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Does this happen with any particular widgets? All widgets other then the ones that came prepackaged with my OpenSUSE install. But just a few examples would be the analog meter widget, facebook widget, wiki viewer,
I did try to check that the items you posted were installed but even after installing them I’m still getting the same error.
Ok, if using 4.1.3 (from install), I suggest you upgrade to 4.2, or preferably 4.3. These versions are a world apart from the former, and offer significant improvements. Here are some useful references:
I’m trying to upgrade following the instructions in the first link you provided but I keep getting the following message.
System management is locked by the application with pid 4273 (/usr/sbin/packagekitd).
Close this application before trying again.
What application would that be?
I have gotten a few of these types of messages while updating KDE.
File ‘./i586/opencv-1.2.0-0.pm.7.6.i586.rpm’ not found on medium 'http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1
File ‘./i586/libopencv1-1.2.0-0.pm.7.6.i586.rpm’ not found on medium 'http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1
Is there some way of checking if there is something wrong with this repository? I hit retry a few times and then just ignored the first one but I don’t want to seriously screw up the install but just ignoring the installation of important components.
Before going any further, we better take a look at your enabled repos:
zypper lr -d
Now, it’s pretty far into the install. It’s probably been going for close to an hour now. Am I going to mess anything up by stopping now to check things?
Ok, leave it until its complete. We’ll see what (if any) problems you have.
Sorry, I’m not trying to be contrary I just wasn’t sure what would happen.
I just got another one.
File ‘./i586/libvlccore2-1.0.2-0.pm.2.3.i586.rpm’ not found on medium 'http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1
It looks like they’re all from the same repository.
I aborted and did what you suggested. It looks like
ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1
is in my listed repositories. I’m not sure why it’s not able to retrieve files from it.
Well, if I look directly at
ftp://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1/i586/
via my browser the package is there. Maybe its just slow at the moment. (I think I’ve had this happen to me on occasion.)
Apparently aborting the install so far into it was not such a good idea. It was behaving pretty strangely, not letting me open many applications, so I tried to reboot amd now it can’t boot back up. I get an error that says “Could not start kdeinit4. Check your installation” I’m not quite sure where to go from here.
I was able to access everything from the console. I went in and refreshed the repository through yast and that allowed me to complete the update. Things do seem to be running a bit sluggishly right now but that’s ok I can iron those things out. The widgets that I was trying to use do work now that I updated KDE. Thanks for the help.
The widgets that I was trying to use do work now that I updated KDE. Thanks for the help.
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Good work. 
It still might be a good idea to post a list of your repos (from zypper lr -d). Some users have package conflicts arising from too many or incompatible enabled repos, and/or non-optimal priority settings.
It still might be a good idea to post a list of your repos (from zypper lr -d). Some users have package conflicts arising from too many or incompatible enabled repos, and/or non-optimal priority settings.
I’ve just copied the results in here.
| Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service
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1 | kde-desktop | kde-desktop | Yes | Yes | 10 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.1 |
2 | libdvdcss | libdvdcss | Yes | No | 99 | rpm-md | http://suse.linuxin.dk/repo/11.1 |
3 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | Yes | No | 99 | yast2 | cd:///?devices=/dev/sr0,/dev/sr1 |
4 | packman | packman | Yes | No | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /pub/packman/suse/11.1 |
5 | repo | ATI Repository | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://www2.ati.com/suse/11.1 |
6 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.1-Debug | No | Yes | 100 | NONE | Index of /debug/distribution/11.1/repo/oss |
7 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.1-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 100 | yast2 | Index of /distribution/11.1/repo/non-oss |
8 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.1-Oss | Yes | Yes | 100 | yast2 | Index of /distribution/11.1/repo/oss |
9 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.1-Source | No | Yes | 100 | NONE | Index of /source/distribution/11.1/repo/oss |
10 | repo-update | openSUSE-11.1-Update | Yes | Yes | 20 | rpm-md | Index of /update/11.1 |