Re: [pgadmin-support] 4th Try: pgadmin4 install, launch fail

Just an additional note:

I am not a mousey-clicky guy and insist on the Application launcher to
work. Any CLI is great in fact much better. I am only harping on this
because the sequence of use from a stock install will tell something
about what is going on.

And of course it will be nice to see the desktop version :).


On Wed, 2017-02-01 at 12:07 -0700, stancs3 wrote:
> Yes that's a typo (the only time I didn't do a copy/paste).
> 
> The sequence is:
> 
> 1. Make sure no pgAdmin4 processes are running.
> 2. Make sure no python processes are running.
> 3. Launch pgAdmin4 from Applications menu.
> 4. pgAdmin4 splash appears - the nice blue one.
> 5. The Fatal Error window appears with text below with pgAdmin4.py
> 6. Note that a process is running called pgAdmin4 and showing a
> command
> of: /usr/pgAdmin4-v1/runtime/pgAdmin4. This aligns with what is coded
> into /usr/share/applications/pgAdmin4-v1.desktop. This is stock from
> the install.
> 7. Note that no python process is running. (as one would expect given
> the error message).
> 8. Then I hit the OK button in the Fatal Error window.
> 9. It all goes away, including the process in step 6 above.
> 10. When this happens an abrt-hook-ccpp log is generated, which I can
> send if it will help. 
> 11. I confirm that there is no prompt for paths.
> 
> 
> My sincere apologies for the typo below; it is unhelpful to add
> errors
> into debug data.
> 
> Anyway, I am at your service for further debug attempts.
> 
> 
> Stan
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2017-02-01 at 09:25 +0000, Dave Page wrote:
> > 
> > Hi
> > 
> > On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 6:49 PM, stancs3 <scruise56@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Attached is the desktop launcher copied from
> > > /usr/share/applications/.
> > > This was created from the install.
> > > 
> > > Error resulting:
> > > 
> > > "An error occurred initialising the application server:
> > > 
> > > Failed to locate pgAdmin5.py, terminating server thread."
> > Does it really say pgAdmin5.py? If so, that's not our code.
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > This does not give you much further info. I can provide more
> > > debug
> > > info
> > > if it will help; I am game to be coached on what/how to collect.
> > When you click OK on the message above (assuming it does actually
> > say
> > pgAdmin4.py, not pgAdmin5.py), it should prompt you for the paths.
> > Does it not do that?
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Your previous comment re a WIP for repo install: if it would
> > > simply
> > > be
> > > better if I was to go the compile route, I am fine with this. I
> > > did
> > > it
> > > for pgadmin3 a few months ago ... and it was good. On the other
> > > hand, a
> > > nice repo install is likely the goal for us user dudes :).
> > Devrim and I will be spending some time, probably next week, fixing
> > the RPMs. We've had a small re-org at work which make it much
> > easier
> > to allocate some of his time for this :-).
> > 
> > Unfortunately I doubt the compile route will help here. The Python
> > code and the runtime are independent pieces of code - the runtime
> > should locate the Python code based on it's configuration, not any
> > build settings.
> >