Can't launch CoverGloobus: ImportError

Question

I installed CoverGloobus on my ubuntu 10.10. But every time I try to run it, I get this error:

[WARNING] Using default configuration
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "covergloobus-config.py", line 32, in <module>
    Configuration.run()
  File "/usr/share/covergloobus/widgets/configuration.py", line 94, in run
    Configuration.__instance = Configuration(cg)
  File "/usr/share/covergloobus/widgets/configuration.py", line 155, in __init__
    self.make_pages()
  File "/usr/share/covergloobus/widgets/configuration.py", line 165, in make_pages
    page = method()
  File "/usr/share/covergloobus/widgets/configuration.py", line 432, in make_lyrics
    for klass in GenericLyric.load():
  File "/usr/share/covergloobus/lyrics/__init__.py", line 34, in load
    __import__('lyrics.' + name[:-3])
  File "/usr/share/covergloobus/lyrics/lyricswikia.py", line 26, in <module>
    from lyrics import GenericLyric
ImportError: cannot import name GenericLyric

Does anybody know how to fix this?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 18 '10 at 22:08

It looks like a python package race condition, the class does exist (note: JanC, it's not always because the module is missing) you can see GenericLyric in lyrics/__init__.py but it's while it's importing init that it tried to import init. Bad race condition.

The fix is to get a programmer involved, to do that you should report the bug here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/covergloobus

Can't launch CoverGloobus: ImportError

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