Amarok v1.2.3:

If I run the script WebControl.py, I get the error:

PyQt (QT Bindings for Python) is required for this script

yet, if I run

# urpmi PyQt
I get
\"Everything already installed\"

?!

I\'m not sure what I\'m doing, but I\'ve been investigating anyway...

The bit of WebControl.py that generates the error, I think, is this:
==================
try:
from qt import *
except:
os.popen( \"kdialog --sorry \'PyQt (Qt bindings for Python) is required for this script.\'\" )
raise
==================

So, I went to the CLI, and ran python, and tried typing this in manually. Here are the results:

==================
[root@tobyjr claire]# python
Python 2.3.4 (#2, Feb 9 2005, 14:22:48)
[GCC 3.4.1 (Mandrakelinux 10.1 3.4.1-4mdk)] on linux2
Type \"help\", \"copyright\", \"credits\" or \"license\" for more information.
>>> from qt import *
Traceback (most recent call last):
File \"\", line 1, in ?
File \"/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/qt.py\", line 25, in ?
import libqtc
ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/libqtcmodule.so: undefined symbol: _ZN2Qt10busyCursorE
==================

Sadly, it looks like greek to me, but may help someone else unmist this mystery!

Looks like your version of PyQt is incompatible with your version of Qt. They both need to match.

Good tip, thanks! I ran

# urpmi qt

and now the script works!

Well, it sort of works. The \'configure\' button is extremely temperamental and only works occasionally, and I keep getting this popup that stops any sound output:

\"Audio output unavailable, the device is busy
Xine parameters:\"

Will look into it further.

Okay, so doing a
# ps ax | grep ontro
after closing amarok showed that WebControl.py was staying open in python, despite amarok being closed.
After checking python wasn\'t doing anything else important with
# px ax | grep python
I did a
#killall python
and restarted Amarok. That\'s brought the configure button back to life, and I can now use the WebControl.py script with success!

Thanks for a great music player, and thanks for the pointer.