[SOLVED]mouse problems after executing code.

[nwtmg]

HI,

Attempting some python gtk coding. When I code the following lines

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#!/usr/bin/python3

import gi
gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
from gi.repository import Gtk


my mouse cursor becomes a cross and I cannot get it to return to normal. I cannot select a menu item or click a button so I have to hard reboot. I am coding in geany. Any suggestions would be helpful.

[doktor5000]

Could it be that you are following the tutorial https://python-gtk-3-tutorial.readthedo ... ction.html ?

Also, do you run that code directly within geany or outside in a terminal? And how did you install the respective python packages?

[nwtmg]

Hi,

That is the example I am running. I have run it from both the prompt and also geany. I only install my python packages from mageia drake. Am I missing specific packages? Thanks.

[doktor5000]

Sorry, cannot tell as I don't know what packages you have installed But I've got to admit that I can't tell which packages you need, certainly quite a few python ones, then pygobject/gi-repository/gir and at least some gtk3 ones. You'd have to wait for somebody that is a bit more into current python/gtk to get a relevant comment on that.

But I can definitely tell that you only have half of the example program, you should probably add the rest and test again with that, as you are stopping before creating a window, and you don't close the program at the end.

[nwtmg]

Hi

Ran the full example from the prompt and got the following error

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bash: ./test.py: line 4: syntax error near unexpected token `'Gtk','
bash: ./test.py: line 4: `gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')'


full example

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import gi
gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
from gi.repository import Gtk

win = Gtk.Window()
win.connect("delete-event", Gtk.main_quit)
win.show_all()
Gtk.main()


Still returned the cross cursor. Typed ps -e at prompt and got an import in the returned list. Killed the import using kill -9 pid and that fixed the problem. I will mark this as solved.