[IPython-user] ip startup error

[signal seeker]

I managed to fix it. I very stupidly had a module called new.py in my path
which ofcourse was
conflicting with the python new.py. That was causing the call to
new.instancemethod to fail..
Anyways, it is fixed now.

Thanks,

--
ss


On 11/7/06, signal seeker <seekersignal at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> I had been using ip for a couple of months before I got this error on
> startup yesteray ..
>
> <snip>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "./ipython", line 28, in ?
>     IPython.Shell.start().mainloop()
>   File "/home/xxx/lib/python/IPython/Shell.py", line 946, in start
>     return shell(user_ns = user_ns)
>   File "/home/xxx/lib/python/IPython/Shell.py", line 56, in __init__
>     debug=debug,shell_class=shell_class)
>   File "/home/xxx/lib/python/IPython/ipmaker.py", line 90, in make_IPython
>     embedded=embedded,**kw)
>   File "/home/xxx/lib/python/IPython/iplib.py", line 390, in __init__
>     self.set_hook(hook_name,getattr(hooks,hook_name), 100)
>   File "/home/xxx/lib/python/IPython/iplib.py", line 734, in set_hook
>     f = new.instancemethod(hook,self,self.__class__)
> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'instancemethod'
> </snap>
>
> As far as I know there has been no change in my env settings and  my
> machine. I also tried running it on multiple machines but I get the same
> error. I  even  tried reinstalling  ip  but that did not  help.
> Can someone please shed some light on this ? I am really frustated having
> to use the python command line without ip.
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> --
> ss
>
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