ccsm not working after updates <SOLVED>

[blackhole]

Hello,

With 2010 KDE4, I use CF for several weeks and find it satisfied my needs.
But after updates ccsm now cannot start and failed with this error :

[blackhole@localhost /]# ccsm
Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ccsm", line 32, in <module>
    import gtk
ImportError: No module named gtk
[blackhole@localhost /]#

The CF desktop effect itself still running without problem, just the setting manager that cannot launch.
I cannot find the same problem by searching the forum, can someone help me out to fix my ccsm back ?  

Thank you in advance.

[menotu]

Try re-installing Compiz and also compiz-decorator-gtk

[blackhole]

Thank you menotu.

To be honest, before posting this topics, I already remove all compiz + all deps and installing again without success fixing the ccsm.

I second the steps reinstalling compiz + compiz decorator gtk once again, but still no luck, the ccsm still cannot start with the same error message.

[Mark342]

Try reinstalling pygtk.
Test it.
Then reinstall GTK+2.0
Test it.
 Do one then the other so that, if it works, we know which package fixes it.

Further information:
Does simple-ccsm work? (you can find it in the repository, the command to launch it is simple-ccsm)

[blackhole]

Thank you Mark342,

I follow your suggestion :

Try reinstalling pygtk.
Test it.
Then reinstall GTK+2.0
Test it.
 Do one then the other so that, if it works, we know which package fixes it.

none of them solve the problem, but after the reinstalling gtk+2.0-2.20.0-1pclos2010, there are more error error occured, the pygobject :
[blackhole@localhost ~]$ ccsm
Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ccsm", line 32, in <module>
    import gtk
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 30, in <module>
    import gobject as _gobject
ImportError: No module named gobject
blackhole@localhost ~]$

Does simple-ccsm work? (you can find it in the repository, the command to launch it is simple-ccsm)

nope, the error message is :
[blackhole@localhost ~]$ simple-ccsm
Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/simple-ccsm", line 23, in <module>
    import subprocess
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/subprocess.py", line 401, in <module>
    import select
ImportError: No module named select
[blackhole@localhost ~

It seems the updates or me  borked the installation. hiks 
but I'm pretty sure even if I'm reinstall from fresh, this problem will keep coming back after update.

How can I resintall or reconfigure the python just like from the fresh installation ?
Where is exactly the $PYTHONHOME point or refering to ?

thank you

[Mark342]

Judging from the new output it seems that pygtk and gtk+ aren't the problem, but python can't find its own libraries.
$PYTHONHOME is an environment variable that is sometimes used to tell python where its libraries are.
try:

Code:

export PYTHONHOME=/usr/lib/python2.5/

I am not sure if it will work because I don't have the PYTHONHOME variable set in my install and ccsm still works.

If that doesn't work the you could try reinstalling python.

If none of these work, a reinstall is always an option!
Especially since Tex just released an updated 2010.1 iso with KDE SC 4.4.3
The reinstall should be painless if you have a separate home partition (which is the default setting for the installer).

[blackhole]

Hi Mark342,

Yippeeee, I found it. 
I build the libcompizconfig src rpm in the hope that can fix the python module settings or at least give me a clue what cause it. The build progress is missing the pyqt4 on python lib folder, and I check /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages ... yessssssss!!
Apparently on last upgrade there were some strange thing happen to my pyhton installation, all python module on site-package folder was deleted and left only PyKDE4. I don't know why and a little bit puzzled because I haven't do anything from fresh install and just update.
Here is the list of package list deps I reinstalled and now my ccsm runs smooooothly again :

all python-qt4
scons
gnome-python-bonobo
libpixman
libsigegv
ntfsprog
python-gobject
gnome-python-canvas
gnome-python-gnomevfs
pygtk2.0
pygtk2.0-libglade
gnome-python
python-sexy
ntfs-config
python-numeric
python-imaging
python-kde4
python-cairo
ccsm
python-dbus
tkinter
python-ldap
python-nose
python-numpy
python-reportlab
python
python-base
libcompizconfig0
libcompizconfig-python

If none of these work, a reinstall is always an option! Grin
Especially since Tex just released an updated 2010.1 iso with KDE SC 4.4.3
The reinstall should be painless if you have a separate home partition (which is the default setting for the installer).

Yeah, I already downloaded the 2010.1 and install on another partition, it's working good and no problem whatsoever.
Maybe I'm not the kind of person who always reinstall if dealt with problems.

Thank you menotu and Mark342 for your help.