Re: git-gui fails to start

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From: Michael P. Soulier
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 5:23 pm

Hi,

I'm on a CentOS Linux box, tracking 4.6 with Git 1.5.5.4 built from source.=
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When I run gitk on a repository it works fine, but nothing happens when I r=
un
git-gui. No error messages, nothing.=20

If I set GITGUI_VERBOSE, I get this

auto_load tk_optionMenu
source    /usr/share/tk8.4/optMenu.tcl
auto_load tk::MenuDup
source    /usr/share/tk8.4/tearoff.tcl
auto_load ::status_bar::new
source    /home/msoulier/git/share/git-gui/lib/status_bar.tcl
auto_load class
source    /home/msoulier/git/share/git-gui/lib/class.tcl
auto_load load_all_remotes
source    /home/msoulier/git/share/git-gui/lib/remote.tcl
auto_load spellcheck::init
source    /home/msoulier/git/share/git-gui/lib/spellcheck.tcl

and then it just sits there.=20

I have Tcl/Tk 8.4.9.=20

How would I troubleshoot this?=20

Thanks,
Mike
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Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It
takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite
direction." --Albert Einstein
From: Shawn O. Pearce
Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 - 9:53 pm

I think this was fixed in gitgui-0.10.2, which did not ship with
Git proper until 1.5.6-rc0.  Now that 1.5.6.1 has been released I
would encourage you to upgrade to the latest stable release of Git.

The issue was aspell earlier than 0.60 caused git-gui to deadlock
because it didn't understand "$$cr master", which git-gui sends
on startup when it launches the background spell checker.

You can also work around the issue by disabling the spell checker:

	git config --global gui.spellingdictionary none

-- 
Shawn.
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From: Michael P. Soulier
Date: Friday, July 4, 2008 - 11:56 am

I'll try that, thanks.=20

Mike
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Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It
takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite
direction." --Albert Einstein
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