mathoudebine / mathoudebine/turing-smart-screen-python

Cannot run configure.py on Mac

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Description

After installing all the dependecies without errors, running

python3 configure.py

result in

flodi@fWork turing-smart-screen-python-3.9.3 % python3 ./configure.py
DEPRECATION WARNING: The system version of Tk is deprecated and may be removed in a future release. Please don't rely on it. Set TK_SILENCE_DEPRECATION=1 to suppress this warning.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/flodi/Downloads/turing-smart-screen-python-3.9.3/./configure.py", line 686, in
configurator = TuringConfigWindow()
File "/Users/flodi/Downloads/turing-smart-screen-python-3.9.3/./configure.py", line 181, in init
self.window.iconphoto(True, PhotoImage(file=MAIN_DIRECTORY + "res/icons/monitor-icon-17865/64.png"))
File "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/tkinter/init.py", line 4064, in init
Image.init(self, 'photo', name, cnf, master, **kw)
File "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/tkinter/init.py", line 4009, in init
self.tk.call(('image', 'create', imgtype, name,) + options)
_tkinter.TclError: couldn't recognize data in image file "/Users/flodi/Downloads/turing-smart-screen-python-3.9.3/res/icons/monitor-icon-17865/64.png"
flodi@fWork turing-smart-screen-python-3.9.3 %

I'm on MacOS 15.3.2 with homebrew 4.5.2

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Research direction

Start with configure.py, especially the TuringConfigWindow initialization at line 181, and reproduce the issue with python3 configure.py on macOS. Check how res/icons/monitor-icon-17865/64.png is loaded; done means the configuration window starts without the reported TclError.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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