Hi there, thank you very much for your kind words. :) In regard of your problem, I think you have some python packages missing. Please try to install "kdebindings-python" package, it might solve your problem. :)

Sorry, probably in OpenSuse 12.1 these packages are called: python-kde4 python-kdebase4

Thank you very much for your quick answer. I had already installed them. Anyway I have updated them but doesn't work yet. Could be anything else? Thank you.

Other than that plasmoid relies on PyQt4, so probably package "python-qt4" is missing. :-S

No luck. Python-qt4 already installed and updated but it doesn't want work :-(. Thanks a lot again.

I sent you a private message with some other possibilities.. :) But we surely will find what's missing, because I'm using OpenSuse 12.1 myself and plasmoid works on my desktop. :)

And one more thing, I found this at other plasmoid: "Note: If you get missing script-engine errors when loading the widget you need to install the plasma python script-engine (in openSUSE this requires the "python-kdebase4" and "python-devel" packages" So please check whether python-devel package is installed. :)

:-) :-) :-) ¡¡¡AT LAST!!!! It works very well. When I installed python-devel it didn't work. I was writing again to you when I think it could be better to try again after restarting computer. And it works great. Thank you very much for your attention. Best regards

I can't reply to your post, so I'm replying to mine. :)) GREAT!! I'm very happy that it finally works! ^_^ All the best, John

I have run this fine plasmoid until today on my Opensuse 12.3 64bit system. Today I updated a bunch of software packages and now the sun refuses to shine for me. The error message is the same as reported before in Spanish, but for me in German: "Der python-Skript-Treiber für Sonnensystem kann nicht initialisiert werden." I have checked all the packages that have been mentioned here and they are all installed and updated. What to do?

Sadly, sometimes updates break stuff. :-S This time I really don't know what's wrong. I currently updated my OpenSuse 12.2 and it's working fine, so probaly guys at OpenSuse did break something for 12.3. My best bet is for you to wait for the next update, hoping it will fix things, and in the meantime try to run plasmoid from command line with: # plasmoidviewer solar-system and hopefully it will report where the crash occurs. And also, I saw gettext package being updated and it's needed for solar-system plasmoid. Please try to reinstall and/or downgrade using YAST Installer and Versions tab on selected gettext package.

Thanks for this quick reply! Plasmoidviewer indeed is telling me some more details (not that I would understand anything of it): plasmoidviewer(27916)/python (plugin): Failed to import module Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/kde4/apps/plasma_scriptengine_python/pyappletscript.py", line 22, in <module> from PyKDE4.plasma import Plasma RuntimeError: the sip module implements API v10.0 but the PyKDE4.plasma module requires API v9.2 At least that sounds to me that the system updates have lifted some files to a new API level which other files aren't capable to deal with, and it doesn't sound like related to gettext. Google shows the exact same runtime error message two times connected to other distros and other software, so apparently this is not a sole problem of Solar system, so to say, more like a Milky Way malady ... I guess I just have to wait and see. The planets are not going to leave the system by then ...

I managed to get it up and running again. I downgraded the package python-sip from 4.14.7xxx to the last available version of 4.14.6xxx. While doing that some dependencies asked to downgrade other packages which I confirmed. After a reboot Solar system is working again.

Thanks for the update! Or should I say, downgrade? ;)) Well, it's strange though, cuz I'm not aware I had used any heavily API dependent stuff. But nowadays APIs change without further notice and what worked in old, doesn't need to do so in new one. :-/ And... thanx for using the plasmoid even as it means having da oldie kwappy API. ;)

sorry for my English Would you help me ? I'm a shit in English an d in Python.

It good. I found the problem. 'gettext' was installed but not 'msgfmt'. I have reinstalled 'gettext' and it's OK.

Great! ^^ You solved the problem while I was typing my answer. :)

Hi there, it's not a problem of Python, installation of language translations relies on the "Gettext" system package ("msgfmt" script is part of that). Please install the "Gettext" package and everything should go fine. :)

thank you for your response. And your application really well. I love it. And to clarify the package gettext was not installed but I had a program installed with the name gettext. There are subtleties that I not yet understand in kubuntu.