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ConQuest 2.0.0 fails to start on some linux systems

Solution

We are aware of an issue with ConQuest 2.0.0 (2019 release) failing to start on linux with some localisation settings. In these cases, when started at the command line, ConQuest will give the traceback error shown below.

To allow ConQuest to start normally, please run the command

export LC_ALL=C

Before starting ConQuest. This problem should be resolved in ConQuest 2.0.1

 

ConQuest error message: 

Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 641, in <module> File "<string>", line 357, in __init__ File "/home/buildman/builds/csds_nov2018/release/build/pyinstaller/temp/work/csds/out00-PYZ.pyz/integrate.conquest_main", line 196, in __init__ File "/home/buildman/builds/csds_nov2018/release/build/pyinstaller/temp/work/csds/out00-PYZ.pyz/integrate.lower_pane", line 172, in __init__ File "/home/buildman/builds/csds_nov2018/release/build/pyinstaller/temp/work/csds/out00-PYZ.pyz/integrate.lower_pane", line 2735, in CreateWidgets File "/home/buildman/builds/csds_nov2018/release/build/pyinstaller/temp/work/csds/out00-PYZ.pyz/commoncode.Widgets.TabNotebook", line 88, in __init__ File "/home/buildman/builds/csds_nov2018/release/build/pyinstaller/temp/work/csds/out00-PYZ.pyz/commoncode.Widgets.TabNotebook", line 803, in add File "/home/buildman/builds/csds_nov2018/release/build/pyinstaller/temp/work/csds/out00-PYZ.pyz/commoncode.Widgets.TabNotebook", line 1095, in _relayoutTabs File "/home/buildman/builds/csds_nov2018/release/build/pyinstaller/temp/work/csds/out00-PYZ.pyz/commoncode.Widgets.TabNotebook", line 1173, in _recalcCanvasGeom File "/home/buildman/builds/csds_nov2018/release/build/pyinstaller/temp/work/csds/out00-PYZ.pyz/Tkinter", line 1330, in configure File "/home/buildman/builds/csds_nov2018/release/build/pyinstaller/temp/work/csds/out00-PYZ.pyz/Tkinter", line 1321, in _configure _tkinter.TclError: bad screen distance "33.656"