Hello, fellow users of Debian:
Kazam is a screencasting tool much recommended. Debian has version 1.4.5,
but it lacks webcam support, which is available in the 1.5.x version. I
have the source code for version 1.5.4 (acquired by running 'bzr branch
lp:kazam/unstable' which returns the latest version; bzr is part of a
software maintenance system available in Debian in the brz package - yes,
brz not bzr).
When I try to run kazam locally, after a couple of spurious errors, I get
this traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./kazam", line 147, in <module>
from kazam.app import KazamApp
File "../kazam/app.py", line 36, in <module>
from kazam.backend.prefs import *
File "../kazam/backend/prefs.py", line 587, in <module>
prefs = Prefs()
File "../kazam/backend/prefs.py", line 147, in __init__
self.config = KazamConfig()
File "../kazam/backend/config.py", line 89, in __init__
ConfigParser.__init__(self, self.DEFAULTS[0]['keys'])
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/configparser.py", line 639, in __init__
self._read_defaults(defaults)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/configparser.py", line 1219, in _read_defaults
self.read_dict({self.default_section: defaults})
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/configparser.py", line 754, in read_dict
self.set(section, key, value)
File "../kazam/backend/config.py", line 151, in set
self.add_section(section)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/configparser.py", line 1208, in add_section
super().add_section(section)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/configparser.py", line 656, in add_section
raise ValueError('Invalid section name: %r' % section)
ValueError: Invalid section name: 'DEFAULT'
I'm not a python programmer, so I'm not sure what to do next. If anyone has
solved the issue or can give me some advice I'd be grateful. (The solutions
offered in several places after a Google search have not worked, and are
addressed to a similar problem people were having with 1.4.5.)
Thanks and please stay safe
Patrick
