After installing matplotlib from the default oneiric repos, I was also getting the exact error in Bug Description above while executing help() modules. Also I was unable to 'import gtk'. Installing gtk2-engines- pixbuf changed the above error to this:
python2.7.2 import gtk help() modules > /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Onboard/__init__.py:2: Warning: cannot register existing type `GdkDisplayManager' import osk /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Onboard/__init__.py:2: Warning: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed import osk /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Onboard/__init__.py:2: Warning: g_type_register_static: assertion `parent_type > 0' failed import osk /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Onboard/__init__.py:2: Warning: g_object_new: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type)' failed import osk ....hung process FWIW -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/896836 Title: Segmentation fault when asking help() for the list of modules To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python2.7/+bug/896836/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
