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| author | Ben Sturmfels <ben@sturm.com.au> | 2021-09-20 15:54:03 +1000 |
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| committer | Ben Sturmfels <ben@sturm.com.au> | 2021-09-20 15:54:03 +1000 |
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Actually add the page. :)
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diff --git a/docs/source/siteadmin/troubleshooting.rst b/docs/source/siteadmin/troubleshooting.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..48eb7fe0 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/source/siteadmin/troubleshooting.rst @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +.. MediaGoblin Documentation + + Written in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2021 by MediaGoblin contributors + + To the extent possible under law, the author(s) have dedicated all + copyright and related and neighboring rights to this software to + the public domain worldwide. This software is distributed without + any warranty. + + You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain + Dedication along with this software. If not, see + <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>. + +.. _troubleshooting-chapter: + +=============== +Troubleshooting +=============== + +Sometimes it doesn't all go to plan! This page describes some of the problems +that community members have reported and how to fix them. + + +TypeError: object() takes no parameters +--------------------------------------- + +Backtrace:: + + 2021-04-04 06:04:55,244 WARNING [mediagoblin.processing] No idea what happened here, but it failed: TypeError('object() takes no parameters',) + 2021-04-04 06:04:55,262 ERROR [waitress] Exception while serving /submit/ + ... + File "/opt/mediagoblin/mediagoblin/media_types/video/transcoders.py", line 338, in __setup_videoscale_capsfilter + caps_struct.set_value('pixel-aspect-ratio', Gst.Fraction(1, 1)) + TypeError: object() takes no parameters + +This is caused by not having the package python3-gst-1.0 on Debian: + +http://gstreamer-devel.966125.n4.nabble.com/How-to-use-Gst-Fraction-in-python-td4679228.html + + +alembic.util.exc.CommandError: Can't locate revision identified by 'e9212d3a12d3' +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +This is caused when you've enabled a plugin, run dbupdate and then disabled the +plugin again. Currently we recommend reinstalling the plugin, but we understand +this is not ideal. See the outstanding issue raised here: + +https://issues.mediagoblin.org/ticket/5447 + +It's possible that manually manipulating the ``alembic_version`` table may help +you, but that approach is only recommended for experienced developers. |