Problem with opening Griffith

[EOUDIA CHADINHA]

Good day

 

I have downloaded your program and have entered so many movies already onto the program, but all of a sudden the program does not want to open.  I do not want to uninstall it and install it again, else the lot of time I have taken to enter each movie will be lost.  I have however made a backup after each session working in Griffith if that might help.

 

I tried the debug of Griffith as well, but it also doesn't open.  I opened the log file and it contains the following message:

 

2012-01-12T02:07:17: DEBUG: Griffith(griffith:1469): config file used: C:\Users\Eoudi\AppData\Roaming\griffith\griffith.cfg
2012-01-12T02:07:17: DEBUG: Griffith(config:99): File contains no section headers.
file: C:\Users\Eoudi\AppData\Roaming\griffith\griffith.cfg, line: 1
'I\x00N\x00T\x00E\x00R\x00N\x00E\x00T\x00 \x00E\x00X\x00P\x00L\x00O\x00R\x00E\x00R\x00\\\x00I\x00E\x00X\x00P\x00L\x00O\x00R\x00E\x00.\x00E\x00X\x00E\x00(\x00p\x00i\x00d\x00 \x008\x008\x006\x004\x00)\x00\r\x00\n'
2012-01-12T02:07:17: ERROR: Griffith(config:100): Cannot parse config file
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "griffith", line 1470, in <module>
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Griffith\lib\config.py", line 36, in __init__
    self.make_defaults()
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Griffith\lib\config.py", line 144, in make_defaults
    self._cfg.read(self._file)
  File "ConfigParser.pyo", line 297, in read
  File "ConfigParser.pyo", line 504, in _read
ConfigParser.MissingSectionHeaderError: File contains no section headers.
file: C:\Users\Eoudi\AppData\Roaming\griffith\griffith.cfg, line: 1
'I\x00N\x00T\x00E\x00R\x00N\x00E\x00T\x00 \x00E\x00X\x00P\x00L\x00O\x00R\x00E\x00R\x00\\\x00I\x00E\x00X\x00P\x00L\x00O\x00R\x00E\x00.\x00E\x00X\x00E\x00(\x00p\x00i\x00d\x00 \x008\x008\x006\x004\x00)\x00\r\x00\n'

Is there a way you can please assist me in opening the program again so that I can continue working in it? It is defnitely one of the best programs on the internet that is user-friendly and contains all the information which I need,  Thanks for developing such a excellent program.

 

Thank you and hope to hear from you soon.

 

Kind regards,

Eoudia Chadinha

[Andreas Schmidt]

Hi Eoudia,

it seems that the .cfg file is damaged.
Normally, it contains sections like [mainlist] or [database] - are these intact? You may open the file with any editor - if this will fail you already know: you have a problem!
You may send the file as well but this seems to be the problem.

As I'm only a user of the great tool, I cannot go into detail but I assume that you could use any other .cfg file by adopting manually some settings (especially the DB link!) so that you will not loose the movies. In any case: I recommend a backup of the files in DATA where the DB sits.

Have a nice day, Andreas

----- original Nachricht --------

Betreff: Problem with opening Griffith
Gesendet: Do, 12. Jan 2012
Von: EOUDIA CHADINHA

Good day

 

I have downloaded your program and have entered so many movies already onto the program, but all of a sudden the program does not want to open.  I do not want to uninstall it and install it again, else the lot of time I have taken to enter each movie will be lost.  I have however made a backup after each session working in Griffith if that might help.

 

I tried the debug of Griffith as well, but it also doesn't open.  I opened the log file and it contains the following message:

 

2012-01-12T02:07:17: DEBUG: Griffith(griffith:1469): config file used: C:UsersEoudiAppDataRoaminggriffithgriffith.cfg

2012-01-12T02:07:17: DEBUG: Griffith(config:99): File contains no section headers.

file: C:UsersEoudiAppDataRoaminggriffithgriffith.cfg, line: 1
'Ix00Nx00Tx00Ex00Rx00Nx00Ex00Tx00 x00Ex00Xx00Px00Lx00Ox00Rx00Ex00Rx00\x00Ix00Ex00Xx00Px00Lx00Ox00Rx00Ex00.x00Ex00Xx00Ex00(x00px00ix00dx00 x008x008x006x004x00)x00rx00n'

2012-01-12T02:07:17: ERROR: Griffith(config:100): Cannot parse config file
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "griffith", line 1470, in <module>

  File "C:Program Files (x86)Griffithlibconfig.py", line 36, in __init__
    self.make_defaults()
  File "C:Program Files (x86)Griffithlibconfig.py", line 144, in make_defaults

    self._cfg.read(self._file)
  File "ConfigParser.pyo", line 297, in read
  File "ConfigParser.pyo", line 504, in _read
ConfigParser.MissingSectionHeaderError: File contains no section headers.

file: C:UsersEoudiAppDataRoaminggriffithgriffith.cfg, line: 1
'Ix00Nx00Tx00Ex00Rx00Nx00Ex00Tx00 x00Ex00Xx00Px00Lx00Ox00Rx00Ex00Rx00\x00Ix00Ex00Xx00Px00Lx00Ox00Rx00Ex00.x00Ex00Xx00Ex00(x00px00ix00dx00 x008x008x006x004x00)x00rx00n'

Is there a way you can please assist me in opening the program again so that I can continue working in it? It is defnitely one of the best programs on the internet that is user-friendly and contains all the information which I need,  Thanks for developing such a excellent program.

 

Thank you and hope to hear from you soon.

 

Kind regards,

Eoudia Chadinha

--- original Nachricht Ende ----

[Mike]

You have two options:

* first, look into your last backup. There is a griffith.cfg file
which you can use to replace the corrupt one

C:\Users\Eoudi\AppData\Roaming\griffith\griffith.cfg

* second, send me your corrupt cfg file and I will look at it. Perhaps
I can repair it.

I think the first option will work for you.

Michael

[Piotr Ożarowski]

On 12 Sty, 22:15, Mike <mike...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> You have two options:
>
> * first, look into your last backup. There is a griffith.cfg file
> which you can use to replace the corrupt one
> C:\Users\Eoudi\AppData\Roaming\griffith\griffith.cfg
>
> * second, send me your corrupt cfg file and I will look at it. Perhaps
> I can repair it.

here's a third option: remove griffith.cfg and set everything from
scratch (you will not loose movies this way, no worry)