Cannot find config.ini /Linux

[dev3011]

Hey,

I installed kivy ony my Raspberry Pi 1 with Raspbian Stretch Lite (I also tried regular Stretch and Jessie).

I did the setup exactly as explained on https://kivy.org/docs/installation/installation-rpi.html (except I installed Cython 0.25 using apt-get).

When I opened a first example kivy said something like 'no configuration found. creating configuration.' However, there was no .kivy folder created in my home dir and thus I can't find a config.ini there (I am aware .kivy would be hidden).

Next time I start a kivy example it doesn't complain about a missing configuration anymore, so it must be somewhere. But where is it?

Thanks for any help!

[ZenCODE]

Try running this file:

https://github.com/kivy/kivy/blob/master/kivy/tools/benchmark.py

It generates a lot of system info and might help? Not sure if it shows the ini path but it's worth trying?

[dev3011]

Thank you for your help. Unfortunately, neither benchmark.py nor report.py (also from the kivy tools) give me the path of my config. report.py gives me details about the configuration (so it can find it) but not its path. Partial output of report.py:

================================================================================

Global

================================================================================

OS platform     : Linux-4.9.59+-armv6l-with-debian-9.1 | armv6l

Python EXE      : /usr/bin/python

Python Version  : 2.7.13 (default, Jan 19 2017, 14:48:08) 

[GCC 6.3.0 20170124]

Python API      : 1013

Kivy Version    : 1.10.1.dev0

Install path    : /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/kivy

Install date    : Fri Nov 24 18:14:55 2017

================================================================================

Libraries

================================================================================

gst                  is missing

pygame               exist at /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pygame/__init__.pyc

pygame.midi          exist at /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pygame/__init__.pyc

squirtle             is missing

PIL                  is missing

sdl2                 is missing

glew                 is missing

opencv               is missing

opencv.cv            is missing

opencv.highgui       is missing

cython               exist at /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cython.pyc

================================================================================

Configuration

================================================================================

[kivy]

keyboard_repeat_delay = 300

keyboard_repeat_rate = 30

log_dir = logs

log_enable = 1

log_level = info

log_name = kivy_%y-%m-%d_%_.txt

window_icon = 

keyboard_mode = 

keyboard_layout = qwerty

desktop = 1

exit_on_escape = 1

pause_on_minimize = 0

kivy_clock = default

default_font = ['Roboto', 'data/fonts/Roboto-Regular.ttf', 'data/fonts/Roboto-Italic.ttf', 'data/fonts/Roboto-Bold.ttf', 'data/fonts/Roboto-BoldItalic.ttf']

log_maxfiles = 100

window_shape = data/images/defaultshape.png

config_version = 20

[graphics]

display = -1

fullscreen = 0

height = 600

left = 0

maxfps = 60

multisamples = 2

position = auto

rotation = 0

show_cursor = 1

top = 0

width = 800

resizable = 1

borderless = 0

window_state = visible

minimum_width = 0

minimum_height = 0

min_state_time = .035

allow_screensaver = 1

shaped = 0

[input]

mouse = mouse

%(name)s = probesysfs,provider=hidinput

[postproc]

double_tap_distance = 20

double_tap_time = 250

ignore = []

jitter_distance = 0

jitter_ignore_devices = mouse,mactouch,

retain_distance = 50

retain_time = 0

triple_tap_distance = 20

triple_tap_time = 375

[widgets]

scroll_timeout = 250

scroll_distance = 20

scroll_friction = 1.

scroll_stoptime = 300

scroll_moves = 5

[modules]

================================================================

[ZenCODE]

 According to the docs here 

     https://kivy.org/docs/guide/config.html#configure-kivy

it's in <KIVY_HOME>/config.ini

SO perhaps insert a line into your app that prints that value? (KIVY_HONE will be one of your environment variables...)

[dev3011]

I tried that but there is no key KIVY_HOME (or any other kivy key) in my environment variables (neither on my Raspberry nor on my Windows PC).

[ZenCODE]

Try

    import kivy
    print(kivy.kivy_home_dir)

[dev3011]

You are a genius, how did you find this command? The folder was /root/.kivy which I didn't find because I couldn't access with normal user access or Filezilla.

Thanks alot!

It would be great if it could be added to the documentation that the config.ini can be in a different folder.

[ZenCODE]

I wish. It is documented here: https://kivy.org/docs/api-kivy.html?highlight=kivy_home_dir#kivy.kivy_home_dir

But is pretty obscure. I only found it by doing a text search through all the source code for "kivy_home". Yes, I think we should make that clearer. Thanks for posting back. Glad it's sorted :-)