[maemo-developers] Not able to install Hildon Test Automation Framework on N900

[From: Piñeiro]

From: praveen koduru <prawin1111 at gmail.com>

>  Hi ,
> I tried the steps suggested in the following link.
> http://hildon-test-aut.garage.maemo.org/installation.html

This is a really old guide. The target were the Nokia 770/810, not
sure if works fine on N900.

> Steps I have tried:
> 
> 1. Installed all .deb packages as pointed by the above link.
> 
> 2. "arm_for_testing on". executed the command & rebooted
> 
> 3. Install Dogtail from the above link
> 
>                cd dogtail; ./setup.py install
> 4.  Then tested an example application "sniff", which is present in the
> dogtail.
>                 - sniff not working
>                 - It throws error
>                   ImportError: cannot import name checkForA11yInteractively

AFAIK, sniff have never worked.

Have you tried to use directly dogtail? Something like:

  >>> from dogtail import tree
  >>> tree.root.dump ()


> I enabled Accessibility through "gconftool-2 --type bool --set
> /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility true"

This is the way to enable the accessibility in the desktop, and it is
more recently that the package version number used in that link.

So, in this framework, this gconf variable is not used at all, it is
just based on GTK_MODULES and other custom things.

> But still the same error.
> 
> I jus tried the following
>         1. python2.5
>          2. >>>import pyatspi
>                    Traceback (most recent call last):
>                    File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>                    ImportError: No module named pyatspi
> I installed python-at-spi_0.6.1-1osso2_armel.deb package from the above
> link. but still it is showing no module pyatspi.

pyatspi is the last python accessibility bindings. This python-at-spi
package is about the old python bindings. Try something like:

$python2.5
>>> import atspi

And if it works, you could a script like this:

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Return the name of the applications currently registered

import atspi
desk = atspi.registry.getDesktop(0)
for i in xrange(desk.getChildCount()):
    app = desk.getChildAtIndex(i)
    print "Index: %d" % i
    try:
        print "Application name: %s" % app.getName()
        print "Application elements: %d" % app.getChildCount()
    except Exception: print "Error getting name or childcount"
    print

> All I need is to install dogtail and thus Hildon Test Automation framework
> successfully and write some test scripts on N900.
> any Help will be greatly appreciated.

As I said, have you tried to use directly dogtail instead of use
Sniff?

BR

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