TypeError: 'tuple' object does not support item assignment

[ghost]

When i run mentalist on Kali Linux i receive the error in Object.
How can i solve it ?

[jsownz]

@vrecano what version of python are you using? Are you building from source or are you using a pre-built binary?

[baybiegirl20]

@jsownz Hello, I've been having the same issue, I downloaded the zip file extracted it and installed the setup.py, I'm running Python 3.11.2

v 1.0
by sc0tfree

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/mentalist", line 33, in
sys.exit(load_entry_point('Mentalist==1.0', 'gui_scripts', 'mentalist')())
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/Mentalist-1.0-py3.11.egg/mentalist/controller.py", line 368, in main
controller = Controller()
^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/Mentalist-1.0-py3.11.egg/mentalist/controller.py", line 31, in init
self.mainview = view.MainWindow(self)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/Mentalist-1.0-py3.11.egg/mentalist/view/main.py", line 163, in init
size[1] = h - 10
~~~~^^^
TypeError: 'tuple' object does not support item assignment

[jsownz]

@baybiegirl20 looks like you're compiling from source with a newer version of python than the one listed in the documentation. Download a release instead and run the executable. https://github.com/sc0tfree/mentalist/releases/tag/v1.0

[baybiegirl20]

@jsownz I tried running a release and I get the same error message

[jsownz]

@baybiegirl20 Just installed from source on a fresh linux install with python 3.11 without issue. The fact that you're getting a python error while running an executable is also strange, makes me think there's something going on with your python install/versions. I would try using a venv https://realpython.com/lessons/activating-virtual-environment-terminal/ to cut out other variables.
What OS version are you running?
How many python installs are on this machine?
Do you have all the prereqs installed in the documentation https://github.com/sc0tfree/mentalist/wiki/Installation#install-from-source?

The error being reported is saying that something is trying to change a value in a Tuple, but if that was the case, I should be getting that error as well (and I'm not, in the executable or building from source). Do you have a config file that it's reading from and if so, what's in it?

Just to clarify, I'm not a dev on this project - I contributed like 5 lines about 10 years ago when it was very very first started - just a user giving ideas to try

[edit: added tag]

[SherlockT94]

@vrecano Hi, I run mentalist and got the same error as you got And I use python 3.11.2 with kali linux. And I change the mentalist/view/main.py file to fix the error.
you have to go to the line 163 in main.py and here is my change:

size = [int(_) for _ in self.master.geometry().split('+')[0].split('x')] # change the tuple to list
x = w/2 - size[0]/2
        
margins = (h-height) / 2
if margins < 100: # Don't waste any vertical space on smaller screens,
     y = 0    # push the window right up to the top.
elif margins < 200:
      y = 50   # window is partial way down, but not into the bottom 100px on screen
else:
      y = h/2 - size[0]/2 # big screen - center vertically
  
if h < size[1]: # shrink the window vertically if it doesn't fit
      size[1] = h - 10 # line 163
      y = 0
        
locate = size + [x, y]
w_new,h_new,x_new,y_new = locate
self.master.geometry("%dx%d+%d+%d" % (w_new,h_new,x_new,y_new))
self.master.deiconify() # show the main window
self.master.protocol("WM_DELETE_WINDOW", self.controller.exit)

After that you reinstall the software and run.

[MoJox00]

I changed some code, and it fixed.