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3.7 (EOL)end of lifetestsTests in the Lib/test dirtopic-tkintertype-bugAn unexpected behavior, bug, or error

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@csabella
csabella
opened on Jun 25, 2017
BPO 30756
Nosy @terryjreedy, @serhiy-storchaka, @csabella, @DahlitzFlorian

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created_at = <Date 2017-06-25.19:02:20.478>
labels = ['3.7', 'tests', 'type-bug', 'expert-tkinter']
title = 'ttk: GUI tests fail on Ubuntu'
updated_at = <Date 2020-05-23.14:22:52.586>
user = 'https://github.com/csabella'

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actor = 'DahlitzFlorian'
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components = ['Tests', 'Tkinter']
creation = <Date 2017-06-25.19:02:20.478>
creator = 'cheryl.sabella'
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issue_num = 30756
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priority = 'normal'
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stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
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type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue30756'
versions = ['Python 3.7']

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  1. csabella commented on Jun 25, 2017

    @csabella
    csabella
    on Jun 25, 2017
    ContributorAuthor

    Running the tests over up to date build on Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit.

    ./python -m test.test_ttk_guionly -v

    Sometimes this runs without failure and sometimes it 'hangs' and then produces failures. When it hangs, my computer freezes completely. As you can see, it can run for 8 minutes.

    It seems to hang most often on test_idenify in EntryTest.

    Here's one set of failures:

    ======================================================================
    FAIL: test_identify (tkinter.test.test_ttk.test_widgets.EntryTest)
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/cheryl/cpython/Lib/tkinter/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py", line 332, in test_identify
    self.assertEqual(self.entry.identify(5, 5), "textarea")
AssertionError: '' != 'textarea'
+ textarea

    ======================================================================
    FAIL: test_get (tkinter.test.test_ttk.test_widgets.ScaleTest)
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/cheryl/cpython/Lib/tkinter/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py", line 807, in test_get
    self.assertEqual(self.scale.get(scale_width, 0), self.scale['to'])
AssertionError: 0.0 != 1.0

    ======================================================================
    FAIL: test_set (tkinter.test.test_ttk.test_widgets.ScaleTest)
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/cheryl/cpython/Lib/tkinter/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py", line 849, in test_set
    self.assertEqual(conv(self.scale.get(self.scale.winfo_width(), 0)), max)
AssertionError: 0.0 != 1.0

    ======================================================================
    FAIL: test_identify (tkinter.test.test_ttk.test_widgets.WidgetTest)
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/cheryl/cpython/Lib/tkinter/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py", line 71, in test_identify
    ), "label")
AssertionError: '' != 'label'
+ label

    Ran 272 tests in 491.572s

    FAILED (failures=4)

    Here's another set from a different run:

    ======================================================================
    FAIL: test_get (tkinter.test.test_ttk.test_widgets.ScaleTest)
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/cheryl/cpython/Lib/tkinter/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py", line 807, in test_get
    self.assertEqual(self.scale.get(scale_width, 0), self.scale['to'])
AssertionError: 0.0 != 1.0

    ======================================================================
    FAIL: test_set (tkinter.test.test_ttk.test_widgets.ScaleTest)
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/cheryl/cpython/Lib/tkinter/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py", line 849, in test_set
    self.assertEqual(conv(self.scale.get(self.scale.winfo_width(), 0)), max)
AssertionError: 0.0 != 1.0

    ======================================================================
    FAIL: test_identify (tkinter.test.test_ttk.test_widgets.WidgetTest)
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/cheryl/cpython/Lib/tkinter/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py", line 71, in test_identify
    ), "label")
AssertionError: '' != 'label'
+ label

    ======================================================================
    FAIL: test_horizontal_range (tkinter.test.test_ttk.test_extensions.LabeledScaleTest)
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/cheryl/cpython/Lib/tkinter/test/test_ttk/test_extensions.py", line 122, in test_horizontal_range
    self.assertEqual(prev_xcoord, int(linfo_1['x']))
AssertionError: 16 != 1

    Ran 272 tests in 353.180s

    FAILED (failures=4)

  2. csabella
    added
    3.7 (EOL)end of life
    testsTests in the Lib/test dir
    on Jun 25, 2017
  3. mlouielu
    added
    topic-tkinter
    on Jun 26, 2017
  4. mlouielu
    changed the title [-]GUI tests fail on Ubuntu[/-] [+]ttk: GUI tests fail on Ubuntu[/+] on Jun 26, 2017

  5. terryjreedy commented on Jun 26, 2017

    @terryjreedy
    terryjreedy
    on Jun 26, 2017
    Member

    My Win 10 machine consistently runs 272 tests OK in 3 seconds.

  6. terryjreedy
    added
    type-bugAn unexpected behavior, bug, or error
    on Jun 26, 2017

  7. terryjreedy commented on May 23, 2020

    @terryjreedy
    terryjreedy
    on May 23, 2020
    Member

    bpo-40722 is about a hang, at least once, on line 147

        def test_variable_change(self):
        x = ttk.LabeledScale(self.root)
        x.pack()
        x.wait_visibility()  # Here.

  8. DahlitzFlorian commented on May 23, 2020

    @DahlitzFlorian
    DahlitzFlorianmannequin
    on May 23, 2020
    Mannequin

    I'm on Ubuntu 20.04 64-bit, ran the command provided and got

    Ran 303 tests in 18.900s

    OK

    I was running against the master branch.

  9. ezio-melotti
    transferred this issue fromon Apr 10, 2022

  10. serhiy-storchaka commented on Jul 5, 2026

    @serhiy-storchaka
    serhiy-storchaka
    on Jul 5, 2026
    Member

    These failures are all fixed by the test hardening in gh-69134 (#152499, backported to 3.13/3.14/3.15).

    The named tests no longer assert on unmapped geometry or block on wait_visibility(); they now wait for the window manager to map the widget (or skip cleanly):

    • EntryTest.test_identify ('' != 'textarea') and ScaleTest.test_get/test_set now guard the geometry assertions with wait_until_mapped().
    • The LabeledScale hang at wait_visibility() (bpo-40722) is gone — that test uses require_mapped() instead, which never blocks indefinitely.

    Closing as completed.

  11. serhiy-storchaka
    closed this as completedon Jul 5, 2026
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