Question

I have a program (time lapse maker) which has two threads that updates a wx.StaticBitmap. When the two threads access the wx.StaticBitmap it crashes with the error

python: xcb_io.c:221: poll_for_event: Assertion `(((long)
(event_sequence) – (long) (dpy->request)) <= 0)’ failed.

I tried a Google search for the answer and I tried to solve it myself but I still can’t figure it out.

Simple piece of code that reproduces this error (this is not the actual program):

#!/usr/bin/env python

import wx
import time,os.path,glob,threading

class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwds):

        kwds["style"] = wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE
        wx.Frame.__init__(self, *args, **kwds)
        self.bitmap_1 = wx.StaticBitmap(self, -1, wx.NullBitmap)

        self.__set_properties()
        self.__do_layout()

        wx.CallAfter(self._img)
    def __set_properties(self):

        self.SetTitle("frame_1")


    def __do_layout(self):

        sizer_1 = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
        sizer_1.Add(self.bitmap_1, 0, 0, 0)
        self.SetSizer(sizer_1)
        sizer_1.Fit(self)
        self.Layout()



    def _img(self):
             Thread1= threading.Thread(target=self._img1)
             Thread1.start()
             Thread2 = threading.Thread(target=self._img2)
             Thread2.start()

    def _img1(self):
            frames = glob.glob("/path/to/pngs/*.png")
        frames.sort()
        for i in range(len(frames)):
            if os.path.isfile(frames[i]) and i%2 == 0:
                print frames[i]
                wx.Yield()
                ##time.sleep(0.5)
                wx.CallAfter(self.bitmap_1.SetBitmap,wx.Bitmap(frames[i], wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ANY))
                wx.CallAfter(self.Update)
    def _img2(self):
            frames = glob.glob("/path/to/pngs/*.png")
        frames.sort()
        for i in range(len(frames)):
            if os.path.isfile(frames[i]) and i%2 == 1:
                print frames[i]
                wx.Yield()
                ##time.sleep(0.5)
                wx.CallAfter(self.bitmap_1.SetBitmap,wx.Bitmap(frames[i], wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ANY))
                wx.CallAfter(self.Update)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = wx.PySimpleApp(0)
    wx.InitAllImageHandlers()
    frame_1 = MyFrame(None, -1, "")
    app.SetTopWindow(frame_1)
    frame_1.Show()
    app.MainLoop()

I solved it with wx.PostEvent See my answer.

Answer 1

I solved it with wx.PostEvent:

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# generated by wxGlade 0.6.3 on Mon Oct 17 19:59:55 2011

import wx
import time,os.path,glob,threading
# begin wxGlade: extracode
# end wxGlade


ID_START = wx.NewId()
ID_STOP = wx.NewId()

# Define notification event for thread completion
EVT_RESULT_ID = wx.NewId()

def EVT_RESULT(win, func):
    """Define Result Event."""
    win.Connect(-1, -1, EVT_RESULT_ID, func)

class ResultEvent(wx.PyEvent):
    """Simple event to carry arbitrary result data."""
    def __init__(self, data):
        """Init Result Event."""
        wx.PyEvent.__init__(self)
        self.SetEventType(EVT_RESULT_ID)
        self.data = data
class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwds):
        # begin wxGlade: MyFrame.__init__
        kwds["style"] = wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE
        wx.Frame.__init__(self, *args, **kwds)
        self.bitmap_1 = wx.StaticBitmap(self, -1, wx.NullBitmap)
        self.__set_properties()
        self.__do_layout()
        # end wxGlade
    self.frames = ""
    EVT_RESULT(self,self.OnResult)
        wx.CallAfter(self._img)
    def __set_properties(self):
        # begin wxGlade: MyFrame.__set_properties
        self.SetTitle("frame_1")
        # end wxGlade

    def __do_layout(self):
        # begin wxGlade: MyFrame.__do_layout
        sizer_1 = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
        sizer_1.Add(self.bitmap_1, 0, 0, 0)
        self.SetSizer(sizer_1)
        sizer_1.Fit(self)
        self.Layout()
        # end wxGlade
    def OnResult(self, event):
        """Show Result status."""
        if event.data is None:
            pass
        else:
        self.bitmap_1.SetBitmap(wx.Bitmap(event.data, wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ANY))
# end of class MyFrame
    def _img(self):
             Thread1= threading.Thread(target=self._img1)
             Thread1.start()
             Thread2 = threading.Thread(target=self._img2)
             Thread2.start()

    def _img1(self):
            frames = glob.glob("/home/mitch/Pictures/*.png")
        frames.sort()

        for i in range(len(frames)):
            if os.path.isfile(frames[i]) and i%2 == 0:
                print frames[i]
                ##wx.Yield()
                ##time.sleep(0.5)
                wx.PostEvent(self, ResultEvent(frames[i]))

    def _img2(self):
            frames = glob.glob("/home/mitch/Pictures/*.png")
        frames.sort()

        for i in range(len(frames)):
            if os.path.isfile(frames[i]) and i%2 == 1:
                print frames[i]
                ##wx.Yield()
                ##time.sleep(0.5)
                wx.PostEvent(self, ResultEvent(frames[i]))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = wx.PySimpleApp(0)
    wx.InitAllImageHandlers()
    frame_1 = MyFrame(None, -1, "")
    app.SetTopWindow(frame_1)
    frame_1.Show()
    app.MainLoop()