RedNotebook cannot load the journal.py module

Feb 11, 2025
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I have been using rednotebook for quite a while now when all of a sudden the application showed some problems. The application launches but no utilities are working and previous entries are not there. Here is the log file contents:

2025-02-11 14:26:48,169 INFO     Writing log to file "/home/nour/.rednotebook/rednotebook.log"
2025-02-11 14:26:48,169 INFO     System encoding: utf-8
2025-02-11 14:26:48,169 INFO     Language code: en_US
2025-02-11 14:26:48,189 INFO     Spell checking languages: ['en_AU', 'en_BS', 'en_BZ', 'en_CA', 'en_GB', 'en_GH', 'en_IE', 'en_IL', 'en_IN', 'en_JM', 'en_MW', 'en_NA', 'en_NZ', 'en_PH', 'en_TT', 'en_US', 'en_ZA', 'en_ZW']
2025-02-11 14:26:48,192 INFO     Spell checking dictionaries: [('en_AU', <Enchant: Hunspell Provider>), ('en_BS', <Enchant: Hunspell Provider>), ('en_BZ', <Enchant: Hunspell Provider>), ('en_CA', <Enchant: Hunspell Provider>), ('en_GB', <Enchant: Hunspell Provider>), ('en_GH', <Enchant: Hunspell Provider>), ('en_IE', <Enchant: Hunspell Provider>), ('en_IL', <Enchant: Hunspell Provider>), ('en_IN', <Enchant: Hunspell Provider>), ('en_JM', <Enchant: Hunspell Provider>), ('en_MW', <Enchant: Hunspell Provider>), ('en_NA', <Enchant: Hunspell Provider>), ('en_NZ', <Enchant: Hunspell Provider>), ('en_PH', <Enchant: Hunspell Provider>), ('en_TT', <Enchant: Hunspell Provider>), ('en_US', <Enchant: Hunspell Provider>), ('en_ZA', <Enchant: Hunspell Provider>), ('en_ZW', <Enchant: Hunspell Provider>)]
2025-02-11 14:26:48,334 INFO     Using LibYAML
2025-02-11 14:26:48,335 INFO     Connected Signals: [<Signals.SIGHUP: 1>, <Signals.SIGINT: 2>, <Signals.SIGQUIT: 3>, <Signals.SIGABRT: 6>, <Signals.SIGTERM: 15>, <Signals.SIGTSTP: 20>]
2025-02-11 14:26:48,338 INFO     Running in portable mode: False
2025-02-11 14:26:48,338 INFO     First Start: False
2025-02-11 14:26:48,338 INFO     RedNotebook version: 2.37
2025-02-11 14:26:48,340 INFO     System info: machine: x86_64, platform: Linux-6.10.11+bpo-amd64-x86_64-with-glibc2.38, processor: , python_version: 3.11.11, release: 6.10.11+bpo-amd64, system: Linux, GTK: (3, 24, 43), Glib: (2, 80, 5), PyGObject: (3, 48, 2), YAML: 6.0, WebKit2: (2, 46, 6)
2025-02-11 14:26:48,464 DEBUG    Default font: Cantarell Bold 11
2025-02-11 14:26:48,464 DEBUG    Default size: 11.0
2025-02-11 14:26:48,634 INFO     Cloud ignore list: ['filter', 'these', 'comma', 'separated', 'words', 'and', '#tags']
2025-02-11 14:26:48,634 INFO     Cloud include list: ['mtv', 'spam', 'work', 'job', 'play']
2025-02-11 14:26:48,634 INFO     Cloud special ignore regexes: ('file://.*', 'https?://.*')
2025-02-11 14:26:48,634 DEBUG    Start compiling regexes: ignore, include and special
2025-02-11 14:26:48,634 DEBUG    Finished compiling
2025-02-11 14:26:48,639 DEBUG    Tray icon visible: False
2025-02-11 14:26:48,643 INFO     Opening journal at '/home/nour/.rednotebook/data'
2025-02-11 14:26:48,644 DEBUG    Starting to load files in dir "/home/nour/.rednotebook/data"
2025-02-11 14:26:48,644 DEBUG    Loading file "/home/nour/.rednotebook/data/2023-10.txt"
2025-02-11 14:26:48,644 ERROR    An error occurred while reading /home/nour/.rednotebook/data/2023-10.txt:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/bin/rednotebook", line 6, in <module>
    import journal
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'journal'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/journal.py", line 255, in do_startup
    self.open_journal(journal_path)
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/journal.py", line 416, in open_journal
    self.months = storage.load_all_months_from_disk(data_dir)
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/storage.py", line 104, in load_all_months_from_disk
    if month := _load_month_from_disk(path, year_number, month_number):
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/storage.py", line 76, in _load_month_from_disk
    month_contents = yaml.load(month_file, Loader=Loader)
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/yaml/__init__.py", line 81, in load
    return loader.get_single_data()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/yaml/constructor.py", line 49, in get_single_data
    node = self.get_single_node()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "yaml/_yaml.pyx", line 668, in yaml._yaml.CParser.get_single_node
  File "yaml/_yaml.pyx", line 858, in yaml._yaml.CParser._parse_next_event
  File "yaml/_yaml.pyx", line 867, in yaml._yaml.input_handler
  File "<frozen codecs>", line 707, in read
  File "<frozen codecs>", line 507, in read
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x8b in position 1: invalid start byte
2025-02-11 14:26:55,438 INFO     Program was abnormally aborted with signal 2
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/bin/rednotebook", line 6, in <module>
    import journal
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'journal'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/gi/_ossighelper.py", line 92, in signal_notify
    def signal_notify(source, condition):

  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/util/utils.py", line 58, in signal_handler
    journal.exit()
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/journal.py", line 335, in exit
    self.save_to_disk(exit_imminent=True)
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/journal.py", line 358, in save_to_disk
    self.save_old_day()
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/journal.py", line 472, in save_old_day
    old_content = self.day.content
                  ^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/journal.py", line 496, in day
    return self.month.get_day(self.date.day)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_day'
2025-02-11 14:26:56,386 INFO     Program was abnormally aborted with signal 15
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/bin/rednotebook", line 6, in <module>
    import journal
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'journal'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/gui/main_window.py", line 509, in on_main_frame_configure_event
    def on_main_frame_configure_event(self, widget, event):

  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/util/utils.py", line 58, in signal_handler
    journal.exit()
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/journal.py", line 335, in exit
    self.save_to_disk(exit_imminent=True)
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/journal.py", line 358, in save_to_disk
    self.save_old_day()
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/journal.py", line 472, in save_old_day
    old_content = self.day.content
                  ^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/journal.py", line 496, in day
    return self.month.get_day(self.date.day)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_day'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/bin/rednotebook", line 6, in <module>
    import journal
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'journal'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/gui/main_window.py", line 379, in on_quit_activate
    self.journal.exit()
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/journal.py", line 335, in exit
    self.save_to_disk(exit_imminent=True)
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/journal.py", line 358, in save_to_disk
    self.save_old_day()
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/journal.py", line 472, in save_old_day
    old_content = self.day.content
                  ^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/journal.py", line 496, in day
    return self.month.get_day(self.date.day)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_day'
2025-02-11 14:26:59,030 DEBUG    Main frame destroyed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/bin/rednotebook", line 6, in <module>
    import journal
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'journal'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/gui/main_window.py", line 369, in on_main_frame_delete_event
    self.journal.exit()
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/journal.py", line 335, in exit
    self.save_to_disk(exit_imminent=True)
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/journal.py", line 358, in save_to_disk
    self.save_old_day()
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/journal.py", line 472, in save_old_day
    old_content = self.day.content
                  ^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/rednotebook/journal.py", line 496, in day
    return self.month.get_day(self.date.day)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_day'
/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/gi/_ossighelper.py:119: Warning: Source ID 7 was not found when attempting to remove it
  GLib.source_remove(source_id)
2025-02-11 14:26:59,059 INFO     Peak memory: 134697356 KiB

I think the problem is related to the journal.py module which is probably missing after I ran the following command.

python3 -c "import journal"

I tried reinstalling rednotebook but that did not help. I also tried installing the journal module using pip once and using apt install python3-journal but both did not work.

1 reply
C
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This forum is for discussion for the Flatpak format and the Flathub distribution platform itself. If you need help with an specific app, please use the app-specific help channels. You can find them in the links section on the app page

That being said, there are a few things I want to mention:

The issue might be related to your user-data, which should be stored under ~/.var/app/app.rednotebook.RedNotebook. If you have a backup of that folder, you could try removing it to remove the user-data and see if the issue persists.

If you have installed Rednotebook from Flathub (which I assume given you’re on the forum of it), it uses a separate Python environment and modules, which pip and apt don’t modify.

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