wordclock_display instance has no attribute 'strip'

[nvanoost]

I'm trying to run the wordclock for the first time but I get an error about an missing attribute 'strip'. But where can I set that? The config example has no one and the error seems to be that the wordclock_display section needs to have one.

Parsing /home/pi/rpi_wordclock/wordclock_config/wordclock_config.cfg
Interface type set to gpio_low
Wiring configuration
  WCA_WIDTH: 11
  WCA_HEIGHT: 10
  Num of LEDs: 114
  Wiring layout: bernds_wiring
WARNING: Default brightness value not set in config-file: To do so, add a "brightness" between 1..255 to the [wordclock_display]-section.
Update deprecated external dependency rpi_ws281x. For details see also https://github.com/jgarff/rpi_ws281x/blob/master/python/README.md
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "wordclock.py", line 166, in <module>
    word_clock = wordclock()
  File "wordclock.py", line 54, in __init__
    self.wcd = wcd.wordclock_display(self.config, self.wci)
  File "/home/pi/rpi_wordclock/wordclock_tools/wordclock_display.py", line 63, in __init__
    self.strip.begin()
AttributeError: wordclock_display instance has no attribute 'strip'
sys.excepthook is missing
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[FrankX0]

Looking at the code, this issue is caused by failing to import the Adafruit NeoPixel library. This reported in your log output: _Update deprecated external dependency rpiws281x. For details see also https://github.com/jgarff/rpi_ws281x/blob/master/python/README.md

Please follow these instructions: this should resolve your issue.

[wiefeli]

I have the same issue. How do I resolve this?

[nvanoost]

I'm trying to follow the steps which @FrankX0 has posted but I have still no luck.

[FrankX0]

Can you try the following (should have already have been done by the install script):

cd /home/pi
git clone https://github.com/jgarff/rpi_ws281x.git
cd rpi_ws281x
sudo scons
cd /home/pi/rpi_ws281x/python
sudo python setup.py install

[nvanoost]

o wow, tried that several times, but now it's working! First I removed the whole rpi_ws281x directory with sudo rm -rf ws_281x and followd the steps again. Now the wordclock.py is working!