kolibri start command errors with options.ini incorrect values

Observed behavior

This issue was reported at the community and I was able to reproduced it on Windows 7.

The errors will display only when you run the kolibri start command at the command prompt.

Expected behavior

Maybe we can handle these errors and append it on the log files.

User-facing consequences

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Errors and logs

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
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C:\Users\IEUser>cd /

C:\>cd Python34

C:\Python34>cd Scripts

C:\Python34\Scripts>kolibri start
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python34\lib\runpy.py", line 170, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", mod_spec)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "C:\Python34\Scripts\kolibri.exe\__main__.py", line 5, in <module>
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\kolibri\utils\cli.py", line 28, in <module
>
    from . import server
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\kolibri\utils\server.py", line 17, in <mod
ule>
    from kolibri.core.deviceadmin.utils import schedule_vacuum
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\kolibri\core\deviceadmin\utils.py", line 1
3, in <module>
    from kolibri.core.tasks.main import scheduler
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\kolibri\core\tasks\main.py", line 9, in <m
odule>
    from kolibri.core.tasks.queue import Queue
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\kolibri\core\tasks\queue.py", line 1, in <
module>
    from kolibri.core.tasks.job import Job
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\kolibri\core\tasks\job.py", line 7, in <mo
dule>
    from kolibri.core.tasks.utils import current_state_tracker
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\kolibri\core\tasks\utils.py", line 9, in <
module>
    from kolibri.deployment.default.cache import diskcache_cache
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\kolibri\deployment\default\cache.py", line
 10, in <module>
    cache_options = OPTIONS["Cache"]
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\kolibri\dist\django\utils\functional.py",
line 238, in inner
    self._setup()
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\kolibri\dist\django\utils\functional.py",
line 386, in _setup
    self._wrapped = self._setupfunc()
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\kolibri\utils\conf.py", line 54, in __init
ialize_options
    return read_options_file(KOLIBRI_HOME)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\kolibri\utils\options.py", line 240, in re
ad_options_file
    conf = ConfigObj(ini_path, configspec=get_configspec())
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\kolibri\dist\configobj.py", line 1229, in
__init__
    self._load(infile, configspec)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\kolibri\dist\configobj.py", line 1318, in
_load
    raise error
configobj.DuplicateError: Duplicate section name at line 8.

C:\Python34\Scripts>

Steps to reproduce

Copy these values at the options.ini file and run the kolibri start command

[Urls]
[Debug]
[Server]
[Paths]
CONTENT_DIR = D:\KolibriContent
[Deployment]
URL_PATH_PREFIX = /
[Cache]
[Database]

Context

Tell us about your environment, including:

• Kolibri version: 0.13
• Operating system: Windows 7
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[mrpau-richard]

Hi @mrpau-richard , thank you for testing! I notice that there are two sections [Deployment] in the options.ini file. Do you mind combining them into one and trying it again?

When I combined those two sections the error will gone and I confirmed that’s the cause of configobj.DuplicateError: Duplicate section name at line 8.. I did not notice it during filling this issue, that I have these two [Deployment] sections on my options.ini 😟

[mrpau-richard]

Is this a windows 7 specific issue?

I think it is @lyw07 I tested it on Windows 10 and I can’t reproduce this configobj.DuplicateError: Duplicate section name at line 8. error. But when I tried to modify the options.ini with invalid drive path (sample K:\KolibriContent) there is another error saying the path does not exist and the Kolibri Windows alert message shows up.