Zur Sache: Ich habe mir Kippo aus dem SVN geholt und die entsprechenden Pakete installiert. Beim starten kam folgende Fehlermeldung:

 ./start.sh
Starting kippo in background...Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted/application/app.py",
line 626, in run
    runApp(config)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted/scripts/twistd.py",
line 23, in runApp
    _SomeApplicationRunner(config).run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted/application/app.py",
line 374, in run
    self.application = self.createOrGetApplication()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted/application/app.py",
line 439, in createOrGetApplication
    application = getApplication(self.config, passphrase)
---  ---
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted/application/app.py",
line 450, in getApplication
    application = service.loadApplication(filename, style, passphrase)
  File
"/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted/application/service.py", line
390, in loadApplication
    application = sob.loadValueFromFile(filename, 'application', passphrase)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted/persisted/sob.py", line
210, in loadValueFromFile
    exec fileObj in d, d
  File "kippo.tac", line 15, in 
    from twisted.conch.ssh import factory, keys
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted/conch/ssh/factory.py",
line 21, in 
    from twisted.conch.ssh import keys
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted/conch/ssh/keys.py",
line 20, in 
    from pyasn1.type import univ
exceptions.ImportError: No module named type

Failed to load application: No module named type

Bei Meinem Debian 6 ist wohl etwas in der Paketverwaltung schief gegangen, denn es hat pyasn1 nicht richtig initialisiert.

Einen Tip für die Lösung des Problems lieferte ein Blick in die postint-Behandlung des pyasn1-Pakets:

 dpkg  -I /var/cache/apt/archives/python-pyasn1_0.0.11a-1_all.deb postinst
#!/bin/sh
set -e
# Automatically added by dh_pysupport
if which update-python-modules >/dev/null 2>&1; then
        update-python-modules  python-pyasn1.public
fi
# End automatically added section

Bei mir war das update-python-modules-Skript nicht im $PATH drin.
Die Lösung war ganz einfach:

sudo /usr/sbin/update-python-modules  python-pyasn1.public

Hat alle Probleme behoben und nun kann Kippo gleich loslaufen…

[edit] Da habe ich den Lösungsansatz her: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=622086 [/edit]