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There are some 64-bit related issues when using PyQt and Snow Leopard. There’s the way to resolve it by reverting to 32-bits:

1. Get the latest versions of PyQt and SIP. You need Qt installed of course.
2. Configure SIP using

python configure.py --arch i386

3. Configure PyQt using

python configure.py --use-arch=i386

4. Finally, make sure your python is running in 32-bit mode because current Qt doesn’t support 64-bit mode. Add

   export VERSIONER_PYTHON_PREFER_32_BIT=yes

   to your .bash_profile in your home directory

5. If your Python still refuses to run in 32 bit mode, try

   arch -i386 python

Just got Snow Leopard and installed Boot Camp 3.0 on Windows? Boot Camp 3.0 is definitely a well welcomed update. The trackpad works much better now with 2 finger tap for secondary click, it finally works like in OS X. Even better, you can now access HFS+ without third party apps in Windows. Definitely nice for Windows 7 x64 users that MacDrive doesn’t even support. But one problem that seems to trouble people in the forums is that navigating to /Users/[yourname] in Windows shows an empty folder. You can’t access your music or pictures or anything from Windows.

One possibility is the presence of a .Xauthority file in your $HOME directory. Delete the file and you may access your home directory in Windows. Remember that running X11 will recreate the file. Delete it again. Continue reading