SystemError: createModel returned a result with an error set

[SamanthaCreech]

Hello,

I come across the following error when loading a kappa model into xspec. I am using the latest version of kappa.

• pyatomdb 0.10.9
• python 3.9.12
• heasoft 6.30.1

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ".../kappa/examples/kappa_xspec.py", line 141, in pykappa
    spec = kappamodelobject.return_spectrum(T, k)
  File ".../kappa/kappa.py", line 480, in return_spectrum
    s= self.spectra.return_spectrum(Te, kappa, teunit=teunit, elements = el_list, \
  File ".../kappa/kappa.py", line 792, in return_spectrum
    s[i] += self.spectra[ikT[0]][Z][z1].return_spectrum(self.ebins,\
KeyError: 1

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ".../kappa/examples/test_kappa.py", line 16, in <module>
    m1 = xspec.Model('pykappa')
  File ".../python/xspec/model.py", line 203, in __init__
    modTuple = _pyXspec.createModel(exprString, modName, sourceNum)
SystemError: <built-in function createModel> returned a result with an error set

[jagophile]

Hi,
I'm not able to recreate the problem using heasoft 6.30, python 3.9.12 and pyatomdb 0.10.9.

Can you confirm which OS you are using and what commands you are running? Is it just python test_kappa.py?

I will try upgrading to heasoft 6.30.1 in case that makes a difference.

[SamanthaCreech]

Hi,

I'm using Rocky8 Linux, and I also get this error when I create a pykappa model for my data. In this case, I ran "python test_kappa.py" directly from the kappa/examples directory

Thank you for your help
Samantha