I got this error with the the svn revision 4 days ago and in the 2285 revision too:
$ gaphor
2008-04-06 21:51:43,984 DEBUG found entry point service.file_manager
2008-04-06 21:51:44,117 DEBUG found entry point service.diagram_layout
2008-04-06 21:51:44,783 DEBUG found entry point service.diagram_export_manager
2008-04-06 21:51:44,786 DEBUG found entry point service.check_metamodel
2008-04-06 21:51:44,788 DEBUG found entry point service.live_object_browser
2008-04-06 21:51:44,790 DEBUG found entry point service.sanitizer
2008-04-06 21:51:44,791 DEBUG found entry point service.adapter_loader
2008-04-06 21:51:44,793 DEBUG found entry point service.element_factory
2008-04-06 21:51:44,794 DEBUG found entry point service.properties
2008-04-06 21:51:44,795 DEBUG found entry point service.pynsource
2008-04-06 21:51:44,800 DEBUG found entry point service.undo_manager
2008-04-06 21:51:44,802 DEBUG found entry point service.gui_manager
2008-04-06 21:51:44,804 DEBUG found entry point service.copy
2008-04-06 21:51:44,806 DEBUG found entry point service.action_manager
2008-04-06 21:51:44,808 DEBUG found entry point service.xmi_export
2008-04-06 21:51:44,817 DEBUG found entry point service.alignment
2008-04-06 21:51:44,819 DEBUG found entry point service.help
2008-04-06 21:51:44,825 INFO initializing service service.file_manager
2008-04-06 21:51:44,827 INFO initializing service service.properties
2008-04-06 21:51:44,854 INFO initializing service service.diagram_layout
2008-04-06 21:51:44,854 INFO initializing service service.diagram_export_manager
2008-04-06 21:51:44,854 INFO initializing service service.gui_manager
2008-04-06 21:51:44,864 INFO Icon dir: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gaphor/ui/pixmaps
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/gaphor", line 8, in <module>
load_entry_point('gaphor==0.13.0', 'console_scripts', 'gaphor')()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gaphor/__init__.py", line 57, in main
launch()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gaphor/__init__.py", line 37, in launch
Application.init()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gaphor/application.py", line 45, in init
self.init_all_services()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gaphor/application.py", line 91, in init_all_services
self.init_service(self._uninitialized_services.iterkeys().next())
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gaphor/application.py", line 105, in init_service
srv.init(self)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gaphor/services/guimanager.py", line 25, in init
self.init_stock_icons()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gaphor/services/guimanager.py", line 40, in init_stock_icons
gaphor.ui.stock.load_stock_icons()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gaphor/ui/stock.py", line 132, in load_stock_icons
parser.parse(filename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/_xmlplus/sax/expatreader.py", line 103, in parse
source = saxutils.prepare_input_source(source)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/_xmlplus/sax/saxutils.py", line 523, in prepare_input_source
f = urllib2.urlopen(source.getSystemId())
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/urllib2.py", line 121, in urlopen
return _opener.open(url, data)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/urllib2.py", line 366, in open
protocol = req.get_type()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/urllib2.py", line 241, in get_type
raise ValueError, "unknown url type: %s" % self.__original
ValueError: unknown url type: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gaphor/ui/icons.xml
I hope this can be useful