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Hi,

Plugin error message on startup. Began with V1.7, persists in dev build V1.8. Gdal plugin not working, Plugin manager unable to find osgeo plugin as mentioned in QGIS V1.8 Readme File. Plugin path issue?
Cheers,
CK

Message:

Couldn't load plugin GdalTools due an error when calling its classFactory() method

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Applications/QGIS-1.8.app/Contents/MacOS/../Resources/python/qgis/utils.py", line 138, in startPlugin
plugins[packageName] = package.classFactory(iface)
File "/Applications/QGIS-1.8.app/Contents/MacOS/../Resources/python/plugins/GdalTools/__init__.py", line 32, in classFactory
from GdalTools import GdalTools
File "/Applications/QGIS-1.8.app/Contents/MacOS/../Resources/python/qgis/utils.py", line 283, in _import
mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
File "/Applications/QGIS-1.8.app/Contents/MacOS/../Resources/python/plugins/GdalTools/GdalTools.py", line 39, in
raise ImportError( error_str )
ImportError: No module named osgeo [python-gdal]

Python version:
2.7.1 (r271:86832, Jun 16 2011, 16:59:05)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2335.15.00)]

QGIS version:
1.8.0-Trunk Trunk, a53e614

Python path: ['/Applications/QGIS-1.8.app/Contents/MacOS/../Resources/python', '/Users/Chris/.qgis/python', '/Users/Chris/.qgis/python/plugins', '/Applications/QGIS-1.8.app/Contents/MacOS/../Resources/python/plugins', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python27.zip', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/plat-darwin', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/plat-mac', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/plat-mac/lib-scriptpackages', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-tk', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-old', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload', '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/PyObjC', '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages', '~/.qgis/python', '/Users/Chris/.qgis/python/plugins/fTools/tools']