From fe5498f4f64879500ba4f944d7ef4add5985e1ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carlos Cordoba <ccordoba12@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2018 12:06:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] IPython console: Catch any error generated when trying to
 start kernels

---
 spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole.py | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole.py b/spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole.py
index 240ca8760ce..50805a00639 100644
--- a/spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole.py
+++ b/spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole.py
@@ -1556,7 +1556,15 @@ def create_kernel_manager_and_kernel_client(self, connection_file,
                 stderr = None
         else:
             stderr = None
-        kernel_manager.start_kernel(stderr=stderr)
+
+        # Catch any error generated when trying to start the kernel
+        # See issue 7302
+        try:
+            kernel_manager.start_kernel(stderr=stderr)
+        except Exception:
+            error_msg = _("The error is:<br><br>"
+                          "<tt>{}</tt>").format(traceback.format_exc())
+            return (error_msg, None)
 
         # Kernel client
         kernel_client = kernel_manager.client()