Debian Bug report logs - #700623
software-properties-gtk crashes with DBusException

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From: Ronny Standtke <[email protected]>

To: "Tracking System, Debian" <[email protected]>

Subject: software-properties-gtk crashes with DBusException

Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:40:49 +0100

Package: software-properties-gtk
Version: 0.82.7.1debian1
Severity: important

software-properties-gtk always crashes on startup. This is the console
output:
------------------------------
$ software-properties-gtk
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 104, in <module>
    app = SoftwarePropertiesGtk(datadir=options.data_dir,
options=options, file=file)
  File
"/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py",
line 130, in __init__
    proxy = bus.get_object("com.ubuntu.SoftwareProperties", "/")
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 241, in
get_object
    follow_name_owner_changes=follow_name_owner_changes)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 248, in
__init__
    self._named_service = conn.activate_name_owner(bus_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 180, in
activate_name_owner
    self.start_service_by_name(bus_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 278, in
start_service_by_name
    'su', (bus_name, flags)))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651,
in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException:
org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with
unknown return code 1
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.7-trunk-486
Locale: LANG=de_CH.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_CH.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages software-properties-gtk depends on:
ii  gir1.2-gtk-3.0                3.4.2-6
ii  python                        2.7.3~rc2-1
ii  python-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets  0.45-1
ii  python-gi                     3.2.2-1
ii  python-software-properties    0.82.7.1debian1
ii  python2.6                     2.6.8-1.1
ii  python2.7                     2.7.3-6
ii  software-properties-common    0.82.7.1debian1

software-properties-gtk recommends no packages.

software-properties-gtk suggests no packages.

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