Arista-gtk doesn't start in Karmic

[Steven McCoy]

System upgraded 9.04 -> 9.10, new install of Arista, the arista-transcode command line tool works fine.

$ arista-gtk
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/arista-gtk", line 1385, in <module>
    main = MainWindow()
  File "/usr/bin/arista-gtk", line 382, in __init__
    self._setup_source()
  File "/usr/bin/arista-gtk", line 506, in _setup_source
    self.finder = arista.inputs.InputFinder()
  File "/usr/share/arista/arista/inputs.py", line 190, in __init__
    "/org/freedesktop/Hal/Manager")
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/bus.py", line 244, in get_object
    follow_name_owner_changes=follow_name_owner_changes)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 241, in __init__
    self._named_service = conn.activate_name_owner(bus_name)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/bus.py", line 183, in activate_name_owner
    self.start_service_by_name(bus_name)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/bus.py", line 281, in start_service_by_name
    'su', (bus_name, flags)))
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/connection.py", line 620, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.Hal was not provided by any .service files

[nikhov (nikhov)]

Have the same issue.
I installed ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) from cd on a clean HD, and arista was working ok untill I applied some updates.

[Clement Quaquin (clement-quaquin)]

Same problem since the last update this morning ...

[Petri Väkeväinen (petri-vakevainen)]

I have the same issue. It seems that hal is in some broken state or down, since running

sudo restart hal

made the problem go away. For now at least.

[Andreas Noteng (andreas-noteng)]

Same here, after

sudo service hal restart

it magically works again.

[Zbych (zbych)]

for me the sudo restart hal doesnt work - have the same issue after update in Ubuntu 9.10

[Andreas Noteng (andreas-noteng)]

Anybody still having this problem. Tried installing Arista again now, and it seems to be fixed.

[Andreas Noteng (andreas-noteng)]

Closing this as it seems this has been fixed in karmic and lucid. Please don't hesitate to reopen if this is not correct.

[Łukasz Semler (lukasz-semler)]

As far as I know it's not problem with Arista, cause I had the same issue with Rhythmbox.
I think it's a problem with hal demon stopping or getting halt signal ( dunno where from).
When I tried :

sudo service hal restart

It appeared that hal service wasn't working and I had to run it manually.
Then Arista came back to life.

[Łukasz Semler (lukasz-semler)]

Sorry for changing it twice. I'm still not sure. I think this bug shouldn't be here. It should be in Ubuntu hal bugs, cause it's problem with hal hanging or stopping or not starting. So if anyone thinks the same can mark bug as INVALID. I'm leaving it as INCOMPLETE as maybe someone else give some more informations on this problem or someone confirm that this is bigger problem, not only with Arista [ like I had ].

[Andreas Noteng (andreas-noteng)]

Lukasz Semler: Can you confirm this bug in Lucid? For me its no longer an issue.

[Łukasz Semler (lukasz-semler)]

I don't use Lucid only Karmic (waiting till full release).
And the problem happens only when computer stays on for few days, so it's hard to reproduce the bug.

[Raphaël 'SurcouF' Bordet (surcouf)]

Andreas Notemg: I'm using Lucid Lynx and I can confirm this bug with arista-gtk.

[Daniel G. Taylor (danielgtaylor)]

Does this not fix your issue?

    sudo service hal restart

If it does fix it, let me know and I'll close this bug.

[Rob Larson (dewmanstl)]

Looks like my version of 10.04 doesnt recognize hal.

rob@compaq:~$ sudo service hal restart
hal: unrecognized service

rob@compaq:~$ arista-gtk
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/arista-gtk", line 1417, in <module>
    main = MainWindow()
  File "/usr/bin/arista-gtk", line 398, in __init__
    image = _get_icon_pixbuf(device.icon, width, height)
  File "/usr/bin/arista-gtk", line 109, in _get_icon_pixbuf
    path = arista.utils.get_path("presets", uri[7:])
  File "/usr/share/arista/arista/utils.py", line 75, in get_path
    "path": path,
IOError: Can't find presets/droid.png in any known prefix!

[Organic (michalkrp)]

I have the same issue on Lucid Lynx. I`ve made a clean install, updated, installed Arista Transcode. It worked, then I converted some HD movies for my PSP and it worked perfectly. When I started Arista again, it offered me to install updates and I`ve installed. Then started Arista one more time, but it didn`t start. Tried to reinstall it 2 times, but nothing. Restarted PC, reinstalled app and still nothing.

Please help...

Here`s terminal...

michael@michael-desktop:~$ sudo service hal restart
hal: unrecognized service

michael@michael-desktop:~$ arista-gtk
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/arista-gtk", line 1417, in <module>
    main = MainWindow()
  File "/usr/bin/arista-gtk", line 398, in __init__
    image = _get_icon_pixbuf(device.icon, width, height)
  File "/usr/bin/arista-gtk", line 109, in _get_icon_pixbuf
    path = arista.utils.get_path("presets", uri[7:])
  File "/usr/share/arista/arista/utils.py", line 75, in get_path
    "path": path,
IOError: Can't find presets/droid.png in any known prefix!

[Daniel G. Taylor (danielgtaylor)]

Please try to clear ~/.arista/presets and then re-run Arista. There was a mistake I made a long time ago to not check for PNG along with SVG images for presets in the simple update code.

This has been fixed by removing presets that require PNG images from the auto-updates and by adding the PNG check in http://github.com/danielgtaylor/arista/commit/72f47ce8b885642a7341c51fdedf8977ef40993a

[grondinm (marcg666)]

Thanx daniel. that worked for me.

[Daniel G. Taylor (danielgtaylor)]

Fixes released with the latest release of 0.9.4.

[David Stodolsky (dss-secureid)]

I can't get it to start in Lucid after trying all the above suggestions.