displayconfig-gtk crashed with TypeError in skip_vendor()

[Daniel Holbach]

Binary package hint: displayconfig-gtk

Tried to configure my graphics card.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jul 2 11:51:55 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/displayconfig-gtk
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: displayconfig-gtk 0.2+20070605ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/displayconfig-gtk
ProcCwd: /home/daniel
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/displayconfig-gtk']
SourcePackage: displayconfig-gtk
Title: displayconfig-gtk crashed with TypeError in skip_vendor()
Uname: Linux bert 2.6.22-7-generic #1 SMP Mon Jun 25 17:07:55 GMT 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[Klaus Anderson (klaus-anderson)]

This crash happened to me sometime during a reboot cycle (shutdown from logout button in panel). I upgraded my system 20070925.

[Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor)]

Sorry, I cannot reproduce it here. It seems to be a generic Python bug.

[tryp (cdouglass)]

It happens to me any time I run displayconfig-gtk and click on a graphics driver...

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/displayconfiggtk/DisplayConfig.py", line 695, in on_configure_device_clicked
    device.getDetectedGfxCardModel().name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/displayconfiggtk/DisplayConfig.py", line 54, in skip_vendor
    if model_name.startswith(vendor):
TypeError: expected a character buffer object

[llevering (l-levering)]

I experience the same error (it also causes display corruption to the top bar in Gnome. It happens with the Vesa-driver under a VirtualBox machine. I thought that might helpful information as it happens with the GTK displayconfig manager. The problem did not exist in tribe 5.

[Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor)]

@llevering:

could you please fill a separate bug about display corruptions. The bugs don't seem to be in a relation.

I fixed the crash in the skip_vendor method. A new release will follow soon.

[Lautaro Bonetto (lautaro-bonetto)]

I experience the same error. I have Intel 965 graphic card.

[Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor)]

displayconfig-gtk (0.3) gutsy; urgency=low

  * Bind to the correct gettext domain - fixes LP: #140678
  * Fix the X/system restart request dialog
  * Move the fail safe mode user interface to a separate script
    (xfailsafedialog) - fixes LP: #138818
  * Fix crash if vendor is None - fixes LP: #123513
  * Close the application on window manager close event - fixes LP: #133607
  * Do not show the "need adminstrative rights" dialog if the xorg.conf
    is missing - fixes LP: #135138
  * Do not fail silently on unreadable inf files - fixes LP: #139029
  * Make sure to write a changed location information
  * Do not detect the monitor automatically when the chooser is opened,
    instead provide a detect button
  * Only allow to detect the monitor of the first screen (limitation of
    xresprobe) - fixes LP: #144528
  * Allow to specify the aspect ratio of a monitor in the chooser - fixes
    LP: #135309, fixes LP: #141138, fixes LP# #144116
  * Restore the aspect ration of locations
  * Display horizontal and vertical refresh rate correctly in the monitor
    chooser - fixes LP: #139723
  * Fix a typo - fixes LP: #140562
  * Hide the orientation setting (not stable enough)
  * Add correct icons for 4:3 and 16:9 screens
  * Desktop background in the icons follows the Tangerine icon theme
  * Select the current driver in the driver chooser - fixes LP: #135158

 -- Sebastian Heinlein <email address hidden> Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:20:09 +0200