glances crashes at startup

[Dimitri Papadopoulos]

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04
$
$ apt-cache policy glances
glances:
  Installé : 1.7.3-2ubuntu1
  Candidat : 1.7.3-2ubuntu1
 Table de version :
 *** 1.7.3-2ubuntu1 0
        900 http://totem.intra.cea.fr/depots/ubuntu/20_jours/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
         99 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Running the command 'glances' results in an immediate crash, and the the GNOME terminal is left in a strang state that requires a "reset" to recover newlines:

$ glances
Traceback (most recent call last):
                                    File "/usr/bin/glances", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('Glances==1.7.3', 'console_scripts', 'glances')()
                                                                        File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/glances/glances.py", line 4678, in main
                                                                          stats.update()
          File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/glances/glances.py", line 1673, in update
              self.__update__(input_stats)
                                            File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/glances/glances.py", line 1652, in __update__
                                                    self.glancesgrabprocesses.update()
        File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/glances/glances.py", line 1211, in update
            procstat = self.__get_process_stats(proc)
                                                       File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/glances/glances.py", line 1157, in __get_process_stats
                                                                        procstat['cmdline'] = ' '.join(proc.cmdline)
                                    TypeError
                                             $

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[nukashioru (nukashioru)]

lxterm on lubuntu 14.04.2 gives

Press 'h' for help 2015-03-02 17:36:52Traceback (most recent call last):
                                   File "/usr/bin/glances", line 9, in <module>
                                                                                   load_entry_point('Glances==1.7.3', 'console_scripts', 'glances')()
                                                                  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/glances/glances.py", line 4681, in main
                                                               screen.update(stats)
                                                                                     File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/glances/glances.py", line 2481, in update
                                                                                    self.flush(stats, cs_status=cs_status)
                                       File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/glances/glances.py", line 2470, in flush
                                     self.display(stats, cs_status=cs_status)
                                                                               File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/glances/glances.py", line 2449, in display
                                                                               diskio_count + fs_count + hddtemp_count)
                                    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/glances/glances.py", line 3202, in displayLog
                                       self.log_x, logmsg, len(logmsg))
                                                                       _curses.error: addnstr() returned ERR

the same error occurs both in/outside of tmux.

[Mikhail Emelchenkov (m-emelchenkov)]

Still not fixed for 14.04.5

# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Release: 14.04