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mugshot package

mugshot crashed with TypeError in _spawn(): The argument, args, must be a list.

Bug #1443283 reported by SEAD on 2015-04-13

This bug affects 3 people

	Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
Mugshot	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned	Mugshot 0.4.1
mugshot (Arch Linux)	New	Undecided	Unassigned
mugshot (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

Mugshot is not opening anymore since Xubuntu got the Beta 2 state

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: mugshot 0.2.5-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-10.10-generic 3.19.2
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-10-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Mon Apr 13 02:09:00 2015
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/mugshot
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-10 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Beta amd64 (20150326)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.4
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/mugshot
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=es_MX:es
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=es_MX.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/mugshot']
SourcePackage: mugshot
Title: mugshot crashed with TypeError in _spawn(): The argument, args, must be a list.
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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SEAD (seadx6) wrote on 2015-04-13:

Dependencies.txt Edit (9.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (44.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcMaps.txt Edit (51.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcStatus.txt Edit (831 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Traceback.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2015-04-13

tags:	removed: need-duplicate-check
Changed in mugshot (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium

Jackson Doak (noskcaj) on 2015-07-09

information type:

Private → Public

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2016-04-27:

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

Changed in mugshot (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Alex Almeida Cordeiro (alex-cordeiro) wrote on 2016-09-24:

I saw this bug on Arch, "sudo mugshot" works (edit root), just "mugshot" giveme the error
Someway it's unable to run sudo besides it happen on an user with sudo rights.

FOllowing full error message:
http://pastebin.com/uUBx6LNZ

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Sean Davis (bluesabre) wrote on 2018-04-18:

Can you please see if this bug still affects you with the recent Mugshot 0.4.0 release? I am unable to reproduce this at this time.

Sean Davis (bluesabre) on 2018-04-18

Changed in mugshot:
status:	New → Incomplete
Changed in mugshot (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete
no longer affects:	mugshot

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Conrad Kostecki (conikost) wrote on 2018-06-24:

fix_env_spawn_args.patch.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain)

I can still reproduce. This patch fixed it for me.

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2018-06-24:

The attachment "fix_env_spawn_args.patch.txt" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.]

tags:

added: patch

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Sean Davis (bluesabre) wrote on 2018-08-06:

Adjusted the patch to account for another crash, and applied at the below commit. Thanks!

https://git.launchpad.net/mugshot/commit/?id=01674e74456f14efb06441bb59f76a8eada0949e

Changed in mugshot:
status:	New → Fix Committed

Sean Davis (bluesabre) on 2018-08-08

Changed in mugshot:
milestone:	none → 0.4.1
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2019-02-12:

This bug was fixed in the package mugshot - 0.4.1-1

---------------
mugshot (0.4.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release.
    - Fix AttributeError at startup. Closes: #913000, #914025
    - Fix TypeError at startup (LP: #1443283)
    - Fix FileNotFoundError with profile images (LP: #1771629)
  * d/control:
    - Bump Standards-Version to 4.3.0, no changes needed
  * d/copyright:
    - Add CC0 license for data/metainfo/*

-- Sean Davis <email address hidden> Mon, 11 Feb 2019 06:45:40 -0500