Kubuntu OEM DCOP error

[Henrik Nilsen Omma]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

Installing Kubuntu Gutsy Beta with the OEM option from thev desktop CD works fine until the last reboot. As I get the userconfig screen I get an error dialog about DCOP (screen shot attached). I don't get this problem with the Ubuntu version.

I'm testing in virtual box which may affect this, though networking generally works well there.

[Henrik Nilsen Omma (henrik)]

When I click OK I get this

[Dave Morley (davmor2)]

I have tried this on oem mode in alternative. I confirm that the error's are present on first time user install

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

This will very probably apply to the similar script used for automatic-ubiquity support.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

oem-config (1.20) gutsy; urgency=low

  * Add a --quiet option to oem-config-prepare to suppress its
    acknowledgement message (and thus the dialog requiring user interaction
    if $DISPLAY is set).
  * Add internationalisation (LP: #23537). Adjusted several widget names and
    strings in the KDE frontend to bring it into sync with the GTK frontend
    for this purpose.
  * Start dcopserver when running the KDE frontend (LP: #145226).
  * Add a --debug option to oem-config-firstboot to make debugging a bit
    less painful.
  * Remove use of dh_python, since it's a no-op now. Bump debhelper
    build-dependency to 5.0.37.3ubuntu2 (a.k.a. dh_python from 5.0.38) for
    this.
  * Clean up subprocesses even if oem-config-dm is interrupted.
  * GTK frontend:
    - Go forward when activating rows in language or keyboard treeviews.
  * Make sure the selected locale at least exists (we should really install
    the language pack, but this is a stopgap measure).
  * Automatic update of included source packages: console-setup 1.16ubuntu5,
    localechooser 1.38ubuntu2, user-setup 1.14ubuntu3.

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:59:41 +0100

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

ubiquity (1.6.1) gutsy; urgency=low

  [ Evan Dandrea ]
  * Modified the install component to allow grub preseeding in automatic mode.
  * Add missing subprocess import to base.py.
  * Respect preseeded values for grub-installer/with_other_os and
    grub-installer/only_debian.

  [ Colin Watson ]
  * Strip translation context for imported strings (e.g. "Navigation|_Back")
    at a lower level so that it applies to the KDE frontend too.
  * KDE frontend:
    - Remove some duplicate code during widget translation.
    - Retranslate oem_id_label when the language is changed.
  * Update imported translations from gtk+2.0 2.12.0-0ubuntu1.
  * Forbid consecutive, initial, or final dots in hostnames (LP: #105890).
  * Check whether gconftool-2 exists before calling it.
  * Add missing Provides to ubiquity-frontend-mythbuntu.
  * Switch XS-Vcs-Bzr to the ~ubuntu-installer branch we're using at the
    moment.
  * Stop installing doc/Changelog.Guadalinex as the upstream changelog, as
    it's no longer current.
  * Upgrade to gettext 0.16.1.
  * Start dcopserver when running the KDE frontend in automatic-ubiquity
    mode (LP: #145226).
  * GTK frontend:
    - Work around http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56070 by hiding
      and re-showing the button widgets, following a suggestion by Scott
      Horowitz.
    - Make the OK button the default widget in the create and edit partition
      dialogs.
  * Remove d-i/source/console-setup/Keyboard/MyKeyboardNames.pl on clean.
  * Only run gnome-settings-daemon if it exists, removing dependency on
    gnome-control-center (LP: #147852).
  * Add advanced button text to translation template (LP: #147612).
  * Add install button text to translation template, distinguished from the
    window title (LP: #103925).
  * Load strings for "Use as:" and "Mount point:".
  * Update translations from Rosetta.
  * Automatic update of included source packages: base-installer
    1.81ubuntu4, partman-auto-loop 0ubuntu11, partman-target 50ubuntu5.

  [ Mario Limonciello ]
  * Actually install xmltv from on-cd repo if checked.
  * Correct minor typo for nvidia xorg generation.
  * Explicitly remove via drivers before trying to install openchrome.

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:36:27 +0100

[Arne Goetje (arnegoetje)]

still present in Kubuntu Alternate i386 [20070809.1]

[Arne Goetje (arnegoetje)]

Sorry, it's Kubuntu Alternate i386 [20071009.1]

[Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount)]

reopening due to the last comment.

Colin, this looks like a permissions error - like ~/.DCOPserver* needs to be chown'd to user.user, not root. The dialog seems to refer to both errors, but not explicitly say the second one.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Odd, it should all be running as root. The mortal oem user has actually been deleted by this point ...

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

oem-config (1.23) gutsy; urgency=low

  * busybox sed doesn't support making backup files when editing in place
    (e.g. 'sed -i.oem'); chroot to edit kdmrc as well.
  * Fix GTK .desktop filename used in oem-config-prepare gksudo invocation.
  * Install .desktop files under /usr/share/applications/ at first install
    rather than shipping them there in the .debs, and remove them once
    oem-config-firstboot has been run (LP: #145281).
  * Set HOME in oem-config-dm so that iceauth is happier.
  * Start dcopserver before kwin (LP: #145226).
  * Run kdesktop too to fix the background in KDE.
  * Update translations from Rosetta.

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:04:03 +0100

[Henrik Nilsen Omma (henrik)]

Fix confirmed on 20071015 build.