specto crashed with IOError in check_instance()

[François Huot]

Binary package hint: specto

Thisoccurred when I rebooted the computer. I use Gutsy.

Bye et marci,

François Huot

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Oct 9 10:21:23 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/specto
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: specto 0.2.2-1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/specto
ProcCwd: /home/frhuot
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/specto']
SourcePackage: specto
Title: specto crashed with IOError in check_instance()
Uname: Linux frhuot-desktop 2.6.22-13-386 #1 Thu Oct 4 16:50:05 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

Sadly, it seems the traceback is in French, and I don't speak French. If google is to be believed, however,
Aucun espace disponible sur le périphérique translates to "no space left on device".

This would be indicative of your home directory being full. In this case it will be difficult for Specto to continue to work correctly, but it definitely should not crash with no explaination.

[Jeff Fortin Tam (kiddo)]

I speak French. Chris, you are correct, this error is due (it seems) to a full home partition. I think François must have some problems more serious than not running specto by now :) is this really something we can fix anyway?

François, le traceback semble indiquer que ton disque dur est plein. Je suis pas sûr qu'il y a quelque chose à faire contre ça de notre côté?

[François Huot (frhuot)]

O.K. Thank you. Merciu beaucoup. I have discovrered that my HD was full and
discovered the reason too (BackupManager).
Thanks.

François.

2007/11/12, Chris Halse Rogers <email address hidden>:
>
> Sadly, it seems the traceback is in French, and I don't speak French. If
> google is to be believed, however,
> Aucun espace disponible sur le périphérique translates to "no space left
> on device".
>
> This would be indicative of your home directory being full. In this
> case it will be difficult for Specto to continue to work correctly, but
> it definitely should not crash with no explaination.
>
> ** Visibility changed to: Public
>
> ** Changed in: specto (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
> Status: New => Confirmed
>
> --
> specto crashed with IOError in check_instance()
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150957
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

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François Huot
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[Jeff Fortin Tam (kiddo)]

unless I'm proven wrong, this is not an issue that specto ought to fix ;)

[Dean Sas (dsas)]

Well crashing isn't very nice, it'd be better to present an informative dialogue.

[Jeff Fortin Tam (kiddo)]

You are right. Actually I just thought that these kind of I/O errors might (?) also happen when users have permission problems, so I opened a bug here: http://code.google.com/p/specto/issues/detail?id=79

(launchpad needs to be able to track google code. hint hint :)