ImportError: No module named pyinotify

[Joey Stanford]

Linux gametime 2.6.28-11-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 27 10:01:17 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linu

Jaunty Beta

joey@gametime:~$ /usr/bin/ubuntuone-syncdaemon
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntuone-syncdaemon", line 11, in <module>
    from canonical.ubuntuone.storage.syncdaemon import main as Main
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/canonical/ubuntuone/storage/syncdaemon/main.py", line 8, in <module>
    from canonical.ubuntuone.storage.syncdaemon import event_queue
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/canonical/ubuntuone/storage/syncdaemon/event_queue.py", line 10, in <module>
    import pyinotify
ImportError: No module named pyinotify

[Sidnei da Silva (sidnei)]

Where was this bug fixed? I have all the latest packages (except python-support and python-apt which are pinned, due to Launchpad) and the error still happens.

[dobey (dobey)]

On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 15:28 +0000, Sidnei da Silva wrote:
> Where was this bug fixed? I have all the latest packages (except python-
> support and python-apt which are pinned, due to Launchpad) and the error
> still happens.

It was a missing dependency in the package, and is now part of Depends.

If you still have the problem, it's probably due to the python-pyinotify
package not being properly reconfigured by dpkg, most likely during an
upgrade from 8.10 to 9.04. Doing a reconfigure on the package should fix
the problem.

[Данило Шеган (danilo)]

FWIW, I've seen this bug again on a Jaunty UNR (that was never Intrepid) with the latest ubuntuone packages from nightly on my HP Mini 2140. dpkg-reconfigure python-pyinotify solved the problem. The error message in oauth.log was as confusing as ever:

2009-09-23 08:29:52,398:398.938894272 UbuntuOne.Client.Applet DBus Error: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1

And only running ubuntuone-syncdaemon by hand pointed at the real problem.