hal_lpadmin crashed with ImportError in <module>()

[Frits Letteboer]

Binary package hint: hal-cups-utils

Just did an upgrade from 9.04 to Karmic devel and this popped up.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
CupsErrorLog: E [25/Jun/2009:10:21:12 +0200] CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer: Unauthorized
Date: Thu Jun 25 10:14:27 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/hal/scripts/hal_lpadmin
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Lpstat: device for Samsung-SCX-4200: usb://Samsung/SCX-4300%20Series
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: hal-cups-utils 0.6.19+git20090217-0ubuntu7
Papersize: a4
PpdFiles: Samsung-SCX-4200: Samsung SCX-4200, SpliX V. 2.0.0
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcCmdLine: root=/dev/mapper/ubu-jaunty_root rootflags=data=writeback ro quiet splash quiet
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/hal/scripts/hal_lpadmin --add
ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-10.12-generic
PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/hal/scripts/hal_lpadmin', '--add']
SourcePackage: hal-cups-utils
Title: hal_lpadmin crashed with ImportError in <module>()
Traceback:
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/lib/hal/scripts/hal_lpadmin", line 2, in <module>
     import dbus, sys, os, time, signal, re, glob
 ImportError: No module named dbus
Uname: Linux 2.6.30-10-generic x86_64
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 04/13/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0401
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P5Q PRO TURBO
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0401:bd04/13/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5QPROTURBO:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

This crash has the same stack trace characteristics as bug #177567. However, the latter was already fixed in an earlier package version than the one in this report. This might be a regression or because the problem is in a dependent package.

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

With the deprecation of HAL, the hal-cups-utils get deprecated upstream and removed from Ubuntu, so any bugs in the hal_lpadmin script will not get fixed any more. A replacement for the script will soon appear in the system-config-printer-common package.