update-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in PyMarshal_ReadLastObjectFromFile()

[TM8471]

Binary package hint: update-manager

Started Ubuntu updater, then crash message appeared.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Sep 22 09:44:54 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Package: update-manager 1:0.125.2
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python2.6 /usr/bin/update-manager
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.34-generic
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: update-manager
StacktraceTop:
 PyMarshal_ReadLastObjectFromFile ()
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Title: update-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in PyMarshal_ReadLastObjectFromFile()
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin mythtv plugdev sambashare
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x4bd166 <PyMarshal_ReadLastObjectFromFile+54>: callq 0x416908 <fileno@plt>
 PC (0x004bd166) ok
 source "0x416908" (0x00416908) ok
 destination "(%rsp)" (0x7fffa047a4e0) in non-writable VMA region: 0x7fffa047a000-0x7fffa047b000 r--p /lib/libutil-2.10.1.so
 Stack memory exhausted (SP below stack segment)
SegvReason: writing VMA /lib/libutil-2.10.1.so

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:PyMarshal_ReadLastObjectFromFile (fp=0x1183960)
load_source_module (
import_submodule (mod=0x81b5c0,
load_next (mod=0x81b5c0,
import_module_level (name=0x0, globals=0x1181190,

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for your bugreport.

What happens if you run (in a terminal):
$ update-manager

what is printed to the terminal then?

[TM8471 (p-maier-lutz)]

Update-manager starts in gnome update-manager without problems. Nothing else.