[SRU] Nicotine fails to start due to GeoIP error
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
nicotine (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Karmic |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Andrea Veri |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: nicotine
Occurring in Karmic RC. Nicotine fails to initialize the GeoIP library and doesn't start:
~$ nicotine
Error Opening file /usr/share/
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/
run()
File "/usr/bin/
app = frame.MainApp(
File "/usr/lib/
self.frame = NicotineFrame(
File "/usr/lib/
self.np = NetworkEventPro
File "/usr/lib/
self.geoip = GeoIP.new(
error: Can't create GeoIP->gi object
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Oct 24 18:58:42 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: nicotine 1.2.12+
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: nicotine
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
Related branches
summary: |
- [karmic] Nicotine fails to start due to GeoIP error + [SRU] Nicotine fails to start due to GeoIP error |
tags: |
added: verification-done removed: verification-needed |
Had the same problem here with Nicotine under Karmic.
Problems were solved after installing geoip-database package:
- sudo apt-get install geoip-database