usb-creator does not start on ubuntu 9.04 Live CD

[komputes]

Binary package hint: usb-creator

From a Karmic LiveCD usb-creator was not starting up so I did this (which did not fix it). Rebooting fixed the issue. This issue is not reproducible, I am simply documenting its occurrence.

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ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apr-get update
sudo: apr-get: command not found
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release i386 (20091028.5) karmic/main T
ranslation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release i386 (20091028.5) karmic/restri
cted Translation-en_US
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release [44.1kB]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Packages [49.2kB]
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Packages [14B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Translation-en_US
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release [44.1kB]
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Sources [14.0kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Sources [14B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Sources
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages [142kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Packages [14B]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Sources [44.5kB]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Sources [14B]
Fetched 338kB in 0s (403kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install usb-creator
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  usb-creator
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 195 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,868B of archives.
After this operation, 41.0kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main usb-creator 0.2.12 [1,868B]
Fetched 1,868B in 0s (22.1kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package usb-creator.
(Reading database ... 120319 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking usb-creator (from .../usb-creator_0.2.12_all.deb) ...
Setting up usb-creator (0.2.12) ...
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install usb-creator-gtk
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
usb-creator-gtk is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 195 not upgraded.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo usb-creator-gtk
'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/usb-creator-gtk", line 17, in <module>
    import os, sys
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/os.py", line 49, in <module>
    import posixpath as path
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/posixpath.py", line 15, in <module>
    import genericpath
ImportError: No module named genericpath
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

[Montel Edwards (montel)]

 Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu. While we appreciate the difficulties you are facing, it would appear that the CD image (ISO file) you downloaded could be corrupt. There is an easy way to verify the integrity of the Ubuntu ISO files you download. Could you please visit https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM follow the instructions and report back as to whether or not the MD5SUM verified?

Thanks!
- Montel Edwards

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!