Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1

[DaleEMoore]

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

This might be better applied to apt-get or dpkg.

I'm confused about the message "Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1" that appears in the folllowing. Should I worry about it?

root@RyCycle:~# apt-get update && apt-get -y dist-upgrade
Get:1 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable/main Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable/main Translation-en_US
Get:2 http://dl.google.com stable Release [2,544B]
Get:3 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [1,067B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-proposed Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-proposed/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-proposed/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-proposed/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-proposed/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-proposed/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-proposed/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-proposed/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-proposed/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-proposed Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-proposed/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-proposed/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-proposed/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-proposed/universe i386 Packages
Fetched 3,800B in 1s (2,323B/s)
Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnome-terminal 2.30.2-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-14.19-generic 2.6.35
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-14-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Aug 4 23:36:58 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal

[Schiwi (mschiwi)]

This is not a Bug of gnome-terminal, its also shown in KDE Konsole (probably every Terminal)
It must be a Bug of apt-get or something

[Philip Muškovac (yofel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 613412, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.