AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'reaper_get'

[Fabio Marconi]

Binary package hint: update-manager

Terminal output:
njin@njin-dev:~$ update-manager
    view = DistUpgradeViewGtk(data_dir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewGtk.py", line 430, in __init__
    self._installProgress = GtkInstallProgressAdapter(self)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewGtk.py", line 173, in __init__
    reaper = vte.reaper_get()
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'reaper_get'

Thanks
Fabio

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: update-manager 1:0.151.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.39-0.5-generic 2.6.39-rc5
Uname: Linux 2.6.39-0-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun May 22 16:48:50 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-05-18 (3 days ago)

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

Could you please describe the steps to reproduce this error ? I can't reproduce by just launching update-manager. Thanks in advance.

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello jibel
Launching update manager from GUI:
It update apt, request install, suggest for partial upgrade, authentication request, crash without apport start or crashfile in /var/crashes.
I've tried again, but this time the terminal message isn't showed. Cleaning /var/lib/apt/lists the message appear.
No hardware errors detected.
Thanks
Fabio

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

upgrade from terminal:

njin@njin-dev:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  apport-gtk banshee banshee-extension-soundmenu
  banshee-extension-ubuntuonemusicstore baobab checkbox checkbox-gtk
  computer-janitor computer-janitor-gtk eog evince evince-common evolution
  evolution-common evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common
  evolution-plugins file-roller gcalctool gconf-editor gedit gedit-common
  gnome-control-center gnome-disk-utility gnome-icon-theme gnome-keyring
  gnome-media gnome-nettool gnome-power-manager gnome-screenshot
  gnome-search-tool gnome-settings-daemon gnome-system-log gnome-terminal
  gnome-terminal-data gnome-utils-common grub-common grub-pc gucharmap gvfs
  gvfs-backends gvfs-fuse indicator-sound jockey-common jockey-gtk
  language-selector-common language-selector-gnome libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl
  libapparmor-perl libapt-pkg-perl libcairo-perl libcurl3-gnutls
  libdigest-sha1-perl libebook1.2-10 libevolution libgdu-gtk0 libglib-perl
  libgnome-keyring0 libgtk-vnc-1.0-0 libgtk2-perl libgucharmap7
  libhtml-parser-perl libio-pty-perl liblocale-gettext-perl
  libnautilus-extension1 libnet-dbus-perl libnet-dns-perl libnotify0.4-cil
  libpango-perl libpolkit-gtk-1-0 libpurple0 libsnmp15
  libstartup-notification0 libsub-name-perl libtelepathy-logger2
  libterm-readkey-perl libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl libuuid-perl
  libwww-perl libxml-parser-perl linux-generic linux-headers-generic
  linux-image-generic mousetweaks nautilus nautilus-data nautilus-sendto
  ntfs-3g perl perl-base perl-modules policykit-1-gnome python-glade2
  python-gtk2 software-properties-gtk telepathy-logger totem totem-common
  totem-mozilla totem-plugins usb-creator-common usb-creator-gtk vinagre vino
  zenity
The following packages will be upgraded:
  desktop-file-utils gcc-4.4-base gir1.2-dee-0.5 ibus ibus-gtk libcap2
  libdee-1.0-1 libibus2 libmetacity-private0 libx11-6 libx11-data libx11-xcb1
  metacity metacity-common python-ibus python-pycurl sudo
17 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 106 not upgraded.
Need to get 2,465 kB of archives.
After this operation, 455 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

reinstalling update-manager don't fix

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

 The line reaper = vte.reaper_get() is the same of Natty (working), trying to reproduce the issue reinstalling Natty and Upgrading.
Thanks
Fabio

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

I'm unable to find a path to reproduce but there's definitely something wrong when doing a partial upgrade, update-manager just closes and secondly, there's no vte.reaper_get() method, so the crash is expected if the execution path reach that point.

I'm setting to confirmed/medium, there's no duplicate.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

update-manager refuses to run a partial upgrade because Oneiric in not listed in http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Well in http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release-development of course.

[sheng (shanshengsheng)]

i have some problem
i think it's because i installed gnome3 and untiy.
how fixed it?

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Reproduced in a fresh alpha1 installation, partial upgrade isn't working.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

update-manager (1:0.151.3) oneiric; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * merged
    lp:~brendan-donegan/update-manager/bug699660-fix-settings-shortcut
    thanks to Brendan Donegan
  * AutoUpgradeTester/profile/*:
    - updated for natty->oneiric
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewGtk.py:
    - use VteTerminal "child-exit" signal instead of the Reaper object