ubiquity crashed with DBusException in call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Settings.NotPrivileged: Insufficient privileges.

[Jeremy Bícha]

I'm having some polkit issue, perhaps related to GNOME Shell. It would be nice if ubiquity would crash more gently.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubiquity 2.7.25
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.15-generic 3.0.3
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 5 09:07:46 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity gtk_ui
ProcEnviron: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/proc/5147/environ'
PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity', 'gtk_ui']
SourcePackage: ubiquity
Title: ubiquity crashed with DBusException in call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Settings.NotPrivileged: Insufficient privileges.
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Simeon (simeon5)]

Happens to me when I try to install a fresh Precise beta 1 to my laptop. Very annoying!

[Simeon (simeon5)]

Only happens with the 64 bit version. 32 bot works fine. And I use the vanilla-version so I guess its not related to GNOME-shell.

[Alexey Balmashnov (a.balmashnov)]

With respect to comment #4: fails for me on 32-bit here when I try to install from precise beta1 Live CD.

[Dominic Jänichen (jaenichd)]

Mar 8 13:01:18 ubuntu ubiquity[5474]: Ubiquity 2.9.24
Mar 8 13:01:19 ubuntu ubiquity[5474]: log-output -t ubiquity laptop-detect
Mar 8 13:01:20 ubuntu ubiquity[5474]: Exception in GTK frontend (invoking cr
ash handler):
Mar 8 13:01:20 ubuntu ubiquity[5474]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Mar 8 13:01:20 ubuntu ubiquity[5474]: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/nm.
py", line 402, in __init__
Mar 8 13:01:20 ubuntu ubiquity[5474]: self.state_changed)
Mar 8 13:01:20 ubuntu ubiquity[5474]: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/nm.py", line 241, in __init__
Mar 8 13:01:20 ubuntu ubiquity[5474]: self.wifi_model = NetworkManager(model, state_changed)
Mar 8 13:01:20 ubuntu ubiquity[5474]: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/nm.py", line 73, in __init__
Mar 8 13:01:20 ubuntu ubiquity[5474]: self.start(state_changed)
Mar 8 13:01:20 ubuntu ubiquity[5474]: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/nm.py", line 89, in start
Mar 8 13:01:20 ubuntu ubiquity[5474]: self.build_passphrase_cache()
Mar 8 13:01:20 ubuntu ubiquity[5474]: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/nm.py", line 142, in build_passphrase_cache
Mar 8 13:01:20 ubuntu ubiquity[5474]: dbus_interface=NM_SETTINGS_CONN)
Mar 8 13:01:20 ubuntu ubiquity[5474]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 145, in __call__
Mar 8 13:01:20 ubuntu ubiquity[5474]: **keywords)
Mar 8 13:01:20 ubuntu ubiquity[5474]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651, in call_blocking
Mar 8 13:01:20 ubuntu ubiquity[5474]: message, timeout)
Mar 8 13:01:20 ubuntu ubiquity[5474]: DBusException: org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Settings.notPrivileged: Insufficient privileges.

effectively prevents me from installing from Precise Pangolin beta 1 live.

[Jonathan Byrne (jonathan-yamame)]

Just happened to me (twice in a row) with the release version of 12.04 64-bit from the live CD. It never happened with beta versions of the alternate install disk, I'll try one of those next.

[dino99 (9d9)]

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