dbus.proxies:Introspect error : Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1

Bug #501574 reported by sathyz
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #597744: Missing dependancy: python-libproxy. Edit Remove
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Gwibber
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Bug Description

Branch used : gwibber/2.0

Trying to start gwibber shows the following exception,

$ ./bin/gwibber --debug
DEBUG:root:Launched from /home/satheesh/repo/gwibber/2.0/bin
INFO:root:Running from source tree; adjusting path
WARNING:root:desktopcouch is not available. . falling back to gconf
ERROR:dbus.proxies:Introspect error on com.Gwibber:/com/gwibber/Microblog: dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1
DEBUG:dbus.proxies:Executing introspect queue due to error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./bin/gwibber", line 57, in <module>
    client.Client()
  File "/home/satheesh/repo/gwibber/2.0/gwibber/client.py", line 105, in __init__
    self.w = GwibberClient()
  File "/home/satheesh/repo/gwibber/2.0/gwibber/client.py", line 163, in __init__
    self.protocols = self.microblog.protocols()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 68, in __call__
    return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 140, in __call__
    **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/connection.py", line 620, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1

Is this because I'm using gnome-shell rather than the default gnome?

Revision history for this message
Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

this is still not fixed but I assume gwibber works fine for you? I am marking this invalid as there quite a few bug reports related to this issue. Feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

Changed in gwibber:
status: New → Invalid
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