firmwaretool crashed with IOError in _open()

[Jacopo Moronato]

Binary package hint: firmware-tools

Running from Terminal gives me this:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/firmwaretool", line 23, in <module>
    ftmain.main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/share/firmware-tools/ftmain.py", line 89, in main
    base.getOptionsConfig(args)
  File "/usr/share/firmware-tools/cli.py", line 106, in getOptionsConfig
    disabledPlugins=self.opts.disabledPlugins)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/firmwaretools/__init__.py", line 114, in _getConfig
    self.setupLogging(self.loggingConfig, self.verbosity, self.trace)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/firmwaretools/__init__.py", line 127, in setupLogging
    logging.config.fileConfig(configFile)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/logging/config.py", line 84, in fileConfig
    handlers = _install_handlers(cp, formatters)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/logging/config.py", line 162, in _install_handlers
    h = klass(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/logging/__init__.py", line 827, in __init__
    StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/logging/__init__.py", line 846, in _open
    stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/firmware-updates.log'

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: firmware-tools-cli 2.1.10-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 4 14:18:00 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/firmwaretool
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate i386 (20101003)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/firmwaretool
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PythonArgs: ['/usr/sbin/firmwaretool']
SourcePackage: firmware-tools
Title: firmwaretool crashed with IOError in _open()
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[David Ayers (ayers)]

I can confirm this when executed as a normal user.
When executed under sudo I get:
Config Error: Plugin "buildpkg_cmd" cannot be loaded: No module named firmware_extract

[David Ayers (ayers)]

I was able to successfully execute firmware tool on another system.

Yet the bug, though minor, is still valid since a user should expect a meaningful message stating that the program should be executed with the needed privileges, i.e. as root.

[David Ayers (ayers)]

Removing the firmware-extract package resolved issue on comment #2

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

I've requested this package to be removed from the Ubuntu archive (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firmware-tools/+bug/1749020) so this bug won't be fixed.