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wificonfig.py crashed with TypeError in showIOError(): 'Error' object does not support indexing

Bug #1718129 reported by Daniel Holbach on 2017-09-19

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	HPLIP	New	Undecided	Unassigned
	hplip (Ubuntu)	New	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

Not sure what happened.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: hplip-data 3.17.7+repack0-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-13.14-generic 4.12.10
Uname: Linux 4.12.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Sep 19 10:10:31 2017
Dependencies:
gcc-7-base 7.2.0-3ubuntu1
libc6 2.24-12ubuntu1
libgcc1 1:7.2.0-3ubuntu1
liblzma5 5.2.2-1.3
xz-utils 5.2.2-1.3
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/hplip/wificonfig.py
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-26 (23 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170825)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.6
Lpstat:
device for DeskJet_3630: hp:/usb/DeskJet_3630_series?serial=CN59B1P0Q70658
device for HP_DeskJet_3630_series_FBEAAB_: ipp://HP9457A5FBEAAB.local:631/ipp/print
MachineType: LENOVO 429149G
PackageArchitecture: all
Papersize: a4
PpdFiles:
Error: command ['fgrep', '-H', '*NickName', '/etc/cups/ppd/DeskJet_3630.ppd', '/etc/cups/ppd/HP_DeskJet_3630_series_FBEAAB_.ppd'] failed with exit code 2: grep: /etc/cups/ppd/DeskJet_3630.ppd: Permission denied
grep: /etc/cups/ppd/HP_DeskJet_3630_series_FBEAAB_.ppd: Permission denied
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/hp-wificonfig -d hp:/usb/DeskJet_3630_series?serial=CN59B1P0Q70658
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.12.0-13-generic root=UUID=457973fc-512e-4b6a-b65b-85f15fa85b7b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.2, python3-minimal, 3.6.1-0ubuntu3
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/hp-wificonfig', '-d', 'hp:/usb/DeskJet_3630_series?serial=CN59B1P0Q70658']
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.14, python-minimal, 2.7.13-2
SourcePackage: hplip
Title: wificonfig.py crashed with TypeError in showIOError(): 'Error' object does not support indexing
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip libvirt lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 05/18/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 8DET46WW (1.16 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 429149G
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8DET46WW(1.16):bd05/18/2011:svnLENOVO:pn429149G:pvrThinkPadX220:rvnLENOVO:rn429149G:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.family: ThinkPad X220
dmi.product.name: 429149G
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X220
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote on 2017-09-19:

CupsErrorLog.txt Edit (52.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (73.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (156.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Locale.txt Edit (323 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (13.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (615 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PrintingPackages.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (3.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (920 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (331 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (3.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcMaps.txt Edit (93.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (6.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcStatus.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Traceback.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (161.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2017-09-19

tags:	removed: need-duplicate-check
Changed in hplip (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2017-09-19

information type:

Private → Public

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Tomas Korbar (tkorbar) wrote on 2018-09-19:

Use msg variable instead of [0] to acces error message Edit (3.5 KiB, text/plain)

Hello,
On Fedora this bug has occured too. It is caused by use of python3 where Exception class error message can not be accesed by indexing. The patch i'm attaching fixes it.

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2018-09-19:

The attachment "Use msg variable instead of [0] to acces error message" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

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