jockey-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()

Bug #657829 reported by Fred Stephens
This bug affects 224 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
jockey (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

Just clicked on "Additional Drivers" in System Menu, running from Live CD (which was verified after burning).
v 10.10

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: jockey-gtk 0.5.10-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CurrentDmesg: [ 73.536039] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
Date: Sun Oct 10 18:09:48 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/jockey-gtk
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/jockey-gtk
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/jockey-gtk']
SourcePackage: jockey
Title: jockey-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 01/28/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: EV91510A.86A.0401.2005.0128.0809
dmi.board.name: D915GAG
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: AAC64123-304
dmi.chassis.type: 2
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrEV91510A.86A.0401.2005.0128.0809:bd01/28/2005:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnD915GAG:rvrAAC64123-304:cvn:ct2:cvr:

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Fred Stephens (fjs205) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
visibility: private → public
Changed in jockey (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
tags: added: bugpattern-needed
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Maarten Kossen (mpkossen) wrote :

Has anybody been able to solve this issue with some sort of workaround yet?

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installshield_freak (installshield-freak) wrote : Re: [Bug 657829] Re: jockey-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()

None yet

Maarten Kossen <email address hidden> wrote:

>Has anybody been able to solve this issue with some sort of workaround
>yet?
>
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>https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/657829
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>Title:
> jockey-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()
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Ingo Gerth (igerth)
tags: added: oneiric
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Extender (msveshnikov) wrote :

So, there is no way to start jockey in Oneiric?

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RobinJ (robinj) wrote :

Yes

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Clayton Blake Barber (clakeb) wrote : Re: [Bug 657829] Re: jockey-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()

Not after the partial upgrade I did yesterday. Hopefully in a few days when
Beta 1 comes out it will be fixed.
On Aug 28, 2011 4:56 AM, "Extender" <email address hidden> wrote:
> So, there is no way to start jockey in Oneiric?
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> duplicate bug report (835619).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/657829
>
> Title:
> jockey-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()
>
> Status in “jockey” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Just clicked on "Additional Drivers" in System Menu, running from Live CD
(which was verified after burning).
> v 10.10
>
> ProblemType: Crash
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
> Package: jockey-gtk 0.5.10-0ubuntu5
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
> Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
> Architecture: i386
> CurrentDmesg: [ 73.536039] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
> Date: Sun Oct 10 18:09:48 2010
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/jockey-gtk
> InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper
initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
> ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/jockey-gtk
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/jockey-gtk']
> SourcePackage: jockey
> Title: jockey-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()
> UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
> dmi.bios.date: 01/28/2005
> dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
> dmi.bios.version: EV91510A.86A.0401.2005.0128.0809
> dmi.board.name: D915GAG
> dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
> dmi.board.version: AAC64123-304
> dmi.chassis.type: 2
> dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrEV91510A.86A.0401.2005.0128.0809:bd01/28/2005:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnD915GAG:rvrAAC64123-304:cvn:ct2:cvr:
>
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RobinJ (robinj) wrote :

Well... I could't get Jockey to open in the second alpha either :p

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Ian Corne (icorne) wrote :

This isn't just jockey I think. It's udev...

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Nathan Murray (yotux) wrote :

Ian,

Think you could be right I am getting allot of general system app crashes.
Update to current on saturday. The alloy if apps stopped or pop errors.

Nathan
On Aug 28, 2011 11:35 AM, "Ian Corne" <email address hidden> wrote:
> This isn't just jockey I think. It's udev...
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> duplicate bug report (835674).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/657829
>
> Title:
> jockey-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()
>
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Jeeks (tanjeekhiumssg) wrote :

The only thing we have to do is wait till Beta 1 releases in 3 days.

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Jigar Shah (jigar-shah1984) wrote :

On 08/28/2011 08:11 PM, Jeeks wrote:
> The only thing we have to do is wait till Beta 1 releases in 3 days.
>
Yes, I think u r right...

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David Gonzalez Gamboa (magnus512) wrote :

well i hope that

2011/8/28 Jigar Shah <email address hidden>

> On 08/28/2011 08:11 PM, Jeeks wrote:
> > The only thing we have to do is wait till Beta 1 releases in 3 days.
> >
> Yes, I think u r right...
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> duplicate bug report (836176).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/657829
>
> Title:
> jockey-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()
>
> Status in “jockey” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Just clicked on "Additional Drivers" in System Menu, running from Live CD
> (which was verified after burning).
> v 10.10
>
> ProblemType: Crash
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
> Package: jockey-gtk 0.5.10-0ubuntu5
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
> Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
> Architecture: i386
> CurrentDmesg: [ 73.536039] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
> Date: Sun Oct 10 18:09:48 2010
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/jockey-gtk
> InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper
> initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
> ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/jockey-gtk
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/jockey-gtk']
> SourcePackage: jockey
> Title: jockey-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()
> UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
> dmi.bios.date: 01/28/2005
> dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
> dmi.bios.version: EV91510A.86A.0401.2005.0128.0809
> dmi.board.name: D915GAG
> dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
> dmi.board.version: AAC64123-304
> dmi.chassis.type: 2
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrEV91510A.86A.0401.2005.0128.0809:bd01/28/2005:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnD915GAG:rvrAAC64123-304:cvn:ct2:cvr:
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/+bug/657829/+subscriptions
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Maarten Kossen (mpkossen) wrote :

This also happens when adding a printer (when pressing 'Forward' when
having selected an automatically-detected network printer) and blocks
that process. I would personally suggest bumping up the priority of
this, since it tends to block a number of quite important tasks.

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote : modifications

 tag bugpattern-written -bugpattern-needed
 unsubscribe ubuntu-bugcontrol

tags: added: iso-testing
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André Gondim (andregondim) wrote :

$ jockey-gtk
ERROR:dbus.proxies:Introspect error on :1.76:/DeviceDriver: dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/jockey-gtk", line 415, in <module>
    sys.exit(u.run())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/jockey/ui.py", line 465, in run
    self.ui_show_main()
  File "/usr/bin/jockey-gtk", line 94, in ui_show_main
    self.update_tree_model()
  File "/usr/bin/jockey-gtk", line 271, in update_tree_model
    for h_id in self.get_displayed_handlers():
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/jockey/ui.py", line 816, in get_displayed_handlers
    return self.backend().available(self.argv_options.mode)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/jockey/ui.py", line 127, in backend
    self._check_repositories()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/jockey/ui.py", line 839, in _check_repositories
    if self._dbus_iface.has_repositories():
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 68, in __call__
    return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 143, in __call__
    **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 630, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name :1.76 was not provided by any .service files

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sebastian-s (sebastian-s) wrote :

I experienced this bug on a installation (updates as per 29-08-2011) not a live CD

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Xavier Bassery (xaba) wrote :

This bug might be related to bug #689323 that prevented the dbus-server of jockey.
Version 0.9.4-0ubuntu3 has just been released and fixes the former bug.
On my computer, jockey-gtk now starts.

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Xavier Bassery (xaba) wrote :

This bug might be related to bug #689323 that prevented the dbus-server of jockey from starting.
Version 0.9.4-0ubuntu3 has just been released and fixes the former bug.
On my computer, jockey-gtk now starts.

Changed in jockey (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Puppu Tuppu (puppu-tuppu) wrote :

Please reopen, I'm still suffering with the latest updates. Crash reporting app directed me to this bug

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MD4 (bruno-mueller) wrote :

Just installed the latest daily 11.10
Jockey does not display any hardware drivers, but it should

when I run jockey-text I get the following errors:

sudo jockey-text -l
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/jockey-text", line 128, in <module>
    sys.exit(u.run())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/jockey/ui.py", line 418, in run
    self.list()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/jockey/ui.py", line 473, in list
    for h_id in self.backend().available(self.argv_options.mode):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/jockey/ui.py", line 131, in backend
    timeout=600)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/jockey/ui.py", line 787, in _call_progress_dialog
    return fn(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 143, in __call__
    **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 630, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.KeyError: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/service.py", line 702, in _message_cb
    retval = candidate_method(self, *args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/jockey/backend.py", line 175, in detect
    self._detect_handlers()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/jockey/backend.py", line 773, in _detect_handlers
    hardware=self.hardware):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/jockey/detection.py", line 1001, in get_handlers
    available_handlers.update(get_db_handlers(backend, db, hardware, mode))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/jockey/detection.py", line 1029, in get_db_handlers
    h = _driverid_to_handler(did, backend, mode)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/jockey/detection.py", line 739, in _driverid_to_handler
    (not h.package or not did['package'] or h.package == did['package']):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/jockey/detection.py", line 134, in __getitem__
    return self.properties.__getitem__(key)
KeyError: 'package'

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Jeeks (tanjeekhiumssg) wrote :

Same here. Jockey can't detect my Nvidia Driver card. Driver is currently Nouveau.

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JoSSeTe (successus) wrote :

Problem solved in my computer with jockey-gtk update 30-8-2011

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Enkouyami (furyhamster) wrote :

After opening jockey after the crash, I tried to install the 1st driver for Nvidia GeForce 6+ and it failed to install.

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Alistair Fitchie (alistair-fitchie) wrote :

I'm currently trying to get my Motorola Defy (phone) to connect via USB cable and up pops the message

"Error: DBus error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name :1.116 was not provided by any .service files
Please select another viewer and try again."

Son looks like I can't save my files then...

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Marcelo Ruiz (marcelo-javier-ruiz-yahoo) wrote :

This bug seems to be affecting Precise too...

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Nathan Murray (yotux) wrote : Re: [Bug 657829] Re: jockey-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()

Hello:

I have a motorola phone, I am also running Precise. I can do some testing
if that is what needs t be done for Precise.

Thank you for your time and effort in the above matters.

Nathan Murray
aka yotux

On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Marcelo Ruiz <email address hidden>wrote:

> This bug seems to be affecting Precise too...
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/657829
>
> Title:
> jockey-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()
>
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Ezrah (ezrahmccall) wrote : Re: [Bug 657829] Re: jockey-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()

THX

On Jan 11, 2012, at 4:25 PM, "Nathan Murray" <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hello:
>
> I have a motorola phone, I am also running Precise. I can do some testing
> if that is what needs t be done for Precise.
>
> Thank you for your time and effort in the above matters.
>
> Nathan Murray
> aka yotux
>
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Marcelo Ruiz
> <email address hidden>wrote:
>
>> This bug seems to be affecting Precise too...
>>
>> --
>> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
>> duplicate bug report (835674).
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/657829
>>
>> Title:
>> jockey-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()
>>
>> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/+bug/657829/+subscriptions
>>
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> duplicate bug report (835282).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/657829
>
> Title:
> jockey-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()
>
> Status in “jockey” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Just clicked on "Additional Drivers" in System Menu, running from Live CD (which was verified after burning).
> v 10.10
>
> ProblemType: Crash
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
> Package: jockey-gtk 0.5.10-0ubuntu5
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
> Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
> Architecture: i386
> CurrentDmesg: [ 73.536039] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
> Date: Sun Oct 10 18:09:48 2010
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/jockey-gtk
> InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
> ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/jockey-gtk
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/jockey-gtk']
> SourcePackage: jockey
> Title: jockey-gtk crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()
> UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
> dmi.bios.date: 01/28/2005
> dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
> dmi.bios.version: EV91510A.86A.0401.2005.0128.0809
> dmi.board.name: D915GAG
> dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
> dmi.board.version: AAC64123-304
> dmi.chassis.type: 2
> dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrEV91510A.86A.0401.2005.0128.0809:bd01/28/2005:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnD915GAG:rvrAAC64123-304:cvn:ct2:cvr:
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/+bug/657829/+subscriptions

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