jockey-backend crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

[James Peters]

crashing a lot now i have re installed 11.10 about 5 times to try and over come errors i can not repair.thanks in advance for any help.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: jockey-common 0.9.4-0ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic-pae 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Sep 26 07:41:38 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/jockey/jockey-backend
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. V-M4A3000E
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/share/jockey/jockey-backend --debug -l /var/log/jockey.log
ProcEnviron:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-11-generic-pae root=UUID=066826fa-0a94-4778-83e4-53d94459dbbf ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/jockey/jockey-backend', '--debug', '-l', '/var/log/jockey.log']
SourcePackage: jockey
Title: jockey-backend crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
Traceback: SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 06/23/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0404
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: V-M4A3000E
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0404:bd06/23/2010:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pnV-M4A3000E:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnV-M4A3000E:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: V-M4A3000E
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #850005, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.