jockey-backend crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Ivan Serra]

jockey-backend crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: jockey-common 0.9.4-0ubuntu9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic-pae 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Oct 2 15:35:35 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/jockey/jockey-backend
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
MachineType: Sony Corporation VPCYB15KX
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/share/jockey/jockey-backend --debug -l /var/log/jockey.log
ProcCwd: /
ProcEnviron:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic-pae root=UUID=7b8e1e48-706f-4c8d-afc0-1d42ff7ebda9 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 (1)
Traceback: SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-02 (0 days ago)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 12/22/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp.
dmi.bios.version: R0160Z7
dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.board.name: VAIO
dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvrR0160Z7:bd12/22/2010:svnSonyCorporation:pnVPCYB15KX:pvrC9005E77:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: VPCYB15KX
dmi.product.version: C9005E77
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation

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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.