lsb_release crashed with IOError in getstatusoutput()

[Bart Rose]

Binary package hint: lsb

I have mapped <Control><Alt>Delete to the gnome-system-monitor in metacity w/ gconf. If I switch between metacity and compiz w/ the fusion-icon, when I come back to metacity and try to ctrl-alt-del I get the reported message. This only happens after cycling between metacity and compiz then back. I don't known if this is an lsb problem or fusion-icon. Thanks for any insight and let me know if you need any other info.

Thinkpad R52
Hardy Beta
kernel: 2.6.24-16-generic
lsb v 3.2-4ubuntu1

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 14 09:40:34 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/lsb_release
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: lsb-release 3.2-4ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/lsb_release -irc
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/lsb_release', '-irc']
SourcePackage: lsb
Title: lsb_release crashed with IOError in getstatusoutput()
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy fuse lpadmin plugdev scanner video

[GrumpyPiano (grumpypiano)]

I seem to get this crash report from Apport when I try to launch gnome-system-monitor through eee-control-tray (for eeepc).
Dunno if the crash report will help. I don't even see how these are related.

[GrumpyPiano (grumpypiano)]

Sorry for posting again, but what I actually experience (not what apport tells me) is quite like this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/248788/
Except I have no idea why the bug was closed. I can't see how to run it.

[Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)]

Is this still an issue for you? Which Ubuntu version do you use? Thank you for telling us!

[Jazz (iguanamiyagi)]

I just experienced this issue on 12.04 LTS.

[Victor Mitin (caesarmv)]

The same here, 12.04 LTS
Linux cd 3.2.0-33-generic-pae #52-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 18 16:39:21 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

[avejidah (avejidah)]

Same issue. 12.04 LTS, fully updated as of today.

[Thomas (tom-rosary)]

same problem since last week in 12.04 LTS (3.5.0-25-generic)

[Christian (bolek2000)]

Same problem with my laptop 3.2.0-38-generic #61-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 19 12:18:21 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux with fresh updates. I have the impression that this in my case always happened when the update manager starts automatically.
I friend of mine, whom I installed her laptop to try Ubuntu along with Windows also has this error message quite a lot of times.

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version has died long ago; no more supported