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serpentine package

serpentine doesn't work

Bug #156216 reported by Wingman on 2007-10-23

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #144953: serpentine crashed with TypeError in <lambda>(). Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	serpentine (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: serpentine

When I try to start serpentine, it does not. I tried to start it from a terminal but all i get is a traceback:

angela@coppermine:~$ serpentine
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/serpentine", line 128, in <module>
    app = SerpentineApplication (locations)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/serpentine/__init__.py", line 413, in __init__
    Application.__init__(self, locations)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/serpentine/__init__.py", line 164, in __init__
    self.__preferences = RecordingPreferences(locations)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/serpentine/preferences.py", line 301, in __init__
    self._on_gconf_device_changed()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/serpentine/preferences.py", line 455, in _on_gconf_device_changed
    self._device.data = self.__drive_selection.get_device()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/serpentine/gaw.py", line 153, in <lambda>
    fset = lambda self, value: self.__setter (self.key, value)
TypeError: GConfClient.set_string() argument 2 must be string, not None
angela@coppermine:~$

I run a fresh install of ubuntu 7.10 i386 (i also tried both alternate and desktop versions) installed on a fresh partition, so no upgrade.

Hope this can be useful :)

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote on 2007-10-23:

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

Changed in serpentine:
status:	New → Invalid

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acti0nman (actionman-ip) wrote on 2007-11-21:

I'm experiencing the same exact thing

$ serpentine -o %U
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/serpentine", line 128, in <module>
    app = SerpentineApplication (locations)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/serpentine/__init__.py", line 413, in __init__
    Application.__init__(self, locations)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/serpentine/__init__.py", line 164, in __init__
    self.__preferences = RecordingPreferences(locations)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/serpentine/preferences.py", line 301, in __init__
    self._on_gconf_device_changed()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/serpentine/preferences.py", line 455, in _on_gconf_device_changed
    self._device.data = self.__drive_selection.get_device()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/serpentine/gaw.py", line 153, in <lambda>
    fset = lambda self, value: self.__setter (self.key, value)
TypeError: GConfClient.set_string() argument 2 must be string, not None