[apport] update-manager crashed with ReadError in open()

[Paul H]

Binary package hint: update-manager

Running Ubuntu CE

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Dec 21 15:35:55 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: update-manager 1:0.59.25
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python2.5 /usr/bin/update-manager
ProcCwd: /tmp/tmpyepS5n
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/update-manager']
SourcePackage: update-manager
Uname: Linux dad-desktop 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Tue Dec 18 05:45:12 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Nathan Hartley (treestryder)]

Without sudo I received the reported error, tried it later with sudo and it worked:

~$ /usr/bin/update-manager
extracting '/tmp/tmpaW6m_m/gutsy.tar.gz'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py", line 914, in on_button_dist_upgrade_clicked
    fetcher.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/UpdateManager/Core/DistUpgradeFetcherCore.py", line 160, in run
    if not self.extractDistUpgrader():
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/UpdateManager/Core/DistUpgradeFetcherCore.py", line 98, in extractDistUpgrader
    tar = tarfile.open(self.tmpdir+"/"+os.path.basename(self.uri),"r")
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/tarfile.py", line 1144, in open
    raise ReadError("file could not be opened successfully")
tarfile.ReadError: file could not be opened successfully

With sudo it ran fine:

~$ sudo /usr/bin/update-manager
Password:
warning: could not initiate dbus
extracting '/tmp/tmpzDYoAd/gutsy.tar.gz'
authenticate '/tmp/tmpzDYoAd/gutsy.tar.gz' against '/tmp/tmpzDYoAd/gutsy.tar.gz.gpg'
could not send the dbus Inhibit signal: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

[Greg Grossmeier (greg.grossmeier)]

If I understood your last comment, then this is no longer a bug correct?

Updating your system does require super user (sudo) privileges.

I am marking this as invalid (closing it). If it is still a problem, feel free to reply to this email.

Thanks!

[Paul H (aphirst-sympatico)]

Please close it, I am still such a noob that I jumped the gun.
Hopefully I can learn enough to help out soon.

Thank you and take care.

Paul

Greg Grossmeier wrote:
> If I understood your last comment, then this is no longer a bug correct?
>
> Updating your system does require super user (sudo) privileges.
>
> I am marking this as invalid (closing it). If it is still a problem,
> feel free to reply to this email.
>
> Thanks!
>
> ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>
>

[djmikerodz (djmikesolo)]

Why do you continue to send me this messages, your OS sucks and that's the end of it, I'm going to report all email as spam, perhaps this will make you stop sending me this garbage.

Paul H <email address hidden> wrote: Please close it, I am still such a noob that I jumped the gun.
Hopefully I can learn enough to help out soon.

Thank you and take care.

Paul

Greg Grossmeier wrote:
> If I understood your last comment, then this is no longer a bug correct?
>
> Updating your system does require super user (sudo) privileges.
>
> I am marking this as invalid (closing it). If it is still a problem,
> feel free to reply to this email.
>
> Thanks!
>
> ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>
>

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[apport] update-manager crashed with ReadError in open()
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[Steve Moyer (smoyer64)]

Perhaps this isn't a noob issue after all. I'm noticing that the update-manager's menu item does not include gksu, so if you attempt to perform this action from the UI, it's going to fail. The issue can indeed be solved by executing with sudo from a terminal, which should be marked as a work-around.

[Greg Grossmeier (greg.grossmeier)]

Update-manager does not have "gksudo" in its menu entry by choice. If you run it from the menu system then try to perform an action which requires super user privileges then it will ask for your password, but not before.

[Steve Moyer (smoyer64)]

Okay ... why didn't it ask for the password when it needed it? As I noted,
it worked fine when the whole thing was run under sudo.

ciao, smoyer

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Greg Grossmeier <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Update-manager does not have "gksudo" in its menu entry by choice. If
> you run it from the menu system then try to perform an action which
> requires super user privileges then it will ask for your password, but
> not before.
>
> ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Invalid
>
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> [apport] update-manager crashed with ReadError in open()
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/177966
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[Greg Grossmeier (greg.grossmeier)]

"I'm noticing that the update-manager's menu item does not include gksu, so if you attempt to perform this action from the UI, it's going to fail."

What action are you referring to?