update-manager crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()

[Robin Nixon]

Binary package hint: update-manager

Update Manager hung after selecting Check then Update. Didn't even ask for my password.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 2 16:57:52 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: update-manager 1:0.125.6
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python2.6 /usr/bin/update-manager
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/update-manager']
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: update-manager crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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