update-manager crashed with RuntimeError in __main__: could not open display

Bug #847517 reported by miked
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update-manager (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Upgrading via update-manager -d from 11.04 to 11.10 O.O. Beta1
miked@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu oneiric (development branch)
Release: 11.10
miked@ubuntu:~$

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: update-manager 1:0.152.17
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.17-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.22.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Sep 11 19:04:41 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/bin/update-manager -d
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/update-manager', '-d']
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: update-manager crashed with RuntimeError in __main__: could not open display
Traceback:
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/bin/update-manager", line 41, in <module>
     gtk.init_check()
 RuntimeError: could not open display
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-12 (0 days ago)
UserGroups:

VarLogDistupgradeTermlog: Exception during pm.DoInstall(): E:Could not perform immediate configuration on 'python-pyatspi2'. Please see man 5 apt.conf under APT::Immediate-Configure for details. (2)

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miked (miked11) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : This bug is a duplicate

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 #350988, 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.

tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
visibility: private → public
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miked (miked11) wrote :
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miked (miked11) wrote :
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miked (miked11) wrote :
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miked (miked11) wrote :

This bug is not a duplicate, of the old one.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Bob Bib (bobbib) wrote :

Happened in Natty.
Don't try to launch update-manager without X11.

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dino99 (9d9) wrote :

This version has expired

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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