update-manager crashed with RuntimeError in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/overrides/Gtk.py: Gtk couldn't be initialized

[Daniel Johansson]

update-manager tried to start an automatic update (I guess) when it crashed.

I was just minding my own business writing a mail when all of a sudden I get an error-dialogue saying something had crashed. This dialogue needs to be updated. If it is about the application you are currently using, I guess you can figure out what it is about. But when some background-task or other app that you are not currently using crashes and you get a dialogue that doesn't mention what it is that has crashed, it is not very helpful.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: update-manager 1:0.152.21
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Oct 6 11:19:34 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/update-manager
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/update-manager']
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: update-manager crashed with RuntimeError in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/overrides/Gtk.py: Gtk couldn't be initialized
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-26 (11 days ago)
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