update-notifier-kde.py crashed with ImportError in <module>()

[Andreas Blochberger]

Binary package hint: update-notifier-kde

As with any update, i tried to see, if KDE is now working, but unfortunatly it is not. Looks like there is something missing, but i dont know what. This looks like Bug #335811

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/python-support/update-notifier-kde/update-notifier-kde.py
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: update-notifier-kde 0.14
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: python /usr/bin/update-notifier-kde
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/update-notifier-kde']
SourcePackage: update-notifier-kde
Title: update-notifier-kde.py crashed with ImportError in <module>()
Traceback:
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/bin/update-notifier-kde", line 34, in <module>
     import dbus.mainloop.qt
 ImportError: No module named qt
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-9-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev pulse-rt sambashare

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

What version is python-qt4-dbus, and does reinstalling it help?

[Andreas Blochberger (andreas-blochberger)]

python-qt4-dbus version is 4.4.4-2ubuntu5

[mrvanes (mrvanes)]

Although I was very sceptic about the propsed fix, I tried reinstallation (aptitude reinstall python-qt4-dbus) and the problem is fixed (for me).

[SRElysian (srelysian)]

I can both confirm the problem and confirm the fix via reinstalling python-qt4-dbus. "update-notifier-kde" is now showing up in processes list like it should. Not sure what exactly caused the original problem but since this system was a pure Jaunty alpha 5 install (non-upgrade from any previous version), that would technically mean this problem is most likely plaguing many people. This also explains why I haven't seen an update notification since I installed jaunty, and have had to manually check everyday.

[mrvanes (mrvanes)]

Although update-notifier-kde now starts (and runs) without error, I haven't seen any notifications of installable updates yet.