update-manager 0.151.1 fail to start: ImportError: No module named UnitySupport

[dino99]

Binary package hint: update-manager

Oneiric testing i386

since latest updated update-manager package (the one used), it cant be loaded from either:
system admin update-manager
or terminal
this happen on a standard installation (natty upgrade) with ubuntu-desktop installed but logged as "classic"

get this output:

oem@oem-desktop:~$ sudo update-manager
[sudo] password for oem:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/update-manager", line 32, in <module>
    from UpdateManager.UpdateManager import UpdateManager
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py", line 87, in <module>
    from UnitySupport import UnitySupport
ImportError: No module named UnitySupport

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: update-manager 1:0.151.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.39-0.5-generic-pae 2.6.39-rc5
Uname: Linux 2.6.39-0-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue May 3 13:20:43 2011
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr:en_GB:en
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report. Confirmed in Oneiric.

[K-Disk (kmyers-k-disk)]

Hello,
   I can confirm this bug as well, I was able to resolve it my modifying /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py .

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10766070&posted=1#post10766070

NOTE : This only impacts those not using Unity (Gnome3/Classic)

[dino99 (9d9)]

post above seem to be false:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10766212&postcount=7

[dino99 (9d9)]

confirm commenting all lines with "unity*" but 674 & 681 let update-manager working

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

update-manager (1:0.151.2) oneiric; urgency=low

  * fix UnitySupport import

Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 12:14:26 +0200
Changed-By: Michael Vogt <email address hidden>
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+source/update-manager/1:0.151.2