[Bug 788435] Re: ubiquity crashed with RuntimeError in __init__(): could not create GdkCursor object

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

Thanks for your report.

>From syslog:
May 25 22:19:39 ubuntu kernel: [   65.175158] SysRq : SAK
May 25 22:19:39 ubuntu kernel: [   65.175224] SAK: killed process 3696 (Xorg): task_session(p)==tty->session
May 25 22:19:39 ubuntu kernel: [   65.175279] SAK: killed process 3063 (console-kit-dae): fd#11 opened to the tty
...
May 25 22:19:39 ubuntu kernel: [   65.175565] SAK: killed process 3147 (console-kit-dae): fd#11 opened to the tty
May 25 22:19:39 ubuntu kernel: [   65.175580] SAK: killed process 3696 (Xorg): task_session(p)==tty->session
May 25 22:19:40 ubuntu ubiquity[4070]: Ubiquity 2.6.10
May 25 22:19:42 ubuntu ubiquity[4070]: Exception in GTK frontend (invoking crash handler):
May 25 22:19:42 ubuntu ubiquity[4070]: Traceback (most recent call last):
May 25 22:19:42 ubuntu ubiquity[4070]:   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 573, in <module>
May 25 22:19:42 ubuntu ubiquity[4070]:     main(oem_config)
May 25 22:19:42 ubuntu ubiquity[4070]:   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 560, in main
May 25 22:19:42 ubuntu ubiquity[4070]:     install(query=options.query)
May 25 22:19:42 ubuntu ubiquity[4070]:   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 238, in install
May 25 22:19:42 ubuntu ubiquity[4070]:     wizard = ui.Wizard(distro)
May 25 22:19:42 ubuntu ubiquity[4070]:   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py", line 246, in __init__
May 25 22:19:42 ubuntu ubiquity[4070]:     self.watch = gtk.gdk.Cursor(gtk.gdk.WATCH)
May 25 22:19:42 ubuntu ubiquity[4070]: RuntimeError: could not create GdkCursor object

It seems that you it a special sequence of keys that killed all applications which have the console opened.
Could you confirm, are you able to reproduce the crash otherwise ?


** Visibility changed to: Public

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

** Summary changed:

- ubiquity crashed with RuntimeError in __init__(): could not create GdkCursor object
+ ubiquity crashed with RuntimeError in __init__(): could not create GdkCursor object - SysRq : SAK pressed

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Title:
  ubiquity crashed with RuntimeError in __init__(): could not create
  GdkCursor object - SysRq : SAK pressed

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  I tried "Install Ubuntu" from live USB menu.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.6.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.39-3.9-generic 2.6.39
  Uname: Linux 2.6.39-3-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed May 25 22:19:42 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110525)
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity --greeter --only
  ProcEnviron: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/proc/4070/environ'
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity', '--greeter', '--only']
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  Title: ubiquity crashed with RuntimeError in __init__(): could not create GdkCursor object
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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