[Bug 65757] kde-guidance: the initscript hangs the whole system

[Carthik Sharma]

Public bug reported:

Originally reported using reportbug. Filing by proxy.

Original report follows:

From: Alexander Schier <alexander_schier at yahoo.de>
To: Ubuntu Bug Tracking System <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: kde-guidance: the initscript hangs the whole system
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 18:43:36 +0200
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14

Package: kde-guidance
Version: 0.6.7svn20061006-0ubuntu1
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system

The /usr/share/python-support/kde-guidance/displayprobe-hwconfig.py
script hangs the whole system, and not even magic sysrq key works. The
problem occurs after a upgrade of kde-guidance, when the postinst script
runs.

workaround: edit /etc/init.d/kde-guidance, and remove the
displayprobe-hwconfig.py command.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers edgy-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'edgy-updates'), (500, 'edgy-security'), (500, 'edgy-backports'), (500, 'edgy')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-10-generic
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages kde-guidance depends on:
ii  kdelibs4c2a     4:3.5.4-0ubuntu18        core libraries and binaries for al
ii  libc6           2.4-1ubuntu10            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1         1:4.1.1-13ubuntu4        GCC support library
ii  libpythonize0   0.4.0-3                  Python packages to support KDE app
ii  libqt3-mt       3:3.3.6-3ubuntu2         Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii  libstdc++6      4.1.1-13ubuntu4          The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6        2:1.0.3-0ubuntu3         X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6        2:1.0.1-1ubuntu1         X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxrandr2      2:1.1.1-0ubuntu1         X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1     1:0.9.1-0ubuntu1         X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxxf86vm1     1:1.0.1-0ubuntu1         X11 XFree86 video mode extension l
ii  pykdeextensions 0.4.0-3                  Python packages to support KDE app
ii  python          2.4.3-11ubuntu3          An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-dbus     0.71-2ubuntu1            simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  python-kde3     3.15.2+20060422-2ubuntu2 KDE3 bindings for Python
ii  python-support  0.5.3ubuntu1             automated rebuilding support for p
ii  python2.4       2.4.3-8ubuntu2           An interactive high-level object-o
ii  sysv-rc         2.86.ds1-14.1ubuntu16    System-V-like runlevel change mech

kde-guidance recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

** Affects: kde-guidance (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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kde-guidance: the initscript hangs the whole system
https://launchpad.net/bugs/65757