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xdiagnose package

xdiagnose 3.4 installation failed with syntax errors

Bug #1101688 reported by John Vivirito
126
This bug affects 44 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xdiagnose (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Critical
Bryce Harrington

Bug Description

everytime i try to do updaes it keeps spitting out the same outut. I
here is the output of the commands i ran

1.

 Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
xdiagnose is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  apport-hooks-medibuntu e17-data libatk-adaptor-data libc-ares2 libecore-con1
  libecore-evas1 libecore-fb1 libecore-file1 libecore-imf1 libecore-input1
  libecore-ipc1 libecore-x1 libecore1 libedbus1 libedje-bin libedje1 libeet1
  libefreet1 libeina1 libembryo-bin libembryo1 libevas1 libevas1-engines-core
  libevas1-engines-x libgmlib0 libgmtk0 libgmtk0-data libgrail5 libkms1
  libmath-round-perl libpython3.3-dbg linux-headers-3.7.0-2
  linux-headers-3.7.0-2-generic linux-headers-3.7.0-3
  linux-headers-3.7.0-3-generic linux-headers-3.7.0-4
  linux-headers-3.7.0-4-generic linux-headers-3.7.0-6
  linux-headers-3.7.0-6-generic linux-headers-3.7.0-7
  linux-headers-3.7.0-7-generic linux-image-3.7.0-2-generic
  linux-image-3.7.0-3-generic linux-image-3.7.0-4-generic
  linux-image-3.7.0-6-generic linux-image-3.7.0-7-generic
  linux-image-extra-3.7.0-2-generic linux-image-extra-3.7.0-3-generic
  linux-image-extra-3.7.0-4-generic linux-image-extra-3.7.0-6-generic
  linux-image-extra-3.7.0-7-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 48 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Setting up xdiagnose (3.4) ...
SyntaxError: ('invalid syntax', ('/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/xdiagnose/welcome.py', 219, 32, ' "--height=480")\n'))

dpkg: error processing xdiagnose (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 101
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Errors were encountered while processing:
 xdiagnose
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
gnomefreak@Development:~$ ubuntu-bug dpkg

(process:28846): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion `sys_page_size == 0' failed

Here are a few more commands.
gnomefreak@Development:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
[sudo] password for gnomefreak:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  apport-hooks-medibuntu e17-data libatk-adaptor-data libc-ares2 libecore-con1
  libecore-evas1 libecore-fb1 libecore-file1 libecore-imf1 libecore-input1
  libecore-ipc1 libecore-x1 libecore1 libedbus1 libedje-bin libedje1 libeet1
  libefreet1 libeina1 libembryo-bin libembryo1 libevas1 libevas1-engines-core
  libevas1-engines-x libgmlib0 libgmtk0 libgmtk0-data libgrail5 libkms1
  libmath-round-perl libpython3.3-dbg linux-headers-3.7.0-2
  linux-headers-3.7.0-2-generic linux-headers-3.7.0-3
  linux-headers-3.7.0-3-generic linux-headers-3.7.0-4
  linux-headers-3.7.0-4-generic linux-headers-3.7.0-6
  linux-headers-3.7.0-6-generic linux-headers-3.7.0-7
  linux-headers-3.7.0-7-generic linux-image-3.7.0-2-generic
  linux-image-3.7.0-3-generic linux-image-3.7.0-4-generic
  linux-image-3.7.0-6-generic linux-image-3.7.0-7-generic
  linux-image-extra-3.7.0-2-generic linux-image-extra-3.7.0-3-generic
  linux-image-extra-3.7.0-4-generic linux-image-extra-3.7.0-6-generic
  linux-image-extra-3.7.0-7-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 48 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up xdiagnose (3.4) ...
SyntaxError: ('invalid syntax', ('/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/xdiagnose/welcome.py', 219, 32, ' "--height=480")\n'))

dpkg: error processing xdiagnose (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 101
Errors were encountered while processing:
 xdiagnose
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
gnomefreak@Development:~$ install xdiagnose
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
xdiagnose is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  apport-hooks-medibuntu e17-data libatk-adaptor-data libc-ares2 libecore-con1
  libecore-evas1 libecore-fb1 libecore-file1 libecore-imf1 libecore-input1
  libecore-ipc1 libecore-x1 libecore1 libedbus1 libedje-bin libedje1 libeet1
  libefreet1 libeina1 libembryo-bin libembryo1 libevas1 libevas1-engines-core
  libevas1-engines-x libgmlib0 libgmtk0 libgmtk0-data libgrail5 libkms1
  libmath-round-perl libpython3.3-dbg linux-headers-3.7.0-2
  linux-headers-3.7.0-2-generic linux-headers-3.7.0-3
  linux-headers-3.7.0-3-generic linux-headers-3.7.0-4
  linux-headers-3.7.0-4-generic linux-headers-3.7.0-6
  linux-headers-3.7.0-6-generic linux-headers-3.7.0-7
  linux-headers-3.7.0-7-generic linux-image-3.7.0-2-generic
  linux-image-3.7.0-3-generic linux-image-3.7.0-4-generic
  linux-image-3.7.0-6-generic linux-image-3.7.0-7-generic
  linux-image-extra-3.7.0-2-generic linux-image-extra-3.7.0-3-generic
  linux-image-extra-3.7.0-4-generic linux-image-extra-3.7.0-6-generic
  linux-image-extra-3.7.0-7-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 48 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Setting up xdiagnose (3.4) ...
SyntaxError: ('invalid syntax', ('/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/xdiagnose/welcome.py', 219, 32, ' "--height=480")\n'))

dpkg: error processing xdiagnose (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 101
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Errors were encountered while processing:
 xdiagnose
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: dpkg 1.16.9ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-0.4-generic 3.8.0-rc3
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-0-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Jan 19 01:17:44 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-07-24 (178 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120331)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=C
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: dpkg
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2012-07-24 (178 days ago)

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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in dpkg (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Walther (veeti-haapsamo) wrote :

Similar story; regular apt-get update && apt-get upgrade, and bam. No previous (relevant/related) issues.

affects: dpkg (Ubuntu) → xdiagnose (Ubuntu)
Walther (veeti-haapsamo)
summary: - during a regular upgrade of ht updated packages. in Raring
+ xdiagnose does not install properly during a regular update
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote : Re: xdiagnose does not install properly during a regular update

Thanks for your report.

Confirmed with xdiagnose 3.4 on raring.

There are missing closing square brackets line 219 and 229 in file /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/xdiagnose/welcome.py

--- /tmp/welcome.orig.py 2013-01-19 09:44:41.194723574 +0100
+++ /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/xdiagnose/welcome.py 2013-01-19 09:45:20.170724643 +0100
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
                  "--text-info",
                  "--filename=%s" %(filename),
                  "--width=640",
- "--height=480")
+ "--height=480"])

     def on_edit_file(self, widget, filename):
         if not os.path.exists(self.xorg_conf_path):
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
                  "--text-info",
                  "--filename=%s" %(self.xorg_conf_path),
                  "--width=640",
- "--height=480")
+ "--height=480"])

Changed in xdiagnose (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Critical
status: Confirmed → Triaged
assignee: nobody → Bryce Harrington (bryce)
tags: added: rls-r-incoming
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Then py3compile fails too with
Setting up xdiagnose (3.4) ...
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/xdiagnose/utils/url_io.py", line 22
    print tr
           ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/xdiagnose/utils/node.py", line 304
    print tree
             ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/xdiagnose/welcome.py", line 219
    "--height=480")
                  ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

dpkg: error processing xdiagnose (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)
summary: - xdiagnose does not install properly during a regular update
+ xdiagnose 3.4 installation failed with syntax errors
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package xdiagnose - 3.4.1

---------------
xdiagnose (3.4.1) raring; urgency=low

  * Fix python3 issues
    (LP: #1101688)
 -- Bryce Harrington <email address hidden> Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:26:24 -0800

Changed in xdiagnose (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi) wrote :

Fixed but at the reboot apport popup the same error message, telling that I've already encountered the same error.
---
Ubuntu Bug Squad volunteer triager
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad

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Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi) wrote :

xdiagnose:
  Installed: 3.4.1
  Candidate: 3.4.1
  Version table:
 *** 3.4.1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

No, it looks like the original issue is indeed fixed by 3.4.1, however there's also another error in the apport script (which is weird; it worked just fine on my system). I've split that out as #1101800 and will work on a fix for it.

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