ubiquity-dm crashed with dbus.exceptions.DBusException in call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut: Activation of org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit timed out

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1123798

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

As far as I know ConsoleKit was not previously required to start up ubiquity-dm and it's dependencies. It's interesting to know which piece of software requires consolekit.

it affects ubuntu as well

This bug is easily reproducible on lubuntu. I've tried to reproduce it with the Ubuntu daily image and can't, either by choosing 'Install Ubuntu' at the ubiquity-dm screen or by choosing it from the (not shown by default on Ubuntu) boot menu.

I think this is in some way specific to lubuntu's handling of consolekit.

As for consolekit as a dependency of ubiquity-dm, wouldn't a11y -> pulseaudio -> consolekit account for it?

thanks for the info, many people in ubuntu-quality are having it happen
intermittently, in lubuntu, xubuntu and ubuntu.

On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Steve Langasek <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> This bug is easily reproducible on lubuntu. I've tried to reproduce it
> with the Ubuntu daily image and can't, either by choosing 'Install
> Ubuntu' at the ubiquity-dm screen or by choosing it from the (not shown
> by default on Ubuntu) boot menu.
>
> I think this is in some way specific to lubuntu's handling of
> consolekit.
>
> As for consolekit as a dependency of ubiquity-dm, wouldn't a11y ->
> pulseaudio -> consolekit account for it?
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1123798
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> Title:
> ubiquity-dm crashed with dbus.exceptions.DBusException in
> call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut: Activation of
> org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit timed out
>
> Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I was running the Lubuntu amd64 daily in VirtualBox, and selected
> 'Install Lubuntu' at the starting menu. However, I was booted into a
> Lubuntu Live session, and asked to report this error via apport
>
> ProblemType: Crash
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
> Package: ubiquity 2.13.10
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-6.11-generic 3.8.0-rc7
> Uname: Linux 3.8.0-6-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu4
> Architecture: amd64
> CasperVersion: 1.330
> Date: Wed Feb 13 06:10:41 2013
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/ubiquity-dm
> InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper
> only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
> InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.3
> LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130212)
> MarkForUpload: True
> ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/ubiquity-dm vt7 :0 ubuntu
> /usr/bin/ubiquity --only
> ProcEnviron:
> TERM=linux
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/ubiquity-dm', 'vt7', ':0', 'ubuntu',
> '/usr/bin/ubiquity', '--only']
> SourcePackage: ubiquity
> Title: ubiquity-dm crashed with dbus.exceptions.DBusException in
> call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut: Activation of
> org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit timed out
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> UserGroups:
>
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I had the same bug using Ubuntu amd64 Daily iso

FYI the last line that nm gets to on my nexus 7 is the call to nm_client_new - it goes south from there somewhere inside network-manager.

To repro in an installed system (I'm using the nexus 7)

  - Remove [ -x /usr/bin/ubiquity-dm ] && { stop; exit 0; } from /etc/init/whoopsie.conf
  - sudo apt-get install oem-config-gtk
  - sudo touch /var/lib/oem-config/run

then reboot. You should get a black screen instead of oem-config.

http://paste.ubuntu.com/1677210/ is debugging output from consolekit that ogra made after modifying its upstart job to log to a temp file. pid 943 was whoopsie.

Awesome, the paste has vanished.

I've removed the workaround of checking for ubiquity-dm from whoopsie's systemd service file in wily.

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This issue has sat incomplete for more than 60 days now. I'm going to close it as invalid. Please feel free re-open if this is still an issue for you. Thank you.