Comment 14 for bug 359440

Need further info as I don't have permission to add
blacklist=backend_manager to my etc/checkbox.d/checkbox.ini file manually.

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:53 AM, Steve Beattie <email address hidden> wrote:

> Given that this only affects upgrades and not fresh installations of
> jaunty, proposing for an SRU; ubuntu-sru subscribed.
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - checkbox: run crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()
> + run crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()
>
> ** Description changed:
>
> - Binary package hint: checkbox
> + checkbox (System -> Administration -> System Testing) fails to start for
> + systems that have been upgraded from intrepid.
>
> - Don't know what happened. I was opening "System Testing" in the control
> - center.
> + TESTCASE:
> + run checkbox-gtk; on failure, a python traceback will occur, ending with:
> + dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied:
> Connection ":1.39" is not allowed to own the service "com.ubuntu.checkbox"
> due to security policies in the configuration file
>
> - ProblemType: Crash
> - Architecture: i386
> - DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
> - ExecutablePath: /usr/share/checkbox/run
> - InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
> - Package: checkbox 0.7.1
> - PackageArchitecture: all
> - ProcCmdline: python /usr/share/checkbox/run
> /usr/share/checkbox/configs/checkbox-gtk.ini
> - ProcEnviron:
> - SHELL=/bin/bash
> - LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> - PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/checkbox/run',
> '/usr/share/checkbox/configs/checkbox-gtk.ini']
> - SourcePackage: checkbox
> - Title: run crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()
> - Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
> - UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy fuse lpadmin plugdev
> video
> + Workaround:
> + In /etc/checkbox/checkbox.ini, manually add
> +
> + blacklist = backend_manager
> +
> + underneath the section heading [checkbox/plugins]
>
> ** Changed in: checkbox (Ubuntu Jaunty)
> Milestone: None => jaunty-updates
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - run crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()
> + checkbox: run crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()
>
> --
> checkbox: run crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/359440
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “checkbox” source package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed
> Status in checkbox in Ubuntu Jaunty: Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
> checkbox (System -> Administration -> System Testing) fails to start for
> systems that have been upgraded from intrepid.
>
> TESTCASE:
> run checkbox-gtk; on failure, a python traceback will occur, ending with:
> dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied:
> Connection ":1.39" is not allowed to own the service "com.ubuntu.checkbox"
> due to security policies in the configuration file
>
> Workaround:
> In /etc/checkbox/checkbox.ini, manually add
>
> blacklist = backend_manager
>
> underneath the section heading [checkbox/plugins]
>

--
Norris