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update-manager package

Feisty: can't use dist-upgrader

Bug #103911 reported by cionci
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

# sudo update-manager
warning: could not initiate dbus
current dist not found in meta-release file
could not send the dbus Inhibit signal: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

The last lines ("could not...") appear every time I click on the button that checks updates.
Ubuntu Feisty updated from Edgy.

update-manager 0.59.15

See original description
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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

Thanks for your bugreport.

This message should be harmless.

Changed in update-manager:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Ouroboros (francesca8810) wrote :

For the same error I can't update Edgy to Feisty

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

@Ouroboros: what version of update-manager do you run? if you run 0.45.3, please upgrade to 0.45.4 or downgrade to 0.45.2

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Ouroboros (francesca8810) wrote :

I downgraded and it's all ok...

Tnks

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Juan Pablo Salazar Bertín (snifer) wrote :

With package version 1:0.66 I'm getting:

could not send the dbus Inhibit signal: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process /usr/bin/gnome-power-manager exited with status 0

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Tyler Rick (tyler.rick) wrote :

I'm getting this error message too.

> gksudo "update-manager -d"
warning: could not initiate dbus
current dist not found in meta-release file

Synaptic says that I have update-manager version 0.59.23

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Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) wrote :

Please start update-manager without sudo or gksu. There is no dbus server running for the root user.

Changed in update-manager:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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Will Newton (will-newton) wrote :

The bug I reported, 127263, is clearly not a duplicate of this bug. The dbus message is fairly harmless but the meta-release info failure is not. Please see the analysis in 127263. I don't know how to make launchpad un-merge the bug reports unfortunately.

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Bruce Cowan (bruce89-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Sorry, I got a bit mixed up, I'll fix the mess I made.

*This bug is for the harmless D-Bus message.
*Bug #127263 is for the dist-upgrader warning.

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Juan Pablo Salazar Bertín (snifer) wrote :

@Sebastian Heinlein:

You can see the dbus message after starting update-manager without sudo. Your press the "check" button, the message is shown in terminal and then you're asked for your password.

I've tested this against package version 1:0.67.

Here's my terminal output after pressing the "check" button and entering my password:

snifer@snifer-laptop:~$ update-manager
could not send the dbus Inhibit signal: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process /usr/bin/gnome-power-manager exited with status 0
current dist not found in meta-release file
current dist not found in meta-release file

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