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gnome-shell crashed with NameError in <module>()

Bug #439233 reported by Omid Mottaghi
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-shell

Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10

gnome-shell:
  Installed: 2.27.2-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.27.2-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.27.2-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

gnome-shell did not run!
error:
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gnome-shell", line 285, in <module>
    if shell.returncode == 0:
NameError: name 'shell' is not defined

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Sep 30 11:45:23 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Package: gnome-shell 2.27.2-0ubuntu1
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/gnome-shell -r
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.35-generic
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/gnome-shell', '-r']
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
Title: gnome-shell crashed with NameError in <module>()
Traceback:
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/bin/gnome-shell", line 285, in <module>
     if shell.returncode == 0:
 NameError: name 'shell' is not defined
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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Omid Mottaghi (omidmottaghi) wrote :
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
visibility: private → public
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report, do you still get the issue in the current version?

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
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Omid Mottaghi (omidmottaghi) wrote :

It still cannot run!
and don't launch apport! (/var/crash is empty!)

I have gnome-shell 2.28.0-0ubuntu2.

the output of gnome-shell -r is:

Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Failed to start shell
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gnome-shell", line 265, in <module>
    shell = start_shell()
  File "/usr/bin/gnome-shell", line 138, in start_shell
    (server_glx_extensions, client_glx_extensions, glx_extensions) = _get_glx_extensions()
  File "/usr/bin/gnome-shell", line 75, in _get_glx_extensions
    server_glx_extensions = set(re.split("\s*,\s*", glxinfo_map['server glx extensions'].strip()))
KeyError: 'server glx extensions'
armin@armin-laptop:/etc/apache2$ Cannot register the panel shell: there is already one running.
Window manager warning: Screen 0 on display ":0.0" already has a window manager; try using the --replace option to replace the current window manager.

Revision history for this message
Siegfried Gevatter (rainct) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. Can you please paste the output of running the command "glxinfo".

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Omid Mottaghi (omidmottaghi) wrote :

I don't have access to that system!
But it has ATI graphic card with open source ATI drivers.

It's graphic had some problems.

But now, in another system I face with this error and apport did not luanched!

$ gnome-shell -r
      JS LOG: conforming method: IntrospectRemote for org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable
      JS LOG: Loading tweener.js
      JS LOG: Loading tweenlist.js
      JS LOG: Done loading tweenlist.js
      JS LOG: Done loading tweener.js

** (process:20793): WARNING **: Couldn't change nice value of process.

** (process:20800): WARNING **: Couldn't change nice value of process.
      JS LOG: Loading equations.js
      JS LOG: Done loading equations.js

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for gnome-shell (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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