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ubiquity crashed with GError in function(): Failed to open '/var/lib/ubiquity/webcam_photo.png' for writing: Permission denied

Bug #836802 reported by Chad A Davis on 2011-08-29

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ubiquity (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Installing daily ISO oneiric-desktop-amd64+mac.iso from 2011-08-29. At the Choose Picture screen, the webcam was detected and turned on. I took a few photos and clicked Next, then apport caught the Ubiquity crash.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubiquity 2.7.17
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.14-generic 3.0.3
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.279
Date: Mon Aug 29 17:58:19 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64+mac (20110829)
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity -d
ProcEnviron: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/proc/15491/environ'
PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity', '-d']
SourcePackage: ubiquity
Title: ubiquity crashed with GError in function(): Failed to open '/var/lib/ubiquity/webcam_photo.png' for writing: Permission denied
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

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lp:ubuntu/precise/ubiquity

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Chad A Davis (chadadavis) wrote on 2011-08-29:

Casper.txt Edit (4.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (3.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (693 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcMaps.txt Edit (87.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcStatus.txt Edit (778 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Traceback.txt Edit (612 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityDebug.txt Edit (1.1 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityDm.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityPartman.txt Edit (346.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquitySyslog.txt Edit (198.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

visibility:

private → public

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2011-08-29

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-08-29:

This bug was fixed in the package ubiquity - 2.7.20

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ubiquity (2.7.20) oneiric; urgency=low

* Raise permissions for writing out webcam picture. (LP: #836802)
-- Mario Limonciello <email address hidden> Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:34:37 -0500

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Fix Released

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