edgy: GUI gnome-app-install get stuck

Bug #83985 reported by Calvin2kger
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gnome-app-install (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-app-install

after an dapper to edgy upgrade, if i want to install new software the GUI gnome-app-install is looking for already installed components and then get stuck.

I made a screenshot, so you can see what i mean:
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/6558/buntuar9.gif

what the terminal says during the process:
[code]
xxx@xxx:~$ gnome-app-install
Introspect error: The name org.freedesktop.AppInstall was not provided by any .service files
no listening object (The name org.freedesktop.AppInstall was not provided by any .service files)

** (gnome-app-install:9769): WARNING **: return value of custom widget handler was not a GtkWidget
/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/AppInstall/Progress.py:40: GtkWarning: Failed to set text from markup due to error parsing markup: Fehler in Zeile 1, Zeichen 9: UngÃŒltiger UTF-8-kodierter Text
  self.label_action.set_markup("<i>"+"%s" % self.subOp+"</i>")
/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/AppInstall/AppInstall.py:1270: GtkWarning: gtk_tree_model_sort_sort: assertion `tree_model_sort->default_sort_func != NULL' failed
  item.applications.set_default_sort_func(None)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/AppInstall/AppInstall.py", line 1287, in on_treeview_packages_cursor_changed
    self.show_description(item)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/AppInstall/AppInstall.py", line 1059, in show_description
    rough_desc = pkg.description.rstrip(" \n\t")
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/apt/package.py", line 169, in description
    for line in string.split(unicode(self._records.LongDesc,"utf-8"),"\n"):
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode bytes in position 94-96: invalid data
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/AppInstall/AppInstall.py", line 1287, in on_treeview_packages_cursor_changed
    self.show_description(item)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/AppInstall/AppInstall.py", line 1059, in show_description
    rough_desc = pkg.description.rstrip(" \n\t")
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/apt/package.py", line 169, in description
    for line in string.split(unicode(self._records.LongDesc,"utf-8"),"\n"):
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode bytes in position 94-96: invalid data
[/code]

i tried:

sudo aptitude reinstall gnome-app-instal

then i deleted "death" sources from my sourcelist and the problem supposed to be fixed.
But now it comes again and again. The guys on my ubuntu-community recommented to make a bug-report here. I hope it helps.

best regards and thanks for you great work, calvin2kger!

Calvin2kger (ipou3piu)
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

Could you please check if the pacakges 'ubuntu-minimal', 'ubuntu-standard' and 'ubuntu-desktop' are installed?

This looks like a duplicate of #81190.

thanks,
 Michael

Changed in gnome-app-install:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) wrote :

Ccalvin2kger: could you please check the install status of the above mentioned packages?

If we don't recieve any information in the near future I plan to close this bug.

Revision history for this message
Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) wrote :

The reporter has not yet provided any requested further information.

Changed in gnome-app-install:
status: Needs Info → Rejected
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