Ubuntu
hamster-applet package

hamster-applet crashed with OperationalError in execute()

Bug #360208 reported by David Prieto
8
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
hamster-applet (Ubuntu)
Invalid
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: hamster-applet

I'm using jaunty. Hamster can't be added to the panel.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/hamster-applet/hamster-applet
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: hamster-applet 2.26.0-0ubuntu1
ProcCmdline: python /usr/lib/hamster-applet/hamster-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:Hamster_Applet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=19
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/hamster-applet/hamster-applet', '--oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:Hamster_Applet_Factory', '--oaf-ior-fd=19']
SourcePackage: hamster-applet
Title: hamster-applet crashed with OperationalError in execute()
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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David Prieto (frandavid100-gmail) wrote :
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout)
visibility: private → public
Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout)
Changed in hamster-applet (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout) wrote :

david, i cannot reproduce this on jaunty. can you try purging the hamster-applet package and re-install it?

Changed in hamster-applet (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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David Prieto (frandavid100-gmail) wrote :

Hi Dimitrios,

Purging the package does not solve the issue, but if I try to launch hamster in a guest account it works. Should I try deleting the config files? Where exactly are they stored?

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Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout) wrote :

You can find them under ~/.gnome2/hamster-applet
Let me know how it went
Good luck :-)

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David Prieto (frandavid100-gmail) wrote :

Solved :)

I'm attaching the config folder, which was causing the crash.

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Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout) wrote :

the issue was a corrupted hamster.db in the user's settings (~/.gnome2/hamster-applet)
marking as invalid (although it would be useful, in the future, to fail gracefully instead of crashing)

Changed in hamster-applet (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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Felix Kuehling (fxkuehl) wrote :

I got the same problem after upgrading from Karmic to Lucid.

I think crashing like this due to "corrupted" configuration files is not acceptable. If the solution is to delete the hamster.db, doesn't that mean I loose all the history stored in the file? That too, is not acceptable to anyone who was actively using hamster in Karmic.

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