gwibber crashed with error in connect()

Bug #539674 reported by Ted Gould
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This bug affects 51 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
couchdb-python
Unknown
Unknown
desktopcouch
Triaged
High
Chad Miller
gwibber (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Ken VanDine

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gwibber

It's python, it just crashes randomly. I thought that was a feature!

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Mar 16 11:07:28 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gwibber
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gwibber 2.29.92.1-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/gwibber
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/gwibber']
SourcePackage: gwibber
Title: gwibber crashed with error in connect()
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare tape video

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Ted Gould (ted) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
visibility: private → public
Changed in gwibber (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
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Alwin Garside (yogarine) wrote :

Just also got this while starting up Gwibber 2.29.92.1-0ubuntu1

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Anmar Oueja (anmar) wrote :

I resumed my ThinkPad t400 to be greeted with the apport reporting that gwibber crashed.

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seajazz (ceejazz) wrote :

gwibber crashed at system wake up

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J. Austin Rodriguez (jeanaustinr) wrote :

I'm running on a LiveCD (Lucid Lynx beta1) and tried opening Gwibber but it crashed.

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hassan121 (k7rata121) wrote :

i was doing nothing and the crash screen appeared !!

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George Wright (agendi) wrote :

started crashing after coming out of hibernation

Changed in desktopcouch:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in gwibber (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)
Changed in desktopcouch:
assignee: nobody → Chad Miller (cmiller)
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Dan Dart (dandart) wrote :

This happens to me when I click the options button on a facebook message.

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Vitaly (vbabiy86) wrote :

Here is the output when I try to start gwibber.

vitaly@vitaly-laptop:~$ gwibber

** (gwibber:5189): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'WnckWindowState' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'

** (gwibber:5189): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'WnckWindowActions' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'

** (gwibber:5189): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'WnckWindowMoveResizeMask' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'
Updating...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gwibber", line 67, in <module>
    client.Client()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/client.py", line 441, in __init__
    self.w = GwibberClient()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/client.py", line 40, in __init__
    if len(json.loads(self.service.GetAccounts())) == 0:
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 140, in __call__
    **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/connection.py", line 620, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.AttributeError: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/service.py", line 702, in _message_cb
    retval = candidate_method(self, *args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/dispatcher.py", line 422, in GetAccounts
    for account in self.accounts.get_records(COUCH_TYPE_ACCOUNT, True):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/desktopcouch/records/server_base.py", line 450, in get_records
    exists = self.view_exists(view_name, design_doc)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/desktopcouch/records/server_base.py", line 397, in view_exists
    view_container = self.db[doc_id]["views"]
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/couchdb/client.py", line 316, in __getitem__
    resp, data = self.resource.get(id)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/couchdb/client.py", line 978, in get
    return self._request('GET', path, headers=headers, **params)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/couchdb/client.py", line 1014, in _request
    resp, data = _make_request()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/couchdb/client.py", line 1009, in _make_request
    body=body, headers=headers)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/httplib2/__init__.py", line 1129, in request
    (response, content) = self._request(conn, authority, uri, request_uri, method, body, headers, redirections, cachekey)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/httplib2/__init__.py", line 901, in _request
    (response, content) = self._conn_request(conn, request_uri, method, body, headers)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/httplib2/__init__.py", line 871, in _conn_request
    response = conn.getresponse()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/httplib.py", line 984, in getresponse
    method=self._method)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/httplib.py", line 330, in __init__
    self.fp = sock.makefile('rb', 0)
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'makefile'

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Chad Miller (cmiller) wrote :

I see this sometimes. It is, AFAIR, that Python doesn't have a good way to handle EINTR.

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Chad Miller (cmiller) wrote :
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Chad Miller (cmiller) wrote :
Changed in desktopcouch:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
tags: added: desktop+ package u1-lucid
Changed in gwibber (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
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