Package: screenlets Version: 0.1.2-4 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable
Upgrading python-gobject from 2.15.4-2 to 2.16.1-1 causes screenlets to stop working entirely. Specifically, it causes python to segfault. Unfortunately, the user gets no indication of what happens and there are no errors output to .xsession-errors. A segfault message is output to the syslog, however. screenlets-manager just runs: python -u /usr/share/screenlets-manager/screenlets-manager.py Adding -v to that gives a lot of extra output, but still no indication of the problem. I only realized that python-gobject was related because it was one of two python packages upgraded before the breakage. screenlets does not directly depend on python-gobject, but it is a dependency of python-gtk2 which screenlets does depend on. I do not know for a fact that this bug is with screenlets and not python-gobject. I did try running other Python programs to see if any of them were broken, but I could only find problems with screenlets. Python is not one of the languages I know or use so my debugging efforts (beyond adding -v) are minor. It could be that a token effort by somebody who actually knows Python could narrow down the real cause quickly. -- --John Gruenenfelder Systems Manager, MKS Imaging Technology, LLC. Try Weasel Reader for PalmOS -- http://weaselreader.org "This is the most fun I've had without being drenched in the blood of my enemies!" --Sam of Sam & Max -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.28-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages screenlets depends on: ii python 2.5.4-2 An interactive high-level object-o ii python-dbus 0.83.0-1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii python-gnome2 2.22.3-3 Python bindings for the GNOME desk ii python-gnome2-desktop 2.24.1-1 Python bindings for the GNOME desk ii python-gtk2 2.14.1-1 Python bindings for the GTK+ widge ii python-support 0.8.7 automated rebuilding support for P ii python-xdg 0.15-1.1 A python library to access freedes Versions of packages screenlets recommends: ii gnome-keyring 2.24.1-2 GNOME keyring services (daemon and ii python-feedparser 4.1-12 Universal Feed Parser for Python ii python-gmenu 2.24.2-2 an implementation of the freedeskt ii python-gnome2-extras 2.19.1-3.1 Extra Python bindings for the GNOM ii python-gtkmozembed 2.19.1-3.1 Python bindings for the GtkMozEmbe ii python-imaging 1.1.6-3 Python Imaging Library Versions of packages screenlets suggests: ii compiz 0.7.6-8 OpenGL window and compositing mana pn evolution <none> (no description available) pn gnome-orca <none> (no description available) ii metacity 1:2.24.0-2 A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma pn python-dcop <none> (no description available) ii tomboy 0.12.2-3 desktop note taking program using pn xfconf <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
