** Description changed: I have tried to install the driver for a Toshiba printer (Manufacturer-supplied PPD files for Toshiba's Postscript printers) while I had aptitude running in a terminal. Instead of getting an informative message, jockey-backend crashed. + + Steps to reproduce (on a system with hardware managed by jockey): + 1. start a package manager with root privilege (aptitude, synaptic) + 2. start jockey-gtk + 3. try to activate/deactivate any driver listed. + 4. crash ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: jockey-common 0.9.4-0ubuntu3 [modified: usr/share/pyshared/jockey/detection.py] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.14-generic 3.0.3 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Aug 30 17:39:48 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/share/jockey/jockey-backend InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7 MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. P35-DS4 PackageArchitecture: all ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/share/jockey/jockey-backend --debug -l /var/log/jockey.log ProcEnviron: ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-9-generic root=UUID=fb05bdb5-3bf0-4e55-b5f7-4a01917dfc1b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/jockey/jockey-backend', '--debug', '-l', '/var/log/jockey.log'] SourcePackage: jockey Title: jockey-backend crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) Traceback: SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-27 (2 days ago) UserGroups: dmi.bios.date: 05/11/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc. dmi.bios.version: F4 dmi.board.name: P35-DS4 dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF4:bd05/11/2007:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnP35-DS4:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnP35-DS4:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: P35-DS4 dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
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