[Bug 616721] Re: update-manager crashed with DBusException in update()

[J B]

I am a 0day convert to the Linux world, and ran into this problem
yesterday. Installing via Wubi download most recent version, 64 bit on
all new/recent hardware. I also ran into many other problems -
installing ATI driver (I know, not supported) would not work, Firefox
acted real funny, Software manager lagging/not functioning properly, and
another random crash I cannot remember (python something?)...

Anyhow, I tried a few different install methods, and found one that
worked for me, to freshly install without this problem (or any of the
other ones) occurring, and now everything is running perfectly.

All I did was disconnect my internet, burn the 11.10 amd64 ISO to a DVD,
and "Install Inside Windows" (which is crucial to my conversion plan
right now). This seems to end up doing most of the installation after
the reboot (still not connected to internet). After getting to desktop,
I rebooted again to be sure (My MS habits are going to take some time to
change), and then ran update manager, which seemed to download way more
data than the previous install and subsequent terminal update methods
(almost 100 MB more after adding all totals). No crashing, all good and
very fast/responsive.

Anyhow, I don't know if this is helpful, but since everything works
perfect for me now I wanted to give back to the community since that is
how I understand things get done around here. This is how I solved the
problem for me (and many other unexpected ones I could only feel had to
be related somehow but wouldn't know where to look yet).

If this post was not useful, I am open to criticism on where to go/what
to read to get more up to speed. Similarly, I'd be happy to recreate the
original error for further testing/feedback if needed, but still kinda
clueless to this side of things. Trying to learn quickly.

Cheers,
Jason

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Title:
  update-manager crashed with DBusException in update()

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: update-manager

  I was updating my sources while sending a bunch of ubuntu bug reports.
  Don't have much more than that to report.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.142.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-14.20-generic-pae 2.6.35
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-14-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Aug 12 12:18:35 2010
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python2.6 /usr/bin/update-manager
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/update-manager']
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  Title: update-manager crashed with DBusException in update()
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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