[Bug 944607] Re: update-manager crashed with ValueError in ./xorg_fix_proprietary.py: _system not initialized

[Brian Murray]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 942106 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/942106

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 942106
   mdadm-functions missing udevadm settle (?)

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Title:
  update-manager crashed with ValueError in ./xorg_fix_proprietary.py:
  _system not initialized

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

Bug description:
  On dist-upgrading vom oneiroc to precise this appeared first at the
  very end of the upgrade process in the update-manager and now appears
  on each implicit start of the update-manager.

  I can reproduce the problem on manually calling the script:

  ~> sudo python  /usr/share/pyshared/DistUpgrade/xorg_fix_proprietary.py
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/share/pyshared/DistUpgrade/xorg_fix_proprietary.py", line 160, in <module>
      if ver and apt_pkg.VersionCompare(ver, "2:1.5.0") > 0:
  ValueError: _system not initialized

  ProblemType: Crash
  Date: Fri Mar  2 08:21:30 2012
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
  ExecutableTimestamp: 1326448883
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python ./xorg_fix_proprietary.py
  ProcCwd: /tmp/update-manager-TFEgcM
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/update-manager']
  Traceback:
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "./xorg_fix_proprietary.py", line 160, in <module>
       if ver and apt_pkg.VersionCompare(ver, "2:1.5.0") > 0:
   ValueError: _system not initialized
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