[Bug 1159741] Re: Update manager will not start

[Matthew Constable]

I get the following when I do **$ sudo update-manager**

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/update-manager", line 114, in <module>
    app = UpdateManager(data_dir, options)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py", line 75, in __init__
    self.unity = UnitySupport()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UpdateManager/UnitySupport.py", line 58, in __init__
    um_launcher_entry = Unity.LauncherEntry.get_for_desktop_id(
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/module.py", line 269, in __getattr__
    return getattr(self._introspection_module, name)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/module.py", line 164, in __getattr__
    interfaces = tuple(interface for interface in get_interfaces_for_object(info)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/module.py", line 89, in get_interfaces_for_object
    module = __import__('gi.repository.%s' % namespace, fromlist=[name])
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/importer.py", line 76, in load_module
    dynamic_module._load()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/module.py", line 244, in _load
    overrides_modules = __import__('gi.overrides', fromlist=[self._namespace])
EOFError: EOF read where not expected

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Title:
  Update manager will not start

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

Bug description:
  When I try to launch the software updater from unity or by doing $
  gksudo update-manager the application does not launch, and from time
  to time I get a crash report that I'm prompted to send off. I've tried
  reinstalling the program, checked dependencies and such things.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.174.4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-26.42-generic 3.5.7.6
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-26-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
  Aptdaemon:
   
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Mar 25 11:26:52 2013
  GsettingsChanges: b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1363992036'
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-09 (15 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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