[Bug 1260107] Re: trusty version experiences a runtime error due to hwdata changes

[Brian Murray]

Ah, this was fixed a few months ago for wily.

system-config-kickstart (2.5.20-0ubuntu24) wily; urgency=medium

  * xconfig.py: short-circuit driver/monitor list filling (which depends on
    files that aren't shipped anymore).

 -- Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <mathieu-tl at ubuntu.com>  Wed, 03 Jun 2015
17:03:32 -0400

** Changed in: system-config-kickstart (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Released

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Title:
  trusty version experiences a runtime error due to hwdata changes

Status in system-config-kickstart package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in system-config-kickstart source package in Trusty:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  The file (/usr/share/hwdata/videodrivers) no longer exists in Trusty,
  subsequently xconfig.py fails because of the following:

      def fill_driver_list(self):
          #add video drivers to list
          try:
              driverFile = open("/usr/share/hwdata/videodrivers", "r")
          except:
              raise RuntimeError, (_("Could not read video driver database"))

  Here's the latest hwdata changelog.

  hwdata (0.249-1) unstable; urgency=low

  
    * latest upstream release from 2013-06-20
      - upstream removed upgradelist, MonitorDB, videodrivers

   -- Noël Köthe <noel at debian.org>  Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:36:31 +0200

  So something needs to change.

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