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

[Brian Murray]

I confirm that with the version of system-config-kickstart from trusty-
proposed it no longer produces a traceback when starting the
application.

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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:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  Test Case
  ---------
  Run system-config-kickstart and receive the traceback in comment #2.
  With the version of s-c-k from trusty-proposed you shouldn't receive that traceback.

  Regression Potential
  --------------------
  Little as we are just removing a couple of calls.

  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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