[Bug 297329] Re: Presence server crashes if no interface is configure

[David Farning]

This has been fix upstream.

** Changed in: sugar-presence-service (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

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Presence server crashes if no interface is configure
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297329
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Status in Presence Service: Confirmed
Status in “sugar-presence-service” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released

Bug description:
Binary package hint: sugar

It looks like Sugar (and Sugar-Emulator) will fail to start if there is not an ethx(??) interface configured.

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1226490893.407684 ERROR dbus.proxies: Introspect error on org.laptop.Sugar.Presence:/org/laptop/Sugar/Presence: dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1
1226490893.946251 WARNING sugar.presence.presenceservice: Unable to retrieve local user/owner
                   from presence service: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/sugar-shell", line 32, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/share/sugar/shell/main.py", line 153, in main
    view.Shell.get_instance()
  File "/usr/share/sugar/shell/view/Shell.py", line 259, in get_instance
    _instance = Shell()
  File "/usr/share/sugar/shell/view/Shell.py", line 55, in __init__
    self._model = shellmodel.get_instance()
  File "/usr/share/sugar/shell/model/shellmodel.py", line 102, in get_instance
    _instance = ShellModel()
  File "/usr/share/sugar/shell/model/shellmodel.py", line 48, in __init__
    self._owner = ShellOwner()
  File "/usr/share/sugar/shell/model/Owner.py", line 76, in __init__
    self._invites = Invites()
  File "/usr/share/sugar/shell/model/Invites.py", line 78, in __init__
    owner = ps.get_owner()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/sugar/presence/presenceservice.py", line 452, in get_owner
    raise RuntimeError("Could not get owner object.")
RuntimeError: Could not get owner object.
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Doing 'sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.20 netmask 255.255.255.0' allow the boot to continue and start Sugar interface.

Simon.