[Bug 484707] [NEW] Pitivi won't run, complains about missing dbus hal .service file

[Stefano Rivera]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: pitivi

Pitivi refuses to run on my karmic amd64 system:
$ pitivi
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pitivi", line 118, in <module>
    _run_pitivi()
  File "/usr/bin/pitivi", line 113, in _run_pitivi
    sys.exit(ptv.main(sys.argv))
  File "/usr/lib/pitivi/python/pitivi/application.py", line 340, in main
    ptv = InteractivePitivi()
  File "/usr/lib/pitivi/python/pitivi/application.py", line 136, in __init__
    self.deviceprobe = get_probe()
  File "/usr/lib/pitivi/python/pitivi/device.py", line 65, in get_probe
    return HalDeviceProbe()
  File "/usr/lib/pitivi/python/pitivi/device.py", line 139, in __init__
    '/org/freedesktop/Hal/Manager')
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/bus.py", line 244, in get_object
    follow_name_owner_changes=follow_name_owner_changes)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 241, in __init__
    self._named_service = conn.activate_name_owner(bus_name)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/bus.py", line 183, in activate_name_owner
    self.start_service_by_name(bus_name)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/bus.py", line 281, in start_service_by_name
    'su', (bus_name, flags)))
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/connection.py", line 620, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.Hal was not provided by any .service files

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Nov 18 13:12:52 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: pitivi 0.13.3-2
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_ZA.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: pitivi
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

** Affects: pitivi (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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Pitivi won't run, complains about missing dbus hal .service file
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