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[Xavier Bassery <xavier@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  I have tried to install the driver for a Toshiba printer (Manufacturer-supplied PPD files for Toshiba's Postscript printers) while I had aptitude running in a terminal.
  Instead of getting an informative message, jockey-backend crashed.
+ 
+ Steps to reproduce (on a system with hardware managed by jockey):
+ 1. start a package manager with root privilege (aptitude, synaptic)
+ 2. start jockey-gtk
+ 3. try to activate/deactivate any driver listed.
+ 4. crash
  
  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: jockey-common 0.9.4-0ubuntu3 [modified: usr/share/pyshared/jockey/detection.py]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.14-generic 3.0.3
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Aug 30 17:39:48 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/share/jockey/jockey-backend
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. P35-DS4
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/share/jockey/jockey-backend --debug -l /var/log/jockey.log
  ProcEnviron:
  
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-9-generic root=UUID=fb05bdb5-3bf0-4e55-b5f7-4a01917dfc1b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/jockey/jockey-backend', '--debug', '-l', '/var/log/jockey.log']
  SourcePackage: jockey
  Title: jockey-backend crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
  Traceback: SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-27 (2 days ago)
  UserGroups:
  
  dmi.bios.date: 05/11/2007
  dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: F4
  dmi.board.name: P35-DS4
  dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.board.version: x.x
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF4:bd05/11/2007:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnP35-DS4:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnP35-DS4:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: P35-DS4
  dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

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Title:
  Having another process locking the dpkg status database makes jockey
  crash instead of letting the user know the problem [apport: jockey-
  backend crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned
  an error code (2)]

Status in “jockey” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have tried to install the driver for a Toshiba printer (Manufacturer-supplied PPD files for Toshiba's Postscript printers) while I had aptitude running in a terminal.
  Instead of getting an informative message, jockey-backend crashed.

  Steps to reproduce (on a system with hardware managed by jockey):
  1. start a package manager with root privilege (aptitude, synaptic)
  2. start jockey-gtk
  3. try to activate/deactivate any driver listed.
  4. crash

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: jockey-common 0.9.4-0ubuntu3 [modified: usr/share/pyshared/jockey/detection.py]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.14-generic 3.0.3
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Aug 30 17:39:48 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/share/jockey/jockey-backend
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. P35-DS4
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/share/jockey/jockey-backend --debug -l /var/log/jockey.log
  ProcEnviron:

  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-9-generic root=UUID=fb05bdb5-3bf0-4e55-b5f7-4a01917dfc1b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/jockey/jockey-backend', '--debug', '-l', '/var/log/jockey.log']
  SourcePackage: jockey
  Title: jockey-backend crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
  Traceback: SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-27 (2 days ago)
  UserGroups:

  dmi.bios.date: 05/11/2007
  dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: F4
  dmi.board.name: P35-DS4
  dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.board.version: x.x
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF4:bd05/11/2007:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnP35-DS4:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnP35-DS4:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: P35-DS4
  dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

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