<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Left add/remove open on Lucid and came to send this email quick. When i returned to the Lucid sytem saw this: An internal system error has occured: Error Type: <type 'exceptions.UnicodeEncodeError'> Error Value: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe1' in position 107: ordinal not in range(128)   File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/smart/smartBackend.py, line 1318, in <module>     main()   File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/smart/smartBackend.py, line 1315, in main     backend.dispatcher(sys.argv[1:])   File : /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 710, in dispatcher     self.dispatch_command(args[0], args[1:])   File : /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 643, in dispatch_command     self.search_group(options, values)   File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/smart/smartBackend.py, line 49, in cache_wrap     result = func(obj, *args, **kwargs)   File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/smart/smartBackend.py, line 511, in search_group     self._show_package_list()   File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/smart/smartBackend.py, line 1043, in _show_package_list     self._show_package(package, status)   File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/smart/smartBackend.py, line 1081, in _show_package     self.package(self._package_id(package, loader), status, summary)   File : /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 149, in package     print >> sys.stdout, "package\t$s\t$s\t$s" $ (status, package_id, summary) Regards Jean. <hr id="stopSpelling">From: jean_p57@hotmail.com To: packagekit@lists.freedesktop.org Subject: RE: [packagekit] Packagekit bugs? Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:18:11 +1200 <style> .ExternalClass .ecxhmmessage P {padding:0px;} .ExternalClass body.ecxhmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;} </style> Thanks Anders, sudo /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/smart/smartBackend.py ,on my Maverick install PK v0.6.5 and smartpm v1.3 returns: Error: No NETWORK envp Error: No BACKGROUND envp Error: No INTERACTIVE envp And on my Lucid install with PK v.05.7 and smartpm v1.2: Error: No NETWORK envp Error: No BACKGROUND envp Just checked both machines again, Software Updates appear on both machines but do NOT install. Packages appear in Add/Remove on Lucid install but not Maverick. Jean. > From: afb@algonet.se > Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:26:43 +0200 > To: packagekit@lists.freedesktop.org > Subject: Re: [packagekit] Packagekit bugs? > > Jean Hubbard wrote: > > > Just thought i'd check up on these before i filed bugs. > > Using PK v0.5.7 with the smartpm backend on two systems running > > Ubuntu Lucid and Maverick seems to fail installing packages with > > add/remove(Gnome-PK) or to install updates. Lucid is using smartpm > > v1.2 while Maverick is using v1.3 and the results are the same. If > > i try to install something it seems to do everything it should but > > and says completed but the updates/packages are not installed. For > > eg. the updates will still appear in Update Software or Terminal or > > Update Manager. If i install using smartpm in Terminal though then > > it works fine. > > Should this be filed against PK or Smartpm. > > > > Secondly, Maverick's PK has just been updated to v0.6.5, no matter > > what i click on in the left menu, no packages show up. No Updates > > show up either. That is using smartpm again. > > Using the apt backend, it will return and Internal system error > > when i open Add/remove or Update Software. > > > > Ubuntu bug or PK? > > These are bugs in (the backends of) PackageKit, not in Smart or Ubuntu. > > To get some more details for debugging, you could do a verbose/debugging > build of PackageKit - /or/ perhaps "talk" directly to the Smart backend: > > $ sudo /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/smart/smartBackend.py > Error: No NETWORK envp > Error: No BACKGROUND envp > refresh-cache true > > The "commands" are shared between all Python backends, some examples are > "get-updates none" or "update-system false" (separated by tab, not > space) > > It's the equivalent of telnetting to your web or mail server, but should > at least give some first-hand information on what is going on in > there... > > --anders > > _______________________________________________ > PackageKit mailing list > PackageKit@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/packagekit <hr>Browse profiles for Free! <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/NMN/go/163036679/direct/01/">Singles online now!</a> <hr />MSN NZ Travel <a href='http://travel.msn.co.nz/' target='_new'>Find a way to cure that travel bug</a></body> </html>