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software-properties-gtk crashed with ValueError in /usr/lib/python2.7/json/init.py: bad marshal data (unknown type code)

Bug #958098 reported by Tigerboy on 2012-03-17

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1058884: Race condition in py_compile corrupts pyc files. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	software-properties (Ubuntu)	New	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

Ok first tried to use Synaptic but when I clicke the "repositories" selection in the menu it wouldn't open. No matter what -- I tried to close and reopen Synapatic to no avail. Next I tried to open the Ubuntu Software Center and it crashed each time. Plan to try a reboot soon.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: software-properties-gtk 0.82.7
Uname: Linux 3.2.9-030209-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Mar 17 12:10:01 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk -n -t 104857729
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=unknown
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk', '-n', '-t', '104857729']
SourcePackage: software-properties
Title: software-properties-gtk crashed with ValueError in /usr/lib/python2.7/json/__init__.py: bad marshal data (unknown type code)
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-12 (4 days ago)
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Tigerboy (tigersands) wrote on 2012-03-17:

Dependencies.txt Edit (5.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcMaps.txt Edit (42.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcStatus.txt Edit (773 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Traceback.txt Edit (791 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Tigerboy (tigersands) wrote on 2012-03-17:

Again, I didn't upgrade this workstation to Precise, it is a fresh install.

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2012-03-17

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Robert Roth (evfool) wrote on 2012-05-19:

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

visibility:

private → public

Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) on 2012-05-30