Bug #917738 “Python Traceback on every action” : Bugs : jobs-admin

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Mélodie (meets) wrote on 2013-05-07:

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Hi,
I am running a spin of Ubuntu 12.04 which I have been building for several months now and which is pretty stable and works well according to feedback and to my own experience. It is fully up to date and I have been trying to get jobs-admin to work several times in Ubuntu Precise (in this version and also other ones such as Lubuntu and Xubuntu which I happen to boot once a while).

Here is another testimonial related to this issue:
http://beta.linuxvillage.net/index.php/topic,297.msg2196.html#msg2196

I can't get jobs-admin to change anything in the services started, be it as simple user or by starting it from console with gksu.

Here is what I get when starting it from a console:
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$ jobs-admin
No module named pkit
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 607, in msg_reply_handler
    *message.get_args_list()))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/JobsAdmin/__init__.py", line 232, in error
    raise e
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: Error getting subject: Error parsing unix-process subject: Value for key `start-time' found but is of type i and type t was expected
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 607, in msg_reply_handler
    *message.get_args_list()))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/JobsAdmin/__init__.py", line 232, in error
    raise e
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: Error getting subject: Error parsing unix-process subject: Value for key `start-time' found but is of type i and type t was expected

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I think something is wrong with jobs-admin... not sure exactly what?

Here are the services listed in /etc/init:

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melodie@vbox:/etc/init$ ls
acpid.conf network-interface-container.conf
alsa-restore.conf network-interface-security.conf
alsa-store.conf network-manager.conf
anacron.conf passwd.conf
apport.conf plymouth.conf
atd.conf plymouth-log.conf
binfmt-support.conf plymouth-splash.conf
console.conf plymouth-stop.conf
console-setup.conf plymouth-upstart-bridge.conf
container-detect.conf procps.conf
control-alt-delete.conf rc.conf
cron.conf rcS.conf
cryptdisks-enable.conf rc-sysinit.conf
cryptdisks-udev.conf resolvconf.conf
dbus.conf rfkill-restore.conf
dmesg.conf rfkill-store.conf
failsafe.conf rsyslog.conf
flush-early-job-log.conf setvtrgb.conf
friendly-recovery.conf shutdown.conf
hostname.conf tty1.conf
hwclock.conf tty2.conf
hwclock-save.conf tty3.conf
hybrid-gfx.conf tty4.conf
irqbalance.conf tty5.conf
module-init-tools.conf tty6.conf
mountall.conf udev.conf
mountall-net.conf udev-fallback-graphics.conf
mountall-reboot.conf udev-finish.conf
mountall-shell.conf udevmonitor.conf
mounted-debugfs.conf udevtrigger.conf
mounted-dev.conf ufw.conf
mounted-proc.conf upstart-socket-bridge.conf
mounted-...

Hi,
I am running a spin of Ubuntu 12.04 which I have been building for several months now and which is pretty stable and works well according to feedback and to my own experience. It is fully up to date and I have been trying to get jobs-admin to work several times in Ubuntu Precise (in this version and also other ones such as Lubuntu and Xubuntu which I happen to boot once a while).

Here is another testimonial related to this issue:
http://beta.linuxvillage.net/index.php/topic,297.msg2196.html#msg2196

I can't get jobs-admin to change anything in the services started, be it as simple user or by starting it from console with gksu.

Here is what I get when starting it from a console:
**************
$ jobs-admin 
No module named pkit
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 607, in msg_reply_handler
    *message.get_args_list()))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/JobsAdmin/__init__.py", line 232, in error
    raise e
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: Error getting subject: Error parsing unix-process subject: Value for key `start-time' found but is of type i and type t was expected
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 607, in msg_reply_handler
    *message.get_args_list()))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/JobsAdmin/__init__.py", line 232, in error
    raise e
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: Error getting subject: Error parsing unix-process subject: Value for key `start-time' found but is of type i and type t was expected

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I think something is wrong with jobs-admin... not sure exactly what?

Here are the services listed in /etc/init:

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melodie@vbox:/etc/init$ ls
acpid.conf                network-interface-container.conf
alsa-restore.conf         network-interface-security.conf
alsa-store.conf           network-manager.conf
anacron.conf              passwd.conf
apport.conf               plymouth.conf
atd.conf                  plymouth-log.conf
binfmt-support.conf       plymouth-splash.conf
console.conf              plymouth-stop.conf
console-setup.conf        plymouth-upstart-bridge.conf
container-detect.conf     procps.conf
control-alt-delete.conf   rc.conf
cron.conf                 rcS.conf
cryptdisks-enable.conf    rc-sysinit.conf
cryptdisks-udev.conf      resolvconf.conf
dbus.conf                 rfkill-restore.conf
dmesg.conf                rfkill-store.conf
failsafe.conf             rsyslog.conf
flush-early-job-log.conf  setvtrgb.conf
friendly-recovery.conf    shutdown.conf
hostname.conf             tty1.conf
hwclock.conf              tty2.conf
hwclock-save.conf         tty3.conf
hybrid-gfx.conf           tty4.conf
irqbalance.conf           tty5.conf
module-init-tools.conf    tty6.conf
mountall.conf             udev.conf
mountall-net.conf         udev-fallback-graphics.conf
mountall-reboot.conf      udev-finish.conf
mountall-shell.conf       udevmonitor.conf
mounted-debugfs.conf      udevtrigger.conf
mounted-dev.conf          ufw.conf
mounted-proc.conf         upstart-socket-bridge.conf
mounted-run.conf          upstart-udev-bridge.conf
mounted-tmp.conf          ureadahead.conf
mounted-var.conf          ureadahead-other.conf
networking.conf           wait-for-state.conf
network-interface.conf    zram-config.conf
melodie@vbox:/etc/init$ 
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and here the ones listed in /etc/init.d:

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melodie@vbox:/etc/init.d$ ls -l
total 172
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 acpid -> /lib/init/upstart-job
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  652 janv.  5  2010 acpi-support
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 alsa-restore -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 alsa-store -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 anacron -> /lib/init/upstart-job
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1663 nov.   4  2009 apmd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4596 avril 12  2012 apparmor
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 avril 11 19:15 apport -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 atd -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 nov.  25  2011 binfmt-support -> /lib/init/upstart-job
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2444 avril 14  2012 bootlogd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 console-setup -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 cron -> /lib/init/upstart-job
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  922 mars   8  2012 cryptdisks
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  871 mars   8  2012 cryptdisks-early
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 cryptdisks-enable -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 cryptdisks-udev -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 dbus -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 dmesg -> /lib/init/upstart-job
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1242 déc.  13  2011 dns-clean
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 friendly-recovery -> /lib/init/upstart-job
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1105 avril 17  2012 grub-common
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1329 avril 14  2012 halt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 hostname -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 hwclock -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 hwclock-save -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 irqbalance -> /lib/init/upstart-job
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1293 avril 14  2012 killprocs
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1986 déc.  21  2011 laptop-mode
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  869 févr.  6  2011 lm-sensors
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 module-init-tools -> /lib/init/upstart-job
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2535 août   7  2010 netplug
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2797 févr. 13  2012 networking
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 network-interface -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 network-interface-container -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 network-interface-security -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 network-manager -> /lib/init/upstart-job
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1843 nov.  20  2011 nodm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1818 oct.  26  2011 ntp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  882 avril 14  2012 ondemand
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 passwd -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 plymouth -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 plymouth-log -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 plymouth-splash -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 plymouth-stop -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 plymouth-upstart-bridge -> /lib/init/upstart-job
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  561 févr.  4  2011 pppd-dns
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 procps -> /lib/init/upstart-job
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8635 juil. 26  2012 rc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  801 avril 14  2012 rc.local
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  117 juil. 26  2012 rcS
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2427 juil. 26  2012 README
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  639 avril 14  2012 reboot
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 resolvconf -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 rfkill-restore -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 rfkill-store -> /lib/init/upstart-job
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4395 nov.   8  2011 rsync
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 rsyslog -> /lib/init/upstart-job
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4321 avril 14  2012 sendsigs
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 setvtrgb -> /lib/init/upstart-job
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  590 avril 14  2012 single
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4304 juil. 26  2012 skeleton
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  567 avril 14  2012 stop-bootlogd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1143 avril 14  2012 stop-bootlogd-single
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  700 oct.  27  2011 sudo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 udev -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 udev-fallback-graphics -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 udev-finish -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 udevmonitor -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 udevtrigger -> /lib/init/upstart-job
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 ufw -> /lib/init/upstart-job
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2800 avril 14  2012 umountfs
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2211 avril 14  2012 umountnfs.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2926 avril 14  2012 umountroot
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1039 nov.   9  2011 unattended-upgrades
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1985 avril 14  2012 urandom
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1364 avril  5  2012 virtualbox-guest-utils
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2666 mars  22  2012 x11-common
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 mai    2 18:03 zram-config -> /lib/init/upstart-job
melodie@vbox:/etc/init.d$

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For example, I use the zram-config service, which has been turned into an upstart-job as it shows in the last line just above : this service does not appear in jobs-admin, which would tend to make me think Olivier is right, the upstart-jobs don't show.

So else than giving up on managing services from the beginning, how can we do that ?

ie : I want to have cups, openssh-server, (starts sshd), update-notifier, but sometimes or for some of my machines I just want them installed and ready to start on the fly when I want them to work. Is it possible to setup which service will be used and which won't be ? Isn't jobs-admin supposed to make this task easy ?

Thanks for some lights on the problem,
Mélodie

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Mélodie (meets) wrote on 2013-05-07:

#2

PS:
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$ apt-cache show jobservice
Package: jobservice
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 231
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Jacob Peddicord <email address hidden>
Architecture: all
Version: 0.8.0-0ubuntu3
Depends: python2.7, python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2), python (<< 2.8), dbus
Suggests: jobs-admin
Filename: pool/universe/j/jobservice/jobservice_0.8.0-0ubuntu3_all.deb
Size: 28056
MD5sum: 9d71847d68af309888ff34f3b5416f82
SHA1: 3b3bd140b5f537bb15fdde52fd6d0c910d433197
SHA256: 2ef60f80bba3258dca9346dbd384a8f65c1987d6c25d8939853225fec34f52a9
Description-en: system job management daemon
jobservice is a system daemon that is accessible over DBus, providing
methods for controlling jobs (services) on a system using Upstart 0.6
or a plain System V boot.
.
It is likely used in conjunction with jobs-admin, the GTK+ interface used
to manage the jobs.
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/jobservice
Description-md5: 8472297a214f16e2e4c023943a79c2de
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/jobsadmin/+bug/705158/comments/12

wasn't this 0.8.1 supposed to hit the current repositories a while ago?

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Nathan Laville (nathan-laville) wrote on 2015-12-04:

#3

Hi, just to mention
that the bug is still there in 2015 in my ubuntu 14.04 (upgraded from 10.10)
Is the project dead ?
I have tested with success Bum which does the same thing http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/bum
Chears

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