jockey-gtk crashed with SystemError in run()

As I mentioned in bug #259047, this is due to jockey not liking the xorg.conf. Regenerating with dkpg-configure xserver-xorg fixes the problem.

Confirmed, I just did the described procedure.

$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting possibly-customised configuration
   file; backup in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20080912225801

$ gksu /usr/bin/jockey-gtk
/home/bremm/.themes/XubuntuStudio/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:81: Murrine configuration option "hilight_ratio" will be deprecated in future releases. Please update this theme to get rid of this warning.
/usr/bin/jockey-gtk:99: PangoWarning: Error loading GPOS table 0x157f
  self.w('dialog_manager').show()

Bug 269469 seems to be related to this one. It also seems that jockey could be better about catching errors with commit in apt.

This bug was fixed in the package jockey - 0.5~alpha1-0ubuntu3

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jockey (0.5~alpha1-0ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Merge some bug fixes from trunk:
    - Fix search_drivers() to not return unrelated available handlers.
    - Change --search-driver UIs from confirmation dialog to displaying list
      of matches. (One half of LP: #269454)
    - OpenPrintingDriverDB: Show shortdescription and functionality fields.
      (Other half of LP: #269454)
    - Drop a lot of redundant probing from add_driverdb() and search_driver().
    - Build KDE .ui -> python on build time, to avoid runtime uic dependency.
      (LP: #271317)
    - nvidia, fglrx handlers: Remove RgbPath option, it causes X.org to crash.
    - ui.py: Update action button strings according to latest recommendations
      from Matthew Thomas, thanks!
    - ui.py: Properly intercept failure to connect to D-BUS. (LP: #258472)
  * Add python-kde4-dev build dependency, now needed to get pykde4uic.
  * fglrx, nvidia: Uninstall -kernel-source in disable(), thanks Alberto.
    (LP: #251962)
  * jockey/oslib.py, install_package(): Intercept SystemError. (LP: #258713,
    LP: #272146)

 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:39:42 +0200

I'm changing this bug back to Fix Released since there was no indication as to why it should be Invalid and the bug really was fixed.

2008-10-11 23:48:31,363 WARNING: modinfo for module nvidia failed: modinfo: could not find module nvidia

2008-10-11 23:48:31,367 DEBUG: Instantiated Handler subclass __builtin__.NvidiaDriver from name NvidiaDriver
2008-10-11 23:48:31,367 DEBUG: NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver availability undetermined, adding to pool
2008-10-11 23:48:31,368 DEBUG: loading custom handler /usr/share/jockey/handlers/fglrx.py
2008-10-11 23:48:31,385 DEBUG: Instantiated Handler subclass __builtin__.FglrxDriver from name FglrxDriver
2008-10-11 23:48:31,392 DEBUG: ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver availability undetermined, adding to pool
2008-10-11 23:48:31,393 DEBUG: all custom handlers loaded
2008-10-11 23:48:31,393 DEBUG: querying driver db <jockey.detection.LocalKernelModulesDriverDB instance at 0x7f9857253fc8> about HardwareID('modalias', 'acpi:PNP0501:')
2008-10-11 23:48:31,394 DEBUG: querying driver db <jockey.detection.LocalKernelModulesDriverDB instance at 0x7f9857253fc8> about HardwareID('modalias', 'input:b0003v045Ep00F6e0111-e0,1,2,4,k110,111,112,r0,1,8,am4,lsfw')
2008-10-11 23:48:31,736 DEBUG: no corresponding handler available for {'driver_type': 'kernel_module', 'kernel_module': 'evdev', 'jockey_handler': 'KernelModuleHandler'}
2008-10-11 23:48:31,737 DEBUG: no corresponding handler available for {'driver_type': 'kernel_module', 'kernel_module': 'evbug', 'jockey_handler': 'KernelModuleHandler'}
2008-10-11 23:48:31,737 DEBUG: querying driver db <jockey.detection.LocalKernelModulesDriverDB instance at 0x7f9857253fc8> about HardwareID('modalias', 'acpi:PNP0303:PNP030B:')
2008-10-11 23:48:31,737 DEBUG: querying driver db <jockey.detection.LocalKernelModulesDriverDB instance at 0x7f9857253fc8> about HardwareID('modalias', 'acpi:PNP0100:')
2008-10-11 23:48:31,738 DEBUG: querying driver db <jockey.detection.LocalKernelModulesDriverDB instance at 0x7f9857253fc8> about HardwareID('modalias', 'pci:v00001106d00002336sv00000000sd00000000bc06sc00i00')
2008-10-11 23:48:31,838 DEBUG: querying driver db <jockey.detection.LocalKernelModulesDriverDB instance at 0x7f9857253fc8> about HardwareID('modalias', 'usb:v045Ep00F6d0121dc00dsc00dp00ic03isc01ip02')
2008-10-11 23:48:32,141 DEBUG: no corresponding handler available for {'driver_type': 'kernel_module', 'kernel_module': 'usbhid', 'jockey_handler': 'KernelModuleHandler'}
2008-10-11 23:48:32,142 DEBUG: no corresponding handler available for {'driver_type': 'kernel_module', 'kernel_module': 'usbmouse', 'jockey_handler': 'KernelModuleHandler'}
2008-10-11 23:48:32,142 DEBUG: querying driver db <jockey.detection.LocalKernelModulesDriverDB instance at 0x7f9857253fc8> about HardwareID('modalias', 'pci:v00001106d0000B188sv00000000sd00000000bc06sc04i00')
2008-10-11 23:48:32,143 DEBUG: no corresponding handler available for {'driver_type': 'kernel_module', 'kernel_module': 'shpchp', 'jockey_handler': 'KernelModuleHandler'}
2008-10-11 23:48:32,143 DEBUG: querying driver db <jockey.detection.LocalKernelModulesDriverDB instance at 0x7f9857253fc8> about HardwareID('modalias', 'input:b0010v001Fp0001e0100-e0,12,kramls1,2,fw')
2008-10-11 23:48:32,144 DEBUG: no corresponding handler available for {'driver_type': 'kernel_mod...

greg@ubuntu:~$ gksu /usr/bin/jockey-gtk
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/jockey-gtk", line 346, in on_button_toggle_clicked
    'toggle', False):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/jockey/ui.py", line 574, in set_handler_enable
    handler_id, enable)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/jockey/backend.py", line 103, in polkit_auth_wrapper
    return fn(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/jockey/backend.py", line 87, in dbus_sync_call_signal_wrapper
    raise _h_exception_exc
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.SystemError: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/dbus/service.py", line 696, in _message_cb
    retval = candidate_method(self, *args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/jockey/backend.py", line 309, in _f_result_wrapper
    self._f_result = f()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/jockey/xorg_driver.py", line 157, in enable
    KernelModuleHandler.enable(self)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/jockey/handlers.py", line 439, in enable
    Handler.enable(self)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/jockey/handlers.py", line 224, in enable
    self.backend.install_package(self.package)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/jockey/backend.py", line 543, in install_package
    hasattr(self, '_locations') and self.install_progress or None)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/jockey/oslib.py", line 220, in install_package
    c[package].markInstall()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt/package.py", line 421, in markInstall
    fixer.Resolve(True)
SystemError: E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

i don't know if you guys can make sense of all that stuff but ever since i installed alpha 5 that what happens when i try and hardware drivers to install the proprietary amd driver

I am running a system on an athlon XP 3000+ with a radeon hd 3850 AGP and the bug is still there, synaptic points that jockey 0.5 beta1 is installed.

dkpg-configure xserver-xorg does not fix the problem.

This bug has already been fixed, I had the problem and can confirm it has gone. If you are still having problems with jockey, please file a new bug on your issue. If your problem is because jockey is crashing, simply submit the crash report through apport. Thank you.