You have been subscribed to a public bug: I had Ubuntu Studio 10.10 installed, and upgraded through each version to 12.04.
When running Update Manager now, nothing appears. If I use the CLI, I get the following error: ~$ update-manager Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/update-manager", line 26, in <module> from gi.repository import Gtk File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 23, in <module> from ._gi import _API, Repository ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/_gi.so: undefined symbol: g_callable_info_skip_return If I try to run other software, I get the same error, which includes: Ubuntu Software Center, Ubuntu One and Apport/ubuntu-bug. All fail to show anything on screen other than errors in the Terminal. When trying to use ubuntu-bug to report this error I got a similar error: *** Collecting problem information The collected information can be sent to the developers to improve the application. This might take a few minutes. ........................................ERROR: hook /usr/share/apport/general-hooks/ubuntu.py crashed: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 717, in add_hooks_info exec(compile(fd.read(), hook, 'exec'), symb) File "/usr/share/apport/general-hooks/ubuntu.py", line 18, in <module> from apport.hookutils import * File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/hookutils.py", line 29, in <module> from gi.repository import Gio, GLib File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 23, in <module> from ._gi import _API, Repository ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/_gi.so: undefined symbol: g_callable_info_skip_return ERROR: hook /usr/share/apport/general-hooks/generic.py crashed: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 717, in add_hooks_info exec(compile(fd.read(), hook, 'exec'), symb) File "/usr/share/apport/general-hooks/generic.py", line 15, in <module> import apport.hookutils, apport.fileutils File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/hookutils.py", line 29, in <module> from gi.repository import Gio, GLib File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 23, in <module> from ._gi import _API, Repository ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/_gi.so: undefined symbol: g_callable_info_skip_return .. So I was unable to use ubuntu-bug to report the bug as that is also affected by the same bug. The bug seems to be this: ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/_gi.so: undefined symbol: g_callable_info_skip_return I have tried reinstalling Python 2.7 and some of affected packages, but it makes no difference. This error occured first when I had upgraded to 11.10 and then I had to use the CLI to upgrade to 12.04. Before that in the earlier versions of Ubuntu, this error did not occur. I still have a copy of my 10.10 installation, and the file /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/_gi.so did not exist in that, nor did the gi folder. ** Affects: pygobject (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: bot-comment -- Software that uses Python will not load at all, e.g. Update Manager https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1035103 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to pygobject in Ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs