http://paste.ubuntu.com/530852/ is a start of the fix
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 8:42 PM, Seif Lotfy <s...@lotfy.com> wrote: > To replicate this > 1) Backup the activity.sqlite DB > 2) restart the daemon > 3) while its saying "DEBUG:zeitgeist.sql:Updating sql schema" kill the > daemon > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Seif Lotfy <660...@bugs.launchpad.net>wrote: > >> I manged to replicate this manually creating an invalid structure. Thank >> you for the bug. We are on it. >> >> ** Changed in: zeitgeist >> Status: Incomplete => Confirmed >> >> ** Changed in: zeitgeist >> Assignee: (unassigned) => Seif Lotfy (seif) >> >> ** Changed in: zeitgeist >> Milestone: None => 0.7.0 >> >> ** Changed in: zeitgeist >> Status: Confirmed => Triaged >> >> ** Changed in: zeitgeist >> Importance: Undecided => Low >> >> ** Changed in: zeitgeist (Ubuntu) >> Assignee: (unassigned) => Seif Lotfy (seif) >> >> ** Changed in: zeitgeist (Ubuntu) >> Status: New => Confirmed >> >> -- >> zeitgeist fails to run if its database structure is not complete >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/660307 >> You received this bug notification because you are a bug assignee. >> >> Status in Zeitgeist Framework: Triaged >> Status in “zeitgeist” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed >> >> Bug description: >> Binary package hint: zeitgeist >> >> If zeitgeist's database (~/.local/share/zeitgeist/activity.sqlite) is >> incomplete, eg missing the events table, zeitgeist fails to run. And because >> the GUI does not report that zeitgeist faiiled to run, applications that >> rely on zeitgeist simply fail to work without any relevant reason given. >> >> I ran into this problem on upgrading an installation from Ubuntu 10.04 to >> 10.10. After the upgrade, the dockbarx applet failed to run. The error >> message from gnome-panel just said it had failed to run, and >> .xsession-errors said the child process did not report any specific error. >> Running in debug mode (ie with the command "dockbarx-factory.py >> run-in-window") gave: >> >> ERROR:dbus.proxies:Introspect error on >> :1.134:/org/gnome/zeitgeist/log/activity: dbus.exceptions.DBusException: >> org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout >> by message bus) >> DEBUG:dbus.proxies:Executing introspect queue due to error >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "/usr/bin/dockbarx_factory.py", line 26, in <module> >> import dockbarx.dockbar >> ... >> File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 140, in >> __call__ >> **keywords) >> File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/connection.py", line 620, in >> call_blocking >> message, timeout) >> dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: >> The name :1.134 was not provided by any .service files >> >> The error appeared to be a dbus error, but in fact was a problem with >> zeitgeist, which was failing to run because its database apparently was >> corrupted during the upgrade. I fixed the problem (eventually) by deleting >> the zeitgeist database file and restarting the zeitgeist-daemon manually. >> >> >> What I would expect to happen is: >> >> 1) The GUI should report that zeitgeist has failed to run. >> >> 2) Better yet, zeitgeist could create the necessary tables if its database >> is invalid or perhaps backup the old database and create a new one so it can >> run properly. >> >> It would of course be nice if dockbarx reported better error information, >> but since there are other applications that depend on zeitgeist, it would be >> good if zeitgeist could recover from this situation. >> >> ProblemType: Bug >> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 >> Package: zeitgeist 0.5.2-0ubuntu1 >> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.34-generic 2.6.35.4 >> Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686 >> Architecture: i386 >> Date: Thu Oct 14 11:52:41 2010 >> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 >> (20100602.2) >> PackageArchitecture: all >> ProcEnviron: >> PATH=(custom, no user) >> LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 >> SHELL=/bin/bash >> SourcePackage: zeitgeist >> >> >> > > > -- > This is me doing some advertisement for my blog http://seilo.geekyogre.com > -- This is me doing some advertisement for my blog http://seilo.geekyogre.com -- zeitgeist fails to run if its database structure is not complete https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/660307 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
