Public bug reported: When I was away from the computer a window popped up reporting an internal error requesting a report, but not how to report it, so I copied the error text to a file and here it is -
Error Type: <type 'exceptions.TypeError'> Error Value: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, exceptions.SystemError found File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 2216, in <module> main() File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 2213, in main run(args, options.single) File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 2175, in run backend.dispatcher(args) File : /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 710, in dispatcher self.dispatch_command(args[0], args[1:]) File : /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 606, in dispatch_command self.refresh_cache(force) File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 202, in _locked_cache func(*args, **kwargs) File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 1498, in refresh_cache format_string(error.message)) File : /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 723, in format_string txt = unicode(text, encoding, errors='replace') ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/880520 Title: internal system error Ubuntu 11.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/880520/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs