Bug 468355

Description of problem:

Today's (2008-10-24) brought this impressive traceback:

Component: system-config-network
Version: 1.5.10
Summary: TB24531662 NCBackendHal.py:103:getDevices:TypeError: not enough arguments for format string

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/system-config-network-gui", line 166, in runit
    window = mainDialog()
  File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/maindialog.py", line 275, in __init__
    self.load()
  File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/maindialog.py", line 300, in load
    self.loadHardware()
  File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/maindialog.py", line 312, in loadHardware
    hardwarelist = getHardwareList()
  File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NCHardwareList.py", line 759, in getHardwareList
    __HWList.load()
  File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NCHardwareList.py", line 603, in load
    self.updateFromSystem()
  File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NCHardwareList.py", line 483, in updateFromSystem
    self.updateFromHal(hdellist)
  File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NCHardwareList.py", line 448, in updateFromHal
    cards = hal.probeCards()
  File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NCBackendHal.py", line 124, in probeCards
    card = self.getDevices(udi)
  File "/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NCBackendHal.py", line 103, in getDevices
    hw.Description = "%s %s" % self.getVendor(udi)
TypeError: not enough arguments for format string

Local variables in innermost frame:
category: net
obj: <ProxyObject wrapping <dbus._dbus.SystemBus (system) at 0x8639b6c> :1.0 /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_fa_ff_b0_f7_6c_f4 at 0x8635eec>
name: pan0
arp_proto_hw_id: 1
hwf: {'Wireless': {0: <class netconfpkg.plugins.NCHWWireless.HwWireless at 0xb7bdd23c>}, 'Ethernet': {0: <class netconfpkg.plugins.NCHWEthernet.HwEthernet at 0xb7bd2d7c>}, 'Modem': {0: <class
self: <netconfpkg.NCBackendHal.NCBackendHal instance at 0x8635cec>
hw: Hardware.Status=inactive
Hardware.Name=pan0
Hardware.Type=Ethernet

hwc: netconfpkg.plugins.NCHWEthernet.HwEthernet
htype: Ethernet
udi: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_fa_ff_b0_f7_6c_f4
getHardwareFactory: <function getHardwareFactory at 0xb7bd7d84>




Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
system-config-network-1.5.10-1.fc9.noarch


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Update to current rawhide
2. run system-config-network
  
Actual results:
C.f. above

Expected results:
Function.