Bug 752450

Summary: abrtd error on kernel dump.
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: jurek.bajor
Component: abrtAssignee: Jiri Moskovcak <jmoskovc>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 16CC: dfediuck, don-redhat-z6y, dvlasenk, iprikryl, jmoskovc, kklic, mmilata, mtoman, npajkovs, reaves735
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Description jurek.bajor 2011-11-09 14:55:30 UTC
Created attachment 532581 [details]
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Description of problem:
Abrtd error.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
abrt.i686                                             2.0.4.981-3.fc16                                             @koji-override-0/$releasever


How reproducible:
This is a special case: there is a kernel crash (BZ filed) that in turn
activates abrt, which in turn issues an error.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. as above
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Actual results:
See attached /var/log/messages.
...
Nov  9 09:52:29 localhost abrt-dump-oops: Reported 1 kernel oopses to Abrt
Nov  9 09:52:29 localhost abrtd: Directory 'oops-2011-11-09-09:52:29-759-0' creation detected
Nov  9 09:52:29 localhost abrtd: Can't open file '/var/spool/abrt/oops-2011-11-09-09:52:29-759-0/uid': No such file or directory
Nov  9 09:52:30 localhost abrtd: New dump directory /var/spool/abrt/oops-2011-11-09-09:52:29-759-0, processing
...

Expected results:
no error

Additional info:

Comment 1 jurek.bajor 2011-11-12 13:07:29 UTC
A subsequent example of errors.
/var/log/messages:
...
Nov 12 13:49:36 localhost kernel: [   31.811075] ---[ end trace bc7c1df64aaeb445 ]---
Nov 12 13:49:38 localhost abrt-dump-oops[700]: abrt-dump-oops: Found oopses: 1
Nov 12 13:49:38 localhost abrt-dump-oops[700]: abrt-dump-oops: Creating dump directories
Nov 12 13:49:38 localhost abrtd: Directory 'oops-2011-11-12-13:49:38-700-0' creation detected
Nov 12 13:49:38 localhost abrt-dump-oops: Reported 1 kernel oopses to Abrt
Nov 12 13:49:38 localhost abrtd: Can't open file '/var/spool/abrt/oops-2011-11-12-13:49:38-700-0/uid': No such file or directory
Nov 12 13:49:39 localhost abrtd: DUP_OF_DIR: /var/spool/abrt/oops-2011-11-09-09:52:29-759-0
Nov 12 13:49:39 localhost abrtd: Dump directory is a duplicate of /var/spool/abrt/oops-2011-11-09-09:52:29-759-0
Nov 12 13:49:39 localhost abrtd: Deleting dump directory oops-2011-11-12-13:49:38-700-0 (dup of oops-2011-11-09-09:52:29-759-0), sending dbus signal
Nov 12 13:49:48 localhost systemd-logind[704]: New user jb logged in.
...

Comment 2 Jiri Moskovcak 2011-11-25 08:16:45 UTC
- these messages are mostly useful only for debugging so, we should silence it by addind DD_FAIL_QUIETLY flag in the respective function calls

Comment 3 Donald Cohen 2011-12-31 23:17:39 UTC
Does this bug have anything to do with what I find in my messages below?
(Or should I open a new bug?)

Dec 31 14:54:21 number11 abrt: detected unhandled Python exception in '/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py'
Dec 31 14:54:21 number11 abrtd: New client connected
Dec 31 14:54:21 number11 abrtd: Directory 'pyhook-2011-12-31-14:54:21-3471' creation detected
Dec 31 14:54:21 number11 abrt-server[3472]: Saved Python crash dump of pid 3471 to /var/spool/abrt/pyhook-2011-12-31-14:54:21-3471
Dec 31 14:54:21 number11 abrtd: DUP_OF_DIR: /var/spool/abrt/pyhook-2011-12-09-10:00:32-9935
Dec 31 14:54:21 number11 abrtd: Problem directory is a duplicate of /var/spool/abrt/pyhook-2011-12-09-10:00:32-9935
Dec 31 14:54:21 number11 abrtd: Deleting problem directory pyhook-2011-12-31-14:54:21-3471 (dup of pyhook-2011-12-09-10:00:32-9935)
Dec 31 14:54:21 number11 abrt: detected unhandled Python exception in '/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py'
Dec 31 14:54:21 number11 abrtd: New client connected
Dec 31 14:54:21 number11 abrtd: Directory 'pyhook-2011-12-31-14:54:21-3483' creation detected
Dec 31 14:54:21 number11 abrt-server[3488]: Saved Python crash dump of pid 3483 to /var/spool/abrt/pyhook-2011-12-31-14:54:21-3483
Dec 31 14:54:21 number11 abrtd: DUP_OF_DIR: /var/spool/abrt/pyhook-2011-12-09-10:00:32-9935
Dec 31 14:54:21 number11 abrtd: Problem directory is a duplicate of /var/spool/abrt/pyhook-2011-12-09-10:00:32-9935
Dec 31 14:54:21 number11 abrtd: Deleting problem directory pyhook-2011-12-31-14:54:21-3483 (dup of pyhook-2011-12-09-10:00:32-9935)
Dec 31 14:59:55 number11 dbus[1630]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.PackageKit' (using servicehelper)
Dec 31 14:59:55 number11 dbus-daemon[1630]: dbus[1630]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.PackageKit' (using servicehelper)
Dec 31 14:59:55 number11 dbus[1630]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit'
Dec 31 14:59:55 number11 dbus-daemon[1630]: dbus[1630]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit'
Dec 31 15:00:20 number11 dbus[1630]: [system] Activating service name='org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper' (using servicehelper)
Dec 31 15:00:20 number11 dbus-daemon[1630]: dbus[1630]: [system] Activating service name='org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper' (using servicehelper)
Dec 31 15:00:20 number11 org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper: QDBusConnection: system D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
Dec 31 15:00:20 number11 dbus[1630]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper'
Dec 31 15:00:20 number11 dbus-daemon[1630]: dbus[1630]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper'
Dec 31 15:00:21 number11 abrt: detected unhandled Python exception in '/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py'
Dec 31 15:00:21 number11 abrtd: New client connected
Dec 31 15:00:21 number11 abrtd: Directory 'pyhook-2011-12-31-15:00:21-3515' creation detected
Dec 31 15:00:21 number11 abrt-server[3516]: Saved Python crash dump of pid 3515 to /var/spool/abrt/pyhook-2011-12-31-15:00:21-3515
Dec 31 15:00:21 number11 abrtd: DUP_OF_DIR: /var/spool/abrt/pyhook-2011-12-09-10:00:32-9935
Dec 31 15:00:21 number11 abrtd: Problem directory is a duplicate of /var/spool/abrt/pyhook-2011-12-09-10:00:32-9935
Dec 31 15:00:21 number11 abrtd: Deleting problem directory pyhook-2011-12-31-15:00:21-3515 (dup of pyhook-2011-12-09-10:00:32-9935)
Dec 31 15:00:21 number11 abrt: detected unhandled Python exception in '/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py'
Dec 31 15:00:21 number11 abrtd: New client connected

For the moment I've just killed abrtd to turn off this junk.
(Now I see messages complaining about inability to connect...)

Comment 4 Donald Cohen 2012-01-02 18:02:36 UTC
Recent updates seem to have solved the problem above. 
Now I see this in /var/log/messages:

  Jan  2 09:29:55 number11 dbus[1630]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.PackageKit' (using servicehelper)
  Jan  2 09:29:55 number11 dbus-daemon[1630]: dbus[1630]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.PackageKit' (using servicehelper)
  Jan  2 09:29:55 number11 dbus[1630]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit'
  Jan  2 09:29:55 number11 dbus-daemon[1630]: dbus[1630]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit'
  Jan  2 09:35:55 number11 dbus[1630]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.PackageKit' (using servicehelper)
  Jan  2 09:35:55 number11 dbus-daemon[1630]: dbus[1630]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.PackageKit' (using servicehelper)
  Jan  2 09:35:55 number11 dbus[1630]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit'
  Jan  2 09:35:55 number11 dbus-daemon[1630]: dbus[1630]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit'

(4 lines every 6 min.)
Perhaps not related to abrt?  What then? PackageKit ?  or dbus?

Comment 5 Jiri Moskovcak 2012-01-03 12:28:40 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)
> Does this bug have anything to do with what I find in my messages below?
> (Or should I open a new bug?)
> 
> Dec 31 14:54:21 number11 abrt: detected unhandled Python exception in
> '/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py'
> Dec 31 14:54:21 number11 abrtd: New client connected
> Dec 31 14:54:21 number11 abrtd: Directory 'pyhook-2011-12-31-14:54:21-3471'
> creation detected
> Dec 31 14:54:21 number11 abrt-server[3472]: Saved Python crash dump of pid 

- this lines are saying that there is a problem in packagekit, if you don't see it in abrt-gui try running abrt-gui as root