Bug 104383 - redhat-config-network crashes on start-up
Summary: redhat-config-network crashes on start-up
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: redhat-config-network
Version: 9
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Harald Hoyer
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-09-14 16:12 UTC by Dev Agrawal
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:57 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2003-09-15 08:39:00 UTC
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Description Dev Agrawal 2003-09-14 16:12:20 UTC
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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624
Netscape/7.1

Description of problem:
The redhat-config-network crashes before launching itself. I tried uninstalling
the rpm and reinstalling, but it did not fix. Below is the crash report-

Component: redhat-config-network
Version: 1.2.0
Summary: TB
/usr/src/build/228093-i386/install/usr/lib/python2.2/sre.py:137:search:TypeError:
expected string or buffer
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/redhat-config-network-gui", line 154, in ?
    window = mainDialog()
  File
"/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/maindialog.py",
line 154, in __init__
  File
"/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/maindialog.py",
line 225, in load
  File
"/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/maindialog.py",
line 232, in loadDevices
  File
"/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/NCDeviceList.py",
line 210, in getDeviceList
  File
"/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/NCDeviceList.py",
line 117, in load
  File
"/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/plugins/NCDevWireless.py",
line 34, in load
  File
"/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/NCWireless.py",
line 52, in load
  File "/usr/src/build/228093-i386/install/usr/lib/python2.2/sre.py", line 137,
in search
    return _compile(pattern, flags).search(string)
TypeError: expected string or buffer


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
1.2.0-2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.go to kde menu -> system settings -> click on Network
2.
3.
    

Actual Results:  program crashes and produces a bug report

Expected Results:  Expected Network configuration gui to show up

Additional info:

I am using wireless ethernet card to connect to internet

Comment 1 Harald Hoyer 2003-09-15 08:39:00 UTC
An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in the above
bug report. 
This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more
information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link
below. 
You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2003-183.html



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