Description of problem: On opening add/remove programs (pirut) or software updater (pup) application crashes during the "retrieving software information" phase. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Used to work: kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 kernel-2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 kernel-devel-2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 kernel-headers-2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 pirut-1.2.8-1.fc6 Broke after intalling/using: kmod-madwifi-0.9.2.1-2.2.6.19_1.2895.fc6 madwifi-0.9.2.1-1.lvn6 madwifi-devel-0.9.2.1-1.lvn6 wpa_supplicant-0.4.9-1.fc6 wpa_supplicant-gui-0.4.9-1.fc6 vpnc-0.3.3.tar.gz How reproducible: Used to work fine, now every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start application (pirut or pup) 2. 3. Actual results: See attached dump file. Expected results: Should not generate an excpetion. Additional info: The applications worked yesterday with the same kernel but no longer work after having worked on installing wifi and vpn. wpa_supplicant was installed previously, but had not been configured, madwifi and vpn are new. Other internet applications continue to work, so this is not an global network problem. Any pointers regarding what to test next would be appreciated.
Created attachment 146555 [details] pirut dump output from exception
This is another dupe of bug 224292
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 224292 ***