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.
Bug 465220 seems to be the same problem. I provided a patch to fix it.
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*** Bug 465220 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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FYI, there is a patch attached to Bug 465220 (which was closed as a dup of this bug) which resolves this issue.
Fixed in system-config-network-1.5.92-3.fc10, thanks to Kazunori Asayama for the patch.
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