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Description of problem: kdump can be enabled but cannot be started in System > Administration > Services. kdump is always shown as 'Dead' When trying to start systemconfigkdump in terminal, I get dbus error message. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Name : dbus Arch : i686 Epoch : 1 Version : 1.2.16 Release : 9.fc12 From repo : updates-testing Kernel 2.6.31.9-174.fc12.i686.PAE How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Enter systemconfigkdump in terminal 2. 3. Actual results: Error message Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/system-config-kdump/system-config-kdump.py", line 1760, in <module> win = MainWindow() File "/usr/share/system-config-kdump/system-config-kdump.py", line 441, in __init__ self.dbus_object = DBusProxy() File "/usr/share/system-config-kdump/system-config-kdump.py", line 198, in __init__ self.dbus_object = self.bus.get_object ("org.fedoraproject.systemconfig.kdump.mechanism", "/org/fedoraproject/systemconfig/kdump/object") File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 244, in get_object follow_name_owner_changes=follow_name_owner_changes) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 241, in __init__ self._named_service = conn.activate_name_owner(bus_name) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 183, in activate_name_owner self.start_service_by_name(bus_name) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 281, in start_service_by_name 'su', (bus_name, flags))) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 630, in call_blocking message, timeout) DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1 Expected results: View setup info for kdump Additional info: If I try to start kdump in System > Administration > Services, it shows as being refreshed, but it never gets started.
this is what I see at command line. [tom@home ~]$ system-config-kdump /usr/share/system-config-kdump/system-config-kdump.py:438: GtkWarning: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated self.xml = gtk.glade.XML ("/usr/share/system-config-kdump/system-config-kdump.glade", domain=DOMAIN) /usr/share/system-config-kdump/system-config-kdump.py:438: GtkWarning: gtk_radio_button_set_group: assertion `!g_slist_find (group, radio_button)' failed self.xml = gtk.glade.XML ("/usr/share/system-config-kdump/system-config-kdump.glade", domain=DOMAIN) Unexpected error: <class 'dbus.exceptions.DBusException'>
Not sure why you think this is a D-Bus problem - reassigning to the component you are having problems with.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 538850 ***