Thanks for your report. Marking as triaged/low because it is a non fatal
error.
** Summary changed:
- apport script crashes
+ apport script crashes - IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
'/var/log/kern.log'
** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
** Description changed:
- Binary package hint: evince
+ TEST CASE:
+ 1. Create a user who is not part of the group 'adm'
+ 2. Login as this user
+ 3. In a terminal run the following command:
+ $ ubuntu-bug evince
+ Result:
+ The following error is displayed:
+
+ """
ERROR: hook /usr/share/apport/package-hooks//source_evince.py crashed:
Traceback (most recent call last):
- File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 661, in
add_hooks_info
- symb['add_info'](self)
- File "/usr/share/apport/package-hooks//source_evince.py", line 54, in
add_info
- report['KernLog'] = recent_kernlog(sec_re)
- File "/usr/share/apport/package-hooks//source_evince.py", line 24, in
recent_kernlog
- for line in open(file):
+ File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 661, in
add_hooks_info
+ symb['add_info'](self)
+ File "/usr/share/apport/package-hooks//source_evince.py", line 54, in
add_info
+ report['KernLog'] = recent_kernlog(sec_re)
+ File "/usr/share/apport/package-hooks//source_evince.py", line 24, in
recent_kernlog
+ for line in open(file):
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/kern.log'
+ """
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: evince 3.0.2-0ubuntu2 [modified:
usr/share/doc/evince/changelog.Debian.gz]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-1.2-generic 3.0.0-rc3
Uname: Linux 3.0-1-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jun 18 22:34:05 2011
ProcEnviron:
- PATH=(custom, user)
- LANG=en_US.UTF-8
- SHELL=/bin/bash
+ PATH=(custom, user)
+ LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+ SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 3.0-1.2-generic 3.0.0-rc3
SourcePackage: evince
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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