*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 219518 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219518
No, this crash was not caused by mount flags on /tmp. It was caused by removing execute permission from the gksu binary in /usr/bin. (I removed that permission bit, not some part of the Ubuntu system) The stack trace gathered by the crash reporter tool shows a different starting point than the one in #219518. Only tangential to this, gksu usually fails to display the first time update-manager executes it. After I kill it, then retry the upgrade it works. I was experimenting to try find a resolution. Since I couldn't uninstall gksu, I removed the execute bit expecting udpate-manager to skip it and try gnomesu instead. That is how I arrived at this situation. Although update-manager is not responsible for my interference with the system, it shouldn't crash. It should catch the error and, at the very least, simply display an error message. Unless the patch you uploaded corrects run_synaptic() in UpdateManager.py, this bug should not be marked a duplicate of #219518. -- update-manager crashed with OSError in _execute_child() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244739 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs