dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name :1.3 was not provided by any .service files

[klugjohannes]

I installed hamster from source and the shell extension from extensions.gnome.org as documented. Entering an activity in the shell extension has no effect. Trying to run hamster from cli results in the error message given in the title.

Full stacktrace is

WARNING:root:Could not import wnck - workspace tracking will be disabled
ERROR:dbus.proxies:Introspect error on :1.250:/org/gnome/Hamster: dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/hamster", line 374, in 
    hamster_client.today()
  File "/usr/bin/hamster", line 136, in today
    app = today.DailyView()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/hamster/today.py", line 90, in __init__
    self.create_hamster_window()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/hamster/today.py", line 148, in create_hamster_window
    self.new_name = widgets.ActivityEntry()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/hamster/widgets/activityentry.py", line 103, in __init__
    self.populate_suggestions()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/hamster/widgets/activityentry.py", line 234, in populate_suggestions
    self.activities = runtime.storage.get_activities(fact.activity)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/hamster/client.py", line 137, in get_activities
    return self._to_dict(('name', 'category'), self.conn.GetActivities(search))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 68, in __call__
    return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 140, in __call__
    **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 630, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name :1.250 was not provided by any .service files

tail /var/log/messages

Jan 16 11:52:08 telemachus abrt: detected unhandled Python exception in '/usr/lib/hamster-time-tracker/hamster-service'
Jan 16 11:52:08 telemachus abrtd: New client connected
Jan 16 11:52:08 telemachus abrtd: Directory 'pyhook-2013-01-16-11:52:08-3319' creation detected
Jan 16 11:52:08 telemachus abrt-server[3320]: Saved problem directory of pid 3319 to '/var/spool/abrt/pyhook-2013-01-16-11:52:08-3319'
Jan 16 11:52:08 telemachus abrtd: Executable '/usr/lib/hamster-time-tracker/hamster-service' doesn't belong to any package
Jan 16 11:52:08 telemachus abrtd: 'post-create' on '/var/spool/abrt/pyhook-2013-01-16-11:52:08-3319' exited with 1
Jan 16 11:52:08 telemachus abrtd: Corrupted or bad directory '/var/spool/abrt/pyhook-2013-01-16-11:52:08-3319', deleting
Jan 16 11:52:08 telemachus abrt: detected unhandled Python exception in '/usr/lib/hamster-time-tracker/hamster-service'
Jan 16 11:52:08 telemachus abrtd: New client connected
Jan 16 11:52:08 telemachus abrt-server[3325]: Not saving repeating crash in '/usr/lib/hamster-time-tracker/hamster-service'

System is Fedora 17, running Gnome-Shell 3.4.1

[klugjohannes]

might be related to or a duplicate of #61

[klugjohannes]

One more info: on running sudo ./waf uninstall I'm getting the following warning at the end.

Installing GConf schema 
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/etc/gconf/schemas/hamster-time-tracker.schemas"
»/etc/gconf/schemas/hamster-time-tracker.schemas« konnte nicht geöffnet werden: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden

[tstriker]

please try running /usr/lib/hamster-time-tracker/hamster-service and see what that tells you

[klugjohannes]

/usr/lib/hamster-time-tracker/hamster-service

IOError: [Errno 2] Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden: 
'/usr/share/hamster-applet/hamster.db'

[tstriker]

appreciate the german ;)
right - so looks like this is the same one as #61
i'll check what's going on with the file not being copied

[klugjohannes]

thanks a bundle :).

[sixtyfive]

Same error here at the end of the stacktrace, but nothing about wnck:

$ hamster 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/hamster", line 387, in <module>
    hamster_client.overview()
  File "/usr/bin/hamster", line 152, in overview
    self._launch_window("overview")
  File "/usr/bin/hamster", line 143, in _launch_window
    getattr(server, window_name)()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 70, in __call__
    return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 145, in __call__
    **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name :1.2819 was not provided by any .service files

Edit: as you say this is the same as #61 … I'm not sure if it is with my install. ~/.local/share/hamster-applet/hamster.db existed and was the same as https://github.com/projecthamster/hamster/raw/master/data/hamster.db. Also, no messages about any missing files. FWIW, something like hamster start Test -20 causes the same error message.

[toupeira]

@sixtyfive what version are you using and how did you install it?

[sixtyfive]

Hi @toupeira! I installed by compiling Git as of 9 hours ago. The nightly from the PPA (which, like I said, installs without trouble under Debian Jessie) shows the same message by the way. The Git version I installed through sudo su ; ./waf configure build --prefix=/usr ; ./waf install, which should be close enough to the instructions given in README.md, correct?

[toupeira]

@sixtyfive not sure if passing both configure and build does the right thing, can you try as follows (as root, though it's only required for the install step):

./waf clean
./waf configure --prefix=/usr
./waf install

Make sure each command exits successfully without errors, and then check if these paths exist:

• /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.hamster.service
• /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.hamster.Windows.service

You can also try running the services directly using /usr/lib/hamster-time-tracker/hamster-service or /usr/lib/hamster-time-tracker/hamster-windows-service, maybe you'll get a more helpful error message this way.

[sixtyfive]

Hi! So all three commands came back successfully. But I don't have either one of the two files you mention. Instead I have:

• /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.hamster.service.in
• /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.hamster.Windows.service.in

Starting both services as mentioned and then starting hamster works fine! No error messages, just some warnings about deprecated Gtk things.

The window looks like this, which I'm not sure of if everything is the way it's supposed to be? http://pasteboard.co/19iaImsM.png – in any case, entering new tasks works just fine, so I'm a happy beaver (or rather, a hamster?) now. Thank you! :)

[tstriker]

@sixtyfive i believe this bug is dupe of #254 - please pull from git and install hamster again and see if the problem goes away

[sixtyfive]

@tbaugis: See my comment from an hour ago - using @toupeira's instructions it works! Thank you!

[toupeira]

@sixtyfive glad you got it working, though I'm still confused why you don't get the correct service files. In the ./waf install output you should see these lines:

* installing build/default/org.gnome.hamster.service as /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.hamster.service
* installing build/default/org.gnome.hamster.Windows.service as /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.hamster.Windows.service

[sixtyfive]

Okay, so apparently I only needed to run it a second time. The .in files vanished now and got replaced by the proper ones (and you are right, both lines you mention were in the ./waf install output). Thank you again!

[toupeira]

Hmm that's very strange, but glad you got it working!