unity crashed with AttributeError in reset_unity_compiz_profile(): 'str' object has no attribute 'get_string'

Bug Description

I just updated and this happens on login.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.2.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-4.5-generic 3.0.0-rc6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-4-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Tue Jul 12 11:02:13 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011年07月11日 16:42:24.199036
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/unity
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0122] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:844d]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110705.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/unity --reset
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.0.0-4-generic root=UUID=f52836b5-40d8-4c42-8a21-3abda4d0774e ro enable_mtrr_cleanup mtrr_spare_reg_nr=1 crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash enable_mtrr_cleanup mtrr_spare_reg_nr=1 vt.handoff=7
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/unity', '--reset']
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: unity
Title: unity crashed with AttributeError in reset_unity_compiz_profile(): 'str' object has no attribute 'get_string'
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011年07月11日 (0 days ago)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 05/09/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0501
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P8Z68-V PRO
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0501:bd05/09/2011:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP8Z68-VPRO:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110606-0ubuntu6
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu13
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11~1-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental 7.11~1-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11~1-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.0-3ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #737320, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

regression in Unity 4.2 (was fixed in Unity 3.8.14-0ubuntu1 cf bug 737320)

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 4.14.2-0ubuntu1

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unity (4.14.2-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

* New upstream release.
- unity crashed with AttributeError in reset_unity_compiz_profile(): 'str'
object has no attribute 'get_string' (LP: #809378)
- Trying to minimize Unity Dash to make it fit on a 1024x768 screen makes
Unity freeze and then, after I log out by killing X, never start again
(LP: #839200)
- unity-panel-service crashed with SIGSEGV in main_arena() (LP: #817477)
- UIFe: Panel - Indicators should be orderable regardless of their parent
IndicatorObject (LP: #823061)
- 'Show Desktop' fails to hand focus to desktop (LP: #836315)
- Dash - Functionality of top left close, minimise and maximise/restore
window decorations is confused (LP: #838875)
- unity-panel-service Leaks Memory (LP: #779185)
- Missing lens shortcuts (Super-A, Super-F) (LP: #834078)
- Unity window switcher takes over <alt> key (LP: #835699)
- update assets for window buttons (topleft) with dash opened
(LP: #836655)
- Where the average background colour is either very light or dark, adjust
this value to darken/lighten in order to preserve readability
(LP: #837993)
- Applications don't have priority over other results (LP: #839518)
- task tray icons are misaligned and badly sized (LP: #839354)
- UIFe: Dash - Shape and positioning of most of the elements in the Dash
need adjustment (LP: #841945)
- Cannot drag applications from dash to desktop (LP: #756614)
- systray icons still visible on each desktop in expo mode (LP: #759129)
- transparency on unity panel broken (LP: #827012)
- Window buttons and application menu don't autohide if left edge is
touched (LP: #835637)
- 'Filter results' should be right indented as in the mockups(and unity-
2d) (LP: #838118)
- window title should not appear until cursor leaves the menubar
(LP: #838759)
- Window title is not redrawn on leaving global-menu from buttons
(LP: #839488)
- In the dash, main text field can not be edited, except at the end
(LP: #840862)
- Quicklist can't be correctly hidden (LP: #843425)
- After double clicking on the panel to restore a window, the menus won't
be hidden on mouse-out (LP: #838021)
- After restoring a window the application title doesn't fade-out and it
goes below the menus (LP: #838479)
* debian/control:
- build-dep on latest libunity-dev for ABI/API break, nux
* debian/rules:
- bump shlibs, remove tweak for garantuing the version as the ABI
is considered stable until finale now.
-- Didier Roche <email address hidden> 2011年9月08日 20:07:50 +0200