Bug#1098299: cinnamon-settings crashes without python3-pam
Package: cinnamon
Version: 6.4.7-1
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: tina@debian.org
I noticed recently that I could no longer launch cinnamon-settings. Running it
from the command-line shows this stacktrace:
$ cinnamon-settings
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_user.py", line 4, in <module>
import pam
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pam/__init__.py", line 9, in <module>
from .__internals import PAM_ACCT_EXPIRED
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pam/__internals.py", line 2, in <module>
import six
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'six'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 811, in <module>
window = MainWindow()
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 333, in __init__
self.init_settings_overview()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 341, in init_settings_overview
self.load_python_modules()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 512, in load_python_modules
for module in map(__import__, to_import):
~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_user.py", line 7, in <module>
import PAM
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PAM'
Installing python3-pam solves the issue.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable'), (10, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.11.10-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_IE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_IE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages cinnamon depends on:
ii cinnamon-common 6.4.7-1
ii cinnamon-control-center 6.4.1-1
ii cinnamon-desktop-data 6.4.1-1
ii cinnamon-l10n 6.4.2-1
ii cinnamon-screensaver 6.4.0-1
ii cinnamon-session 6.4.0-1
ii cinnamon-settings-daemon 6.4.2-1
ii cjs 6.4.0-1
ii cups-pk-helper 0.2.6-2.1
ii dbus 1.16.0-1
ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend 0.40.0-5
]
ii gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 23.13.9-7
ii gir1.2-caribou-1.0 0.4.21-10
ii gir1.2-cmenu-3.0 6.4.0-1
ii gir1.2-cvc-1.0 6.4.1-1
ii gir1.2-ecal-2.0 3.55.2-1
ii gir1.2-edataserver-1.2 3.55.2-1
ii gir1.2-gcr-3 3.41.2-1+b2
ii gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 2.42.12+dfsg-2
ii gir1.2-gkbd-3.0 3.28.1-2
ii gir1.2-glib-2.0 2.83.3-2
ii gir1.2-gsound-1.0 1.0.3-3.2+b4
ii gir1.2-gtk-3.0 3.24.48-4
ii gir1.2-ical-3.0 3.0.19-4
ii gir1.2-keybinder-3.0 0.3.2-1.1+b3
ii gir1.2-nemo-3.0 6.4.3-1
ii gir1.2-nm-1.0 1.50.2-1
ii gir1.2-nma-1.0 1.10.6-5
ii gir1.2-notify-0.7 0.8.3-1+b2
ii gir1.2-pango-1.0 1.56.1-1
ii gir1.2-polkit-1.0 126-2
ii gir1.2-soup-3.0 3.6.4-2
ii gir1.2-timezonemap-1.0 0.4.6-7+b1
ii gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0 1.90.7-1
ii gir1.2-xapp-1.0 2.8.8-1
ii gkbd-capplet 3.28.1-2
ii gnome-backgrounds 48~beta-1
ii gnome-themes-extra 3.28-4
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 48~beta-1
ii iso-flags-png-320x240 1.0.2-2
ii libatk-bridge2.0-0t64 2.55.2-1
ii libatk1.0-0t64 2.55.2-1
ii libc6 2.40-6
ii libcairo2 1.18.2-2
ii libcinnamon-desktop4t64 6.4.1-1
ii libcinnamon-menu-3-0 6.4.0-1
ii libcjs0 6.4.0-1
ii libgcr-base-3-1 3.41.2-1+b2
ii libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 2.42.12+dfsg-2
ii libgirepository-1.0-1 1.82.0-4
ii libgles2 1.7.0-1+b2
ii libglib2.0-0t64 2.83.3-2
ii libglib2.0-bin 2.83.3-2
ii libgstreamer1.0-0 1.24.12-1
ii libgtk-3-0t64 3.24.48-4
ii libjxl-gdk-pixbuf 0.10.4-2
ii libmuffin0t64 6.4.1-1
ii libnm0 1.50.2-1
ii libpango-1.0-0 1.56.1-1
ii libpolkit-agent-1-0 126-2
ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 126-2
ii libsecret-1-0 0.21.6-3
ii libx11-6 2:1.8.10-2
ii libxapp1 2.8.8-1
ii libxfixes3 1:6.0.0-2+b4
ii libxml2 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.2+b1
ii mesa-utils 9.0.0-2+b1
ii muffin 6.4.1-1
ii nemo 6.4.3-1
ii nm-connection-editor 1.36.0-3+b1
ii pkexec 126-2
ii psmisc 23.7-1
ii python3 3.13.1-2
ii python3-dbus 1.3.2-5+b4
ii python3-distro 1.9.0-1
ii python3-gi 3.50.0-4
ii python3-gi-cairo 3.50.0-4
ii python3-pampy 2.0.2-1
ii python3-pexpect 4.9-3
ii python3-pil 11.1.0-5
ii python3-pyinotify 0.9.6-5
ii python3-requests 2.32.3+dfsg-1
ii python3-setproctitle 1.3.3-1+b5
ii python3-tinycss2 1.4.0-1
ii python3-tz 2025.1-3
Versions of packages cinnamon recommends:
ii blueman 2.4.3-1+b1
pn cinnamon-core <none>
pn gnome-online-accounts-gtk <none>
ii gnome-terminal 3.54.3-1
ii inxi 3.3.37-1-1
ii libcanberra-pulse 0.30-17+b1
ii libxapp-gtk3-module 2.8.8-1
ii metacity-common 1:3.54.0-1
pn touchegg <none>
ii xapp-sn-watcher 2.8.8-1
ii xdg-desktop-portal-gtk 1.15.2-1
ii xdg-desktop-portal-xapp 1.1.0-1
Versions of packages cinnamon suggests:
pn cinnamon-desktop-environment <none>
pn cinnamon-doc <none>
pn python3-opencv <none>
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