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I have Xubuntu 12.04 installed. When I run any updates or installs, I do receive strange warnings touching "Linaro" and software-center is not able to run with following error:



:~$ software-center
ERROR:root:DebFileApplication import
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
from debfile import DebFileApplication, DebFileOpenError
File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/debfile.py", line 25, in <module>
from softwarecenter.db.application import Application, AppDetails
File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/application.py", line 27, in <module>
import softwarecenter.distro
File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/distro/__init__.py", line 194, in <module>
distro_instance = _get_distro()
File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/distro/__init__.py", line 169, in _get_distro
module = __import__(distro_id, globals(), locals(), [], -1)
ImportError: No module named Linaro
WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn't connect to: /tmp/keyring-9MI6cW/pkcs11: Adresář nebo soubor neexistuje
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/software-center", line 140, in <module>
from softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app import SoftwareCenterAppGtk3
File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py", line 50, in <module>
from softwarecenter.db.application import Application
File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/application.py", line 27, in <module>
import softwarecenter.distro
File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/distro/__init__.py", line 194, in <module>
distro_instance = _get_distro()
File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/distro/__init__.py", line 169, in _get_distro
module = __import__(distro_id, globals(), locals(), [], -1)
ImportError: No module named Linaro


And on the boot, there are "Linaro" not "Xubuntu" distribution. I guess, that this change come when I changed stable kernel to current kernel, when my kernel was in conflict with extended nvidia driver. Everything else works well.. so it is not a big issue, just weird.



I thought that Linaro distribution is targeted to ARM processors. How this distribution name come to me I do not know. What I can do to get back to Xubuntu distribution name?



Added:



 $ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Linaro
Description: Linaro 12.11
Release: 12.11
Codename: precise

$ python -c 'import platform; print platform.linux_distribution()'
('Linaro', '12.11', 'precise')


I'm pretty sure, that I have 12.04 Xubuntu installed...



 $ more /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Linaro
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.11
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linaro 12.11"

$ dpkg-query -W base-files
base-files 6.5ubuntur6linaro12.11

$ apt-cache policy base-files
base-files:
Instalovaná verze: 6.5ubuntur6linaro12.11
Kandidát: 6.5ubuntur6linaro12.11
Tabulka verzí:
*** 6.5ubuntur6linaro12.11 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/linaro-maintainers/overlay/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
6.5ubuntu6.5 0
500 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
6.5ubuntu6 0
500 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages


you are right, looks like I have their linakro kernel, what did solve my kernel-nvidia problem, but something more was added... But I have no other troubles, than misfunctional software center, so it is not seriously messed up.


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It was enough to edit /etc/lsb-release to its original content:



 DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Xubuntu 12.04"


And sudo apt-get dist-upgrade went finally ok. I always omit to touch it as the computer should work on daily basis. This was my last try prior to decision of re-install or attempt to fix it. So it was finally fixed so so easy.


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