software-center-dbus crashed with MemoryError in _dump_bsddbm_for_unity(): (12, 'Cannot allocate memory -- Lock table is out of available locker entries')

<seb128> mvo, it hits that bug every time I run it
<mvo> seb128: even after a reboot?
<seb128> yes
 I just booted the box this morning
 and it was doing it yesterday already

Current top bug on errors.ubuntu.com for software-center so I add ca-escalated.

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.3.14.3

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software-center (5.3.14.3) quantal; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/downloader-fix-race839462-again:
    - fix a race condition in the SimpleFileDownloader when the file
      is downloaded but the signal did not get delivered yet by the
      gtk event loop (LP: #1055441)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/thumbnail-test-fixes:
    - fix the get_test_screenshot_thumbnail_window() function and
      ensure that its properly used in the automatic test
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/support-multiple-exhibit-images:
    - add support for multiple images in the exhibit banners
      (LP: #920542)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/robustness-lp1054070:
    - extends the recovery mechanism for corrupted berkeley
      DB files to MemoryErrors as well to catch LP: #1054070
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/whats-new-lp1044033:
    - ensure that there is a fallback xapian value that can be
      used if the apt-xapian-index has not been created
      (LP: #1044033)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/exact-match-duplication-lp891613:
    - fix the duplication of packages during a search if there
      is an exact pkgname match in the apt-xapian-index and
      also in the software-center-agent (LP: #891613)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/lp1047494:
    - fix AttributeError crash in _on_reviews_ready_callback()
      (LP: #1047494)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/de-duplication-multiple-pkgnames-lp1043159:
    - fix duplication for multiple package lists (LP: #1043159)

  [ Stéphane Graber ]
  * lp:~stgraber/software-center/fix-weblive-isinstance:
    - sync weblive_pristine.py to the latest upstream version,
      this includes porting to be pep8 and python 3 ready and
      restores correct weblive operation

  [ Gary Lasker ]
  * lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/de-duplication-multiple-pkgnames-lp1043159-tweak
    - pass DB to the recommendations categories
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:02:51 +0200

Seeing this crash in Precise. Can we have an SRU?

Happens everytime I start USC.

Branch 5.2 fixes this bug for Precise.

This has one of the highest ranks at errors.ubuntu.com.

Hello Pavan, or anyone else affected,

Accepted software-center into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/5.2.9 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

The crash seems fixed (starting from the command line to see) after updating to the 5.2.9.

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.2.9

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software-center (5.2.9) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Brian Murray ]
  * software-center/paths.py:
    - modify the OEM_CHANNEL_DESCRIPTOR path (LP: #1095823)

software-center (5.2.8) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Gary Lasker ]
  * lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/handle-trans-cancel-lp1027209-for-5.2:
    - backport of the transaction cancellation fix for bug LP: #1027209.

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/robustness-lp1054070
    - cherry pick fix for corruption fix LP: #1054070
 -- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:14:24 -0800