Ubuntu
software-center package

frequent errors while navigating in Software center

Bug #524209 reported by pererik87
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This bug affects 38 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
software-center (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Gary Lasker

Bug Description

Binary package hint: software-center

software-center crashed with AttributeError in on_search_terms_changed()
software-center crashed with AttributeError in refresh_"something"()

It seems to happen everytime i click on something else, before something is done loading. example search for something and abort by clicking something else or exiting program while its searching. I have been able to reproduce them by clicking around randomly fast.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Feb 19 03:37:43 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100113)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Package: software-center 1.1.12
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-13.18-generic
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with AttributeError in on_search_terms_changed()
Traceback:
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/availablepane.py", line 264, in on_search_terms_changed
     self.navigation_bar.get_button_from_id("category").activate()
 AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'activate'
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-13-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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Vish (vish) wrote :

Confirming bug with Ubuntu Software Center 1.1.14 , kept getting crash notices for searches

visibility: private → public
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Roderic Jones (rodericj) wrote : Re: [Bug 524209] Re: frequent errors while navigating in Software center

The original bug was found after an upgrade of 9.10. I have now done a
clean install from Alpha-3. Software-centre works but is inclined to
crash. It would not work on the initial boot until update manager had
been run. I hope this helps.

On 26 February 2010 08:43, Vish <email address hidden> wrote:
> Confirming bug with Ubuntu Software Center 1.1.14 , kept getting crash
> notices for searches
>
> ** Visibility changed to: Public
>
> ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
>   Importance: Undecided => Medium
>
> ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Confirmed
>
> --
> frequent errors while navigating in Software center
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524209
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>

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Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: added: bugpattern-needed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 1.1.15

---------------
software-center (1.1.15) lucid; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * softwarecenter/view/widgets/animatedimage.py:
    - fix crash when image property is not set
  * updated po/th.po:
    - thanks to Sira Nokyoonhtong
  * data/featured.menu.in: updated, based on
    https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-desktop/2010-March/002448.html

  [ Gary Lasker ]
  * data/ui/SoftwareCenter.ui:
    - tweak default window width to restore four-column view
      in the categories screen (LP: #528082)
  * softwarecenter/view/channelpane.py:
    - make status bar text for individual channel views
      consistent with that in the "Get Software" section
      (LP: #528055)
  * softwarecenter/view/availablepane.py:
    - don't show search entry in app details view (LP: #528121)
    - fix missing status text at startup (LP: #528040)
    - fix intermittent attribute error when searching
      from the main category screen (LP: #524209)
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:43:54 +0100

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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