software-center crashed with AttributeError in __str__()

This bug has been fixed and the fix will be available in the next development release of Software Center in Lucid.

Thank you very much for your bug report!

I Just Had The Same Problem, And I Have All The Latest Updates Installed For I386 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Alpha 3.

The Problem Seems 2 Have Broken My Update Manager As Well Now! Could Somebody Provide Instructions On How 2 Get My Update Manager Working Again? Thanks In Advance!

try sudo apt-get update in terminal that might help/

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:22 PM, Kevin John Panzke <email address hidden>wrote:

> The Problem Seems 2 Have Broken My Update Manager As Well Now! Could
> Somebody Provide Instructions On How 2 Get My Update Manager Working
> Again? Thanks In Advance!
>
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> software-center crashed with AttributeError in __str__()
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> Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed
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> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: software-center
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> I'm new to Ubuntu. I just opened the software center and tried to install
> the restricted extras and it brought me here.
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> ProblemType: Crash
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Thu Mar 4 02:34:45 2010
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100224.1)
> InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
> Package: software-center 1.1.16.1
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-15.22-generic
> PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
> SourcePackage: software-center
> Title: software-center crashed with AttributeError in __str__()
> Uname: Linux 2.6.32-15-generic i686
> UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
>
>
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This bug has been fixed and the fix will be available in the next development release of Software Center in Lucid.

Thank you very much for your bug report!
""

So Beta1 then. Cool. Not long to wait.

Bug occurs as well on Lucid x86_64 (amd64) @ 2.6.32-16-generic (Alpha 3). Regards.

Just had this bug with my Lucid alpha up-to-date. It's funny it says "Software Center crashed", but it didn't. It's working okay till now.

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 1.1.17

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software-center (1.1.17) lucid; urgency=low

  [ Gary Lasker ]
  * softwarecenter/view/navhistory.py:
    - unescape the nav button label text (LP: #531689)
    - fix up and just use a single __str__ method (LP: #531780)
  * softwarecenter/view/availablepane.py,
    softwarecenter/view/channelpane.py:
    - fix intermittent AttributeError when a previous
      model does not exist when refreshing the apps view
      (LP: #531820)

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * merged lp:~mpt/software-center/bug-499893 (thanks)
  * merged lp:~mpt/software-center/categorization (thanks)
  * merged lp:~michaelforrest/software-center/ui-changes (thanks)
  * data/icons/scalable/apps/partner.svg:
    - add partner icon (LP: #531694)
  * softwarecenter/view/catview.py:
    - do not show header in subsection view
  * softwarecenter/view/availablepane.py:
    - fix race in initial part creation (LP: #531798)
  * debian/control:
    - add gnome-app-install transitional package (closes: #572941)
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:58:00 +0100

Got the same "crash" now when opening softwarecentral.

I think i just started it and moved the mouse over the screenshot of a program (didn't click).
Software central is still going but something crashed as I got the crash-icon appear next to the clock.

This is after the "fix"

Hi Johan, thanks for your report. The fix for this bug is in Software Center version 1.1.17. Since this version was only just recently released, so it's possible you don't have the new version yet. You can check the version easily from within Software Center using Help->About, or on the command line type:

sudo apt-get update
apt-cache policy software-center

The latter will show you the version that you have installed, and whether the new version is available in the repository. If it is, you can upgrade to it using Update Manager as usual.

If indeed you are still seeing this error and you have 1.1.17 installed, please report back here about it.

Thanks again for taking the time to test and to submit bug reports, your help is very much appreciated!

Oh, Im so very sorry.
I just checked and I still got the 1.1.16.1 version.
Really sorry to take your time, but thank you for the very polite answer.

I'll wait until I get the new version and check again.

/Johan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Lasker" <email address hidden>
To: "johan lindstrom" <email address hidden>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 10:27:35 PM
Subject: [Bug 531780] Re: software-center crashed with AttributeError in __str__()

Hi Johan, thanks for your report. The fix for this bug is in Software
Center version 1.1.17. Since this version was only just recently
released, so it's possible you don't have the new version yet. You can
check the version easily from within Software Center using Help->About,
or on the command line type:

sudo apt-get update
apt-cache policy software-center

The latter will show you the version that you have installed, and
whether the new version is available in the repository. If it is, you
can upgrade to it using Update Manager as usual.

If indeed you are still seeing this error and you have 1.1.17 installed,
please report back here about it.

Thanks again for taking the time to test and to submit bug reports, your
help is very much appreciated!

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Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released

Bug description:
Binary package hint: software-center

I'm new to Ubuntu. I just opened the software center and tried to install the restricted extras and it brought me here.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Mar 4 02:34:45 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100224.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Package: software-center 1.1.16.1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-15.22-generic
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with AttributeError in __str__()
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-15-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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Just had a crash report come up while trying to remove a program. I am running the updated 1.1.17 version of Software-center.

Hi Sumo. If you see the crash report again, please be sure to submit the bug via the crash dialog so the we will have the details needed to find the cause. Since you are running version 1.1.17 of Software Center, it's likely that the crash that you saw is not related to this particular bug and that would indicate a different/new problem that needs to be fixed.

Thanks for your comment and for your testing, it's much appreciated!

Thank you for the response. The Bug Report sent me to this bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/+bug/455861, so it may not pertain to this bug, but I posted to make sure all bases are covered.