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software-center crashed with AttributeError in on_menu_file_activate(): 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_current_app'

Bug #857989 reported by Eric Sessions
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
software-center (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Gary Lasker

Bug Description

tried to install chrome dev channel 64 bit

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: software-center 4.1.23.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 23 23:33:06 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64+mac (20110901)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center /home/username/Downloads/google-chrome-unstable_current_amd64(1).deb
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center', '/home/username/Downloads/google-chrome-unstable_current_amd64(1).deb']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with AttributeError in on_menu_file_activate(): 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_current_app'
Traceback:
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py", line 623, in on_menu_file_activate
     app = self.active_pane.get_current_app()
 AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_current_app'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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Eric Sessions (eric-ericsessions) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : This bug is a duplicate

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #846674, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
visibility: private → public
Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → Low
assignee: nobody → Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)
Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 4.1.23.6

---------------
software-center (4.1.23.6) oneiric; urgency=low

  [ Kiwinote ]
  * softwarecenter/db/update.py:
    - update the sc-agent db even if there are no apps available (LP: #857268)
  * softwarecenter/utils.py:
    - fix UnicodeDecodeError in get_icon_from_theme() (LP: #839391)
  * utils/submit_review_gtk3.py:
    - fix UnicodeDecodeError in _on_one_gwibber_account() (LP: #836911)

  [ Gary Lasker ]
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py:
    - fix intermittent startup crashes (LP: #846674, LP: #857989)

  [ Matthew McGowan ]
  * work around some oddness that seems to have broken
    Gdk.EventButton.copy().

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py:
    - do not crash if there is no active pane
  * softwarecenter/backend/reviews.py:
    - be more robust against db corruption when writing out
      the bsddb for unity (LP: #858437)
  * softwarecenter/backend/login_sso.py:
    - port to the new SSO dbus API (LP: #857514)

  [ Didier Roche ]
  * lp:~didrocks/software-center/replace_logintext_by_helptext:
    - use help_text internally to be aligned with the new ubuntu SSO
      parameter name (LP: #857514)
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:59:33 +0200

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