software-center crashed with TypeError in decode(): expected string or buffer
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
software-center (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Gary Lasker |
Bug Description
crash
ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: software-center 4.1.9
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-5-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jul 19 15:54:02 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110705.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitec
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/
ProcEnviron:
LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with TypeError in decode(): expected string or buffer
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-16 (2 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Some additional debug info courtesy davmor2:
2011-07-20 18:55:09,515 - softwarecenter. backend. reviews - WARNING - Could not get usefulness from server, no username in config file software- center/ softwarecenter/ ui/gtk/ app.py: 1240: Warning: g_object_set_qdata: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed window_ main.show_ all() fixme - WARNING - logs to the root logger: '('/usr/ lib/pymodules/ python2. 7/zeitgeist/ client. py', 392, 'reconnect_ monitors' )' davmor2/ software- center/ softwarecenter/ backend/ reviews. py", line 659, in _on_review_ stats_data loads(getattr( r, "histogram", "[0,0,0,0,0]")) python2. 7/dist- packages/ simplejson/ __init_ _.py", line 385, in loads decoder. decode( s) python2. 7/dist- packages/ simplejson/ decoder. py", line 402, in decode
/home/davmor2/
self.
2011-07-20 18:55:10,081 - softwarecenter.
2011-07-20 18:55:10,081 - zeitgeist.client - INFO - Reconnected to Zeitgeist engine...
>>> histogram attr [0, 0, 1, 7, 7], for package tuxguitar
>>> histogram attr [2, 1, 3, 5, 49], for package docky
>>> histogram attr [0, 9, 3, 17, 40], for package calibre
>>> histogram attr [0, 1, 0, 9, 11], for package gweled
>>> histogram attr [1, 0, 0, 11, 16], for package file-roller
>>> histogram attr [0, 0, 1, 0, 0], for package netsurf
>>> histogram attr [0, 0, 0, 0, 5], for package mysql-server
>>> histogram attr [0, 0, 6, 15, 100], for package thunderbird
>>> histogram attr [0, 2, 4, 12, 54], for package deja-dup
>>> histogram attr [2, 0, 0, 0, 0], for package gfax
>>> histogram attr [0, 0, 2, 4, 9], for package kaffeine
>>> histogram attr None, for package python-django-south
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/
s.rating_spread = simplejson.
File "/usr/lib/
return _default_
File "/usr/lib/
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
TypeError: expected string or buffer