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

Bug #861862 reported by m.reichert@gmail.com
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This bug affects 15 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
software-center (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Gary Lasker

Bug Description

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ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: software-center 4.1.23.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Sep 28 23:38:32 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110921.2)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with AttributeError in on_menu_edit_activate(): 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_view_widget'
Traceback:
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py", line 792, in on_menu_edit_activate
     self.active_pane = vm.get_view_widget(vm.get_active_view())
 AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_view_widget'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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m.reichert@gmail.com (m-reichert) 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 #661681, 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
visibility: private → public
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Gary Lasker (gary-lasker) wrote :

This is *not* a dupe of bug 661681.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Matthew McGowan (mmcg069) wrote :

Looks like something weird is happening with the xapian database, the SoftwareCenterLog.txt indicates the user is getting a lot of the following type errors:

2011-09-23 21:48:08,984 - softwarecenter.db - ERROR - failed to add apt-xapian-index
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/database.py", line 157, in _get_new_xapiandb
    axi = xapian.Database("/var/lib/apt-xapian-index/index")
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/xapian/__init__.py", line 3408, in __init__
    _xapian.Database_swiginit(self,_xapian.new_Database(*args))
DatabaseOpeningError: Couldn't stat '/var/lib/apt-xapian-index/index' (Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden)

Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
importance: Undecided → Medium
assignee: nobody → Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)
Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.0.1.3

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software-center (5.0.1.3) oneiric; urgency=low

  [ Gary Lasker ]
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/panes/pendingpane.py:
    - be more robust about errors when cancelling a transaction
      from the pending pane (LP: #861129)
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py:
    - fix crash in on_menu_edit_activate() (LP: #861862)
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/panes/installedpane.py:
    - fix crash in _row_visibility_func() (LP: #834893)
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/appview.py:
    - fix crash in display_matches() (LP: #843795)

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/widgets/buttons.py:
    - fix incorrect i18n for the "More" button in the main screen
      (LP: #868952), thanks to David Planella
  * softwarecenter/db/categories.py:
    - fix regression when reading translated category names for
      directory types with no X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain (LP: #868963)

  [ Gabor Kelemen ]
  * Translate Our star apps heading on the list of the star apps.
    LP: #869038
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:35:02 +0200

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