software-store crashes if rsyslog is not installed

[Loïc Martin]

Binary package hint: software-store

Software-store crashed when installing Torus Trooper while another game was already installing (Titanion). Both games where installed successfully though, and the software-store window was still usable after the crash report was triggered.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Sep 16 10:49:50 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-store/software-store
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: software-store 0.3.3
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-store
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.34-generic
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-store']
SourcePackage: software-store
Title: software-store crashed with IOError in _accept_connection()
Traceback:
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/debconf.py", line 98, in _accept_connection
     raise IOError, "Multiple debconf connections not supported"
 IOError: Multiple debconf connections not supported
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare tape video

[josa (johnny-sander)]

I got this when testing installation of a games after registering bug #430905. Installation works.

[josa (johnny-sander)]

Above mentioned bug is duplicate of Bug #427630. Sorry

[omarly666 (omarly666)]

Using software store for the first time, this bugreport appeared after installing Stellarium. Everything works fine it seems.

[Benjamim Gois (benjamim-gois)]

My first time using software store too. It appear installing Avidemux GTK+

[Alan McCutchen (alanmccutchen)]

first time using software store:
"crash" notice occurred while installing 'calculator'.
The 'software store' window remained open and responsive
after the 'crash', and the list of installed software
now includes two instances of 'calculator'
-- each having the 'green check' overlaid.
Next (with the window still open after the above crash),
I tried installing 'update manager', which crashed
without installing anything, but the main window was still
open and responsive. Both of these failed installs
were from unchecked items in the 'installed software' category.
Once more, with the now twice 'crashed' "Software Store"
still running I got a successful install of '7-zip' from the
free software category.

[Jim Campbell (jwcampbell)]

Similar situation as omarly666 and B. da Silva experienced above. Ubuntu Software Store crashed, but application installed succesfully. Attached crash report. Let me know if you need additional information.

[Madis (madisliias)]

Seems to happen with any installable application in software-store. The software-store itself won't crash however and the application will also be installed.

Weird was however that if I closed the software-store afterwards, aptitude crashed and my Internet was gone :S
The last part might have been random.

[Dereck Wonnacott (dereck)]

First time using Software Store, I added 4 packages to be installed and got this error four times.

The GUI did not die and the packages installed correctly it seems.

FYI the packages were all schematic capture / simulation tools.

[omarly666 (omarly666)]

installed blender

[TM8471 (p-maier-lutz)]

instakĺled gnu paint

[Mahmoud Shmaitelly (mahmoudshmaitelly)]

same as described above.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks, I think this is caused by a race condition in the debconf.py module in aptdaemon.

It seems like start() is called sometimes before _hangup() is run (_hangup should be triggered by the self.socket.close() call in stop()).

[Kiwinote (kiwinote)]

Status is fix released in software-center(Ubuntu), hence also in software-center.