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

[ubby]

Binary package hint: software-center

I get this bug when testing Ubuntu 11.04 daily build from today in virtualbox.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: software-center 3.1.20
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Feb 26 18:13:07 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110226)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=nl_NL:en
 LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with AttributeError in _on_allocate(): 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'set_width'
Traceback:
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/catview_gtk.py", line 176, in _on_allocate
     self.whatsnew_carousel.set_width(w)
 AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'set_width'
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Per-Inge (per-inge-hallin)]

Software Center crashes every 5 second

[Per-Inge (per-inge-hallin)]

When Software Center is started a second time it works

[Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)]

Thanks very much all for taking the time to report this bug. The fix for this has been committed and will be available soon with the next development release of Software Center. Please continue to report any bugs or issue that you may encounter as you use Software Center. Your help is very much appreciated!

[Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)]

Fix released with version 3.1.23 of software-center:

software-center (3.1.23) natty; urgency=low

  [ Gary Lasker ]
  * softwarecenter/view/appdetailsview_gtk.py:
    - fix broken downloadable icon code, improve error checking
    - update Unity launcher integration code per recent detailsview
      changes
  * softwarecenter/view/widgets/backforward.py:
    - remove the additional border space in the navigation bar
      (LP: #729053)
  * softwarecenter/view/catview_gtk.py:
    - for subclasses of CategoriesViewGtk, connect events only after
      the UI has been fully created (LP: #721704, LP: #725642)

  [ Aaron Peachey ]
    * softwarecenter/db/update.py:
      - fix missing log handler when run by update-software-center
        (LP: #728896)

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * merged lp:~mmcg069/software-center/small-catview-cleanup that
    fixes problems in the subcategies display
  * merged lp:~weblive-dev/software-center/software-center-use-module,
    many thanks to Stephane Graber. This will use the upstream weblive
    python module where possible
  * softwarecenter/db/application.py:
    - ensure appname is unicode to fix review stats lookup (e.g. for
      deja-dup)

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:25:17 +0100