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

[Fabio Marconi]

Hello
Clicked on the software-center icon in the launcher with the dash opened.
Thanks
Fabio

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: software-center 4.1.22
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.22.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Sep 10 23:53:34 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110910)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=it:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with AttributeError in on_menu_file_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 608, in on_menu_file_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

[Esmaeil MIRZAEE (esmaeilmirzaee)]

I think the same error happen "AttributeError in on_menu_file_active()" in bug 831679, Bug 824326, Bug 823241, Bug 839034, Bug 837524, Bug 823628.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

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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