software-center crashed with DBusException in call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

[Sachin]

I was trying to install chrome on my machine. And software center crashed.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: software-center 5.1.2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-2.5-generic 3.2.0-rc3
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-2-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.292
Date: Sun Jan 29 04:05:44 2012
DuplicateOf: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/922984
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20111129.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center /home/username/Downloads/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center', '/home/username/Downloads/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb']
SoftwareCenterLog:
 2012-01-29 04:05:16,331 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.em - INFO - EM's: 17 13 20
 2012-01-29 04:05:17,421 - softwarecenter.backend.reviews - WARNING - Could not get usefulness from server, no username in config file
 2012-01-29 04:05:17,646 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.utils - INFO - Softwarecenter style provider for ambiance Gtk theme: /usr/share/software-center/ui/gtk3/css/softwarecenter.css
 2012-01-29 04:05:40,363 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.em - INFO - EM's: 17 13 20
 2012-01-29 04:05:48,010 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.em - INFO - EM's: 17 13 20
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with DBusException in call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #922984, 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.