software-center crashed on launch with ValueError in __init__(): Need either appname or pkgname or request

[David Gerard]

Binary package hint: software-center

Launched Ubuntu Software Centre from menu. It crashed immediately.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: software-center 3.1.24.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Mar 26 23:53:47 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110325)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with ValueError in __init__(): Need either appname or pkgname or request
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Toad213 (pikachu32)]

This bug can occur if you close out the Ubuntu Software Center window before it has a chance to get the appname or pkgname.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

I was unable to recreate this with software-center 4.0.

[Kiwinote (kiwinote)]

Hi! Thanks for your bug report. We are tracking this issue over at bug 717645. Please continue to report any bugs you may find in software-center. Thanks again for your help!