software-center crashed with IOError in _open()
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
software-center (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Michael Vogt | ||
Natty |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Michael Vogt |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: software-center
WORKAROUND:
This bug can happen if the directory ~/.cache/
The fix is to set the ownership if this directory back to your user account. You can do this by typing the following into a terminal window (be sure to substitute your own username as noted below):
sudo chown -R yourusername:
After this, Software Center should launch correctly.
ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: software-center 3.0.4
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Dec 10 20:37:24 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
PackageArchitec
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/
ProcEnviron:
LANG=ru_UA.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with IOError in _open()
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
visibility: | private → public |
tags: | added: bugpattern-needed |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Gary Lasker (gary-lasker) |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu Oneiric): | |
status: | In Progress → Triaged |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu Natty): | |
assignee: | Gary Lasker (gary-lasker) → Michael Vogt (mvo) |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu Oneiric): | |
importance: | High → Undecided |
status: | Triaged → Invalid |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu Oneiric): | |
status: | Invalid → Fix Committed |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu Oneiric): | |
assignee: | nobody → GAURAV VIMAL (gaurav-vimalbhumca09) |
no longer affects: | software-center (Ubuntu Oneiric) |
This crash has the same stack trace characteristics as bug #652151. However, the latter was already fixed in an earlier package version than the one in this report. This might be a regression or because the problem is in a dependent package.