software-center crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()

[Jānis Kangarooo]

This Bug is a roll-up for many DBusExceptions crashes.

Original Bug Description:

Binary package hint: software-center

While update & opened softw centre got this crash but it didnt closed. its still open
Last lines in terminal
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-24-generic
.: 6: Can't open /scripts/casper-functions

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: software-center 3.0.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-24.42-generic 2.6.35.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-24-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jan 20 03:28:26 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Laura Czajkowski (czajkowski)]

This is happen on Precise when I launch the software center

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

It looks like its duplicating some bugs that have similar but different tracebacks, so we need to carefully look at the tracebacks of the dupes to see if they are all the same or just similar, e.g. the last dupe has:
org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut: Activation of org.debian.apt timed out

[CSRedRat (csredrat)]

I'm have this error after update.

[John Winterton (jwinterton)]

Haven't had this lately, so why is it still active?

[nameremoved (errorwhywhywhy-deactivatedaccount)]

Because people like me still have it under quantal. (I get this every time I open the software centre, so I have to use the terminal to get new software.)

[John Winterton (jwinterton)]

As a better work around than that, try the Synaptic package manager.