software-center crashed with IndexError in _get_layout(): list index out of range

Bug #929260 reported by Blair Chasteen
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This bug affects 6 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
software-center (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

The Ubuntu Software Center did not crash / terminate.

This appeared as I was browsing the accessory section so I am unsure why this happened.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: software-center 5.1.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-14.23-generic-pae 3.2.3
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-14-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 8 20:13:04 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with IndexError in _get_layout(): list index out of range
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-07 (1 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev root sambashare vboxusers

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Blair Chasteen (darkstormyrain) wrote :
visibility: private → public
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Anthony Lenton (elachuni) wrote :

I got this same traceback 13 times in the terminal:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/widgets/description.py", line 702, in _on_key_press
    self._select_down(cur, sel)
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/widgets/description.py", line 777, in _select_down
    layout = self._get_layout(cur)
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/widgets/description.py", line 1027, in _get_layout
    return self.order[cursor.paragraph]
IndexError: list index out of range

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → Undecided
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