software-center crashed with OSError in makedirs(): [Errno 17] File exists: '/home/ubuntu/.cache/software-center/icons'

[Kim F.]

I dont know tried opening soft ware and I got this error just like the error I got with wireless card whats up??

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: software-center 5.0.1.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.287
Date: Sun Mar 11 19:36:03 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
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']
SoftwareCenterLog:
 2012-03-11 19:36:00,997 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.em - INFO - EM's: 17 15 21
 2012-03-11 19:36:00,997 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.em - INFO - EM's: 17 15 21
 2012-03-11 19:36:03,532 - softwarecenter.backend.reviews - WARNING - Could not get usefulness from server, no username in config file
 2012-03-11 19:36:03,561 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.utils - INFO - Softwarecenter style provider for ambiance Gtk theme: /usr/share/software-center/ui/gtk3/css/softwarecenter.css
 2012-03-11 19:36:14,072 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - INFO - software-center-agent finished with status 0
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with OSError in makedirs(): [Errno 17] File exists: '/home/ubuntu/.cache/software-center/icons'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 743003, so it 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.