piston_get_scagent_available_apps.py crashed with OSError in makedirs(): [Errno 5] Input/output error: '/home/ubuntu/.cache/software-center/scaclient'

[Philip Livingstone]

Software Centre crashed, and wouldn't restart...

Using Ubuntu 11.10 standard Unity interface installed on a USB Stick Drive

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: software-center 5.0.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30-generic 3.0.22
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.287.1
Date: Mon Apr 2 09:28:09 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/piston_get_scagent_available_apps.py
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/share/software-center/piston_get_scagent_available_apps.py available_apps en oneiric i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/software-center/piston_get_scagent_available_apps.py', 'available_apps', 'en', 'oneiric', 'i386']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: piston_get_scagent_available_apps.py crashed with OSError in makedirs(): [Errno 5] Input/output error: '/home/ubuntu/.cache/software-center/scaclient'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu laptop testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://laptop.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/973293

[Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)]

Updated the bug status as on closer examination this is not a manifestation of the problem that I initially thought it was.

[Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)]

Hi Philip! 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 836172, 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.

Thanks again!