software-properties-gtk crashed with dbus.exceptions.DBusException in call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut: Failed to activate service 'com.ubuntu.SoftwareProperties': timed out (service_start_timeout=25000ms)

[Deepak Kumar Sinha]

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ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
Package: software-properties-gtk 0.99.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu44
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CrashCounter: 1
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Aug 19 06:58:30 2020
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-17 (459 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.8
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.5, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk']
PythonDetails: N/A
SourcePackage: software-properties
Title: software-properties-gtk crashed with dbus.exceptions.DBusException in call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut: Failed to activate service 'com.ubuntu.SoftwareProperties': timed out (service_start_timeout=25000ms)
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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