software-center causes launcher crash

[Nathan Williams]

i've encountered this several times now in software-center, that installing applications will cause the Unity launcher to crash. the specific applications that have caused this are "Lord of Ultima" and "Braid". the observed behavior is that the launcher becomes stuck visible, and overlays any maximized windows (see attached screenshot).

i'm not sure whether the bug is in software-center or in unity launcher, so i'm marking both affected and will try to collect apport report for both.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: software-center 5.2.2.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.4.0-4.9~precise1-generic 3.4.0
Uname: Linux 3.4.0-4-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jun 8 18:54:23 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
Package: unity
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.4.0-4.9~precise1-generic 3.4.0
Tags: precise third-party-packages
Uname: Linux 3.4.0-4-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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[Omer Akram (om26er)]

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