oneiric have reached EOL now ; closing that report. Feel free to report against a newer version if needed, with ubuntu-bug
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/857797 Title: Failure to open software sources dialog over ssh -X Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: No idea what's to blame, but here's what I did, and the stderr output while I tried a few times to open the software sources dialog. The same thing happened if I did it without sudo. ssh -X nearby.machine.running.oneiric.ca Welcome to Ubuntu oneiric (development branch) (GNU/Linux 3.0.0-11-generic i686) * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/ Last login: Fri Sep 23 16:42:57 2011 from other.ubuntu.machine.ca [1733][cpbl@:~]$ sudo software-center [sudo] password for cpbl: 2011-09-23 17:33:27,399 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.em - INFO - EM's: 0 0 0 X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. 2011-09-23 17:33:27,922 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - ERROR - could not initiate dbus Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py", line 1078, in setup_dbus_or_bring_other_instance_to_front bus = dbus.SessionBus() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 219, in __new__ mainloop=mainloop) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 108, in __new__ bus = BusConnection.__new__(subclass, bus_type, mainloop=mainloop) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 125, in __new__ bus = cls._new_for_bus(address_or_type, mainloop=mainloop) DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: //bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally with the following error: Autolaunch error: X11 initialization failed. 2011-09-23 17:33:29,571 - softwarecenter.backend.reviews - WARNING - Could not get usefulness from server, no username in config file 2011-09-23 17:33:30,093 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.utils - INFO - Softwarecenter style provider for ambiance Gtk theme: /usr/share/software-center/ui/gtk3/css/softwarecenter.css 2011-09-23 17:33:36,176 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - INFO - software-center-agent finished with status 1 X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 25, in <module> from gi.repository import Gtk File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/importer.py", line 76, in load_module dynamic_module._load() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/module.py", line 224, in _load overrides_modules = __import__('gi.overrides', fromlist=[self._namespace]) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/overrides/Gtk.py", line 1404, in <module> raise RuntimeError("Gtk couldn't be initialized") RuntimeError: Gtk couldn't be initialized (software-center:8152): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_pointer: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed (software-center:8152): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_pointer: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed (software-center:8152): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_pointer: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed (software-center:8152): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_pointer: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed (software-center:8152): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_pointer: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed (software-center:8152): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_pointer: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed (software-center:8152): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_pointer: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed (software-center:8152): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_pointer: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed (software-center:8152): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_pointer: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed (software-center:8152): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_pointer: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: software-center 4.1.23.5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Sep 23 17:35:06 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110901) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: software-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/857797/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp