Public bug reported: After clicking the "ubuntu software center" icon, the application did not open. Went to the application menu to access the program. Program still failed to open. Opened a terminal and ran the command: #software- center. The terminal displayed this output:
** (software-center:17436): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-sCRj2sOqHy: Connection refused 2013-07-14 16:39:36,517 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - INFO - setting up proxy 'None' 2013-07-14 16:39:37,924 - softwarecenter.region - WARNING - failed to use geoclue: 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Master was not provided by any .service files' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/software-center", line 130, in <module> app = SoftwareCenterAppGtk3(options, args) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py", line 429, in __init__ self.useful_cache = UsefulnessCache(True) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/backend/reviews/__init__.py", line 91, in __init__ self._retrieve_votes_from_server() File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/backend/reviews/__init__.py", line 105, in _retrieve_votes_from_server user = get_person_from_config() File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/utils.py", line 638, in get_person_from_config cfg = get_config() File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/config.py", line 180, in get_config _software_center_config = SoftwareCenterConfig(filename) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/config.py", line 38, in __init__ super(SoftwareCenterConfig, self).__init__() TypeError: must be type, not classobj Version: 13.05-0ubuntu2 Version of ubuntu: Xubuntu Description: Ubuntu Saucy Salamander (development branch), x86_64 Release: 13.10 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: software-center 13.05-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-1.8-generic 3.10.0-rc7 Uname: Linux 3.10.0-1-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Jul 14 16:39:04 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-07-02 (12 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130630) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: software-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug saucy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1201181 Title: Was unable to execute "ubuntu software center" by clicking on the gtk3 gui icon from the bottom panel bar. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/1201181/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs