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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 849553 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/849553

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** This bug has been marked a duplicate of private bug 849553

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Title:
  software-center crashed with DBusException in call_blocking():
  org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible
  causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the
  message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout
  expired, or the network connection was broken.

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Software-center will only open promptly & work correctly once. Upon closing this crash is produced.
  Upon reopening Sc  it takes quite a long time - this is shown in terminal

  $ software-center 
  2011-11-23 14:34:39,159 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.em - INFO - EM's: 17 13 20
  2011-11-23 14:34:40,099 - softwarecenter.backend.reviews - WARNING - Could not get usefulness from server, no username in config file
  2011-11-23 14:34:40,333 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.utils - INFO - Softwarecenter style provider for ambiance Gtk theme: /usr/share/software-center/ui/gtk3/css/softwarecenter.css
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 586, in msg_reply_handler
      reply_handler(*message.get_args_list(**get_args_opts))
    File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/backend/installbackend_impl/aptd.py", line 148, in _register_active_transactions_watch
      current, queued = apt_daemon.GetActiveTransactions()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 143, in __call__
      **keywords)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 630, in call_blocking
      message, timeout)
  dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 586, in msg_reply_handler
      reply_handler(*message.get_args_list(**get_args_opts))
    File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/backend/installbackend_impl/aptd.py", line 148, in _register_active_transactions_watch
      current, queued = apt_daemon.GetActiveTransactions()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 143, in __call__
      **keywords)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 630, in call_blocking
      message, timeout)
  dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
  2011-11-23 14:35:32,119 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - INFO - software-center-agent finished with status 0

  When it does open no packages can be installed or removed

  The only way to restore is to delete ~/.config/software-center & do a
  full restart, Sc then works just  once as before, ect.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: software-center 5.1.2.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.1.0-2.3-generic 3.1.0
  Uname: Linux 3.1.0-2-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.26-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  CrashCounter: 1
  Date: Wed Nov 23 14:35:06 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20111122)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
  SourcePackage: software-center
  Title: software-center crashed with DBusException in call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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