I am not experiencing this error once I installed Ubuntu 12.04. I experienced this error in Ubuntu 11.04. This bug was solved long back.
Anyway I am pasting the terminal output of $ software-center 2012-06-12 10:41:22,550 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - INFO - setting up proxy 'http://10.3.100.211:8080/' 2012-06-12 10:41:22,602 - softwarecenter.db.database - INFO - open() database: path=None use_axi=True use_agent=True 2012-06-12 10:41:23,809 - softwarecenter.i18n - WARNING - Failed to get language: 'unknown locale: ml_IN' 2012-06-12 10:41:24,092 - softwarecenter.backend.reviews - WARNING - Could not get usefulness from server, no username in config file 2012-06-12 10:41:30,912 - softwarecenter.i18n - WARNING - Failed to get language: 'unknown locale: ml_IN' 2012-06-12 10:41:32,062 - softwarecenter.i18n - WARNING - Failed to get language: 'unknown locale: ml_IN' 2012-06-12 10:41:34,168 - softwarecenter.backend.spawn_helper - WARNING - exit code 1 from helper for '['/usr/share/software-center/piston_generic_helper.py', '--datadir', '/usr/share/software-center/', 'SoftwareCenterAgentAPI', 'exhibits', '{"lang": "en", "series": "precise"}']' 2012-06-12 10:41:34,169 - softwarecenter.backend.spawn_helper - WARNING - got error from helper: 'ERROR:__main__:urclient_apps Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/software-center/piston_generic_helper.py", line 214, in <module> piston_reply = f(**kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/piston_mini_client/validators.py", line 44, in wrapper return func(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/piston_mini_client/validators.py", line 44, in wrapper return func(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/piston_mini_client/__init__.py", line 136, in wrapper body = func(self, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/backend/piston/scaclient_pristine.py", line 59, in exhibits return self._get(url) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/piston_mini_client/__init__.py", line 356, in _get headers=headers) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/piston_mini_client/__init__.py", line 511, in _request method=method, body=body, headers=headers) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/httplib2/__init__.py", line 1444, in request (response, content) = self._request(conn, authority, uri, request_uri, method, body, headers, redirections, cachekey) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/httplib2/__init__.py", line 1196, in _request (response, content) = self._conn_request(conn, request_uri, method, body, headers) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/httplib2/__init__.py", line 1132, in _conn_request conn.connect() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/httplib2/__init__.py", line 889, in connect sock.connect((self.host, self.port)) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/httplib2/socks.py", line 403, in connect raise GeneralProxyError((5, _generalerrors[5])) GeneralProxyError: (5, 'bad input') ' (software-center:10142): Gdk-WARNING **: /build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.4.1/./gdk/x11/gdkwindow-x11.c:4944 drawable is not a native X11 window (software-center:10142): Gdk-WARNING **: /build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.4.1/./gdk/x11/gdkwindow-x11.c:4944 drawable is not a native X11 window (software-center:10142): Gdk-WARNING **: /build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.4.1/./gdk/x11/gdkwindow-x11.c:4944 drawable is not a native X11 window 2012-06-12 10:41:57,311 - softwarecenter.i18n - WARNING - Failed to get language: 'unknown locale: ml_IN' 2012-06-12 10:42:09,206 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - INFO - software-center-agent finished with status 0 2012-06-12 10:42:09,206 - softwarecenter.db.database - INFO - reopen() database 2012-06-12 10:42:09,206 - softwarecenter.db.database - INFO - open() database: path=None use_axi=True use_agent=True -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/826374 Title: UBUNTU SOFTWARE CENTER NOT WORKING AFTER UPDATE To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/826374/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
