[Bug 1191700] Re: [saucy] software-properties-gtk crashed with Exception NameHasNoOwner: Could not get owner of name 'com.ubuntu.SoftwareProperties'

[B Bobo]

Ok. Thank you for your suggestions. You mentioned you couldn't reproduce
it on a stock saucy install. However, it wasn't on a stock saucy
install; it was stock with all updates applied. I'm not ruling out the
possibility of corruption as I'm seeing lots of seg.faults in Unity and
compiz #1192509.

> There has never been any such compromise, I don't know why you're
suggesting there has.

One historic instance was with Debian and Ubuntu signing keys being
trivially compromisable, although the issue has long been fixed under
certain interpretations. I remember Debian and Ubuntu (and others) have
had many similarly incredible security issues in the past, and by
extension, it is extremely likely they (and others) have similarly
incredible new issues now. One current instance is a severe
undisclosable issue with openssl.

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Title:
  [saucy] software-properties-gtk crashed with Exception NameHasNoOwner:
  Could not get owner of name 'com.ubuntu.SoftwareProperties'

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

Bug description:
  software-properties-gtk is crashing every time it is run with
  Exception NameHasNoOwner: Could not get owner of name
  'com.ubuntu.SoftwareProperties'

  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 104, in <module>
     app = SoftwarePropertiesGtk(datadir=options.data_dir, options=options, file=file)
  /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py, line 175, in activate_name_owner
  /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py, line 361, in get_name_owner
  /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py, line 651, in call_blocking

  dbus.exceptions.DBusException:
  org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Could not get owner of name
  'com.ubuntu.SoftwareProperties': no such name

  This is software-properties-gtk-0.92.19 in Ubuntu 13.04 Saucy

  
  This issue is preventing any further software updates using either the Ubuntu Software Center or apt itself directly.

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