This can happen if the software-center parent is closed while a child process is still waiting for input from the sso login. This should not trigger a error.
** Visibility changed to: Public ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => In Progress ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- 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/970342 Title: piston_generic_helper.py crashed with IOError in __main__: [Errno 32] Broken pipe Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: It crashed ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: software-center 5.1.14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic-pae 3.2.13 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 CrashCounter: 1 Date: Sat Mar 31 17:58:39 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/piston_generic_helper.py InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120319) InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7 PackageArchitecture: all ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/share/software-center/piston_generic_helper.py --datadir /usr/share/software-center/ --needs-auth SoftwareCenterRecommenderAPI recommend_me ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm SHELL=/bin/bash LANG=en_US.UTF-8 PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/software-center/piston_generic_helper.py', '--datadir', '/usr/share/software-center/', '--needs-auth', 'SoftwareCenterRecommenderAPI', 'recommend_me'] SourcePackage: software-center Title: piston_generic_helper.py crashed with IOError in __main__: [Errno 32] Broken pipe UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/970342/+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