No, it does not open and gives this error: WARNING:root:trying to fix not writable cache directory ERROR:root:failed to fix not writable cache directory Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/paths.py", line 31, in try_to_fixup_root_owned_dir_via_remove os.rmdir(directory) OSError: [Errno 39] Directory not empty: '/home/username/.cache/software-center' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/software-center", line 38, in <module> import softwarecenter.log File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/log.py", line 94, in <module> backupCount=5) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/logging/handlers.py", line 112, in __init__ BaseRotatingHandler.__init__(self, filename, mode, encoding, delay) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/logging/handlers.py", line 64, in __init__ logging.FileHandler.__init__(self, filename, mode, encoding, delay) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/logging/__init__.py", line 827, in __init__ StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open()) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/logging/__init__.py", line 846, in _open stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode) IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/username/.cache/software-center/software-center.log'
But this used to work fine till like last month end, suddenly started crashing ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/725938 Title: Ubuntu Software center crashes when trying to open, but open successfully if tried to open via terminal. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs