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

[Steve Langasek]

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

Note that this service is provided by /usr/share/dbus-1/system-
services/com.ubuntu.SoftwareProperties.service, which is part of the
software-properties-common package, which is a dependency of software-
properties-gtk.

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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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