I believe i have experienced the same error. I select to open the Hardware Database and i get the Launching App dialouge then a crash before any GUI is displayed. Again Feisty 7.04.
I note this bug, perhaps the problem lies there fo us as well? Bug: https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hwdb-client/+bug/80548 -- [apport] hwdb-gui crashed with ImportError in <module>() https://launchpad.net/bugs/83683 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
