Unfortunately I've tried some package actions using apt-get, along with manually creating the log file. The particular error no longer shows, but software-center still crashes with a different output.
de...@delan:~$ software-center /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:40: RuntimeWarning: tp_compare didn't return -1 or -2 for exception from gtk import _gtk ImportError: No module named gi Error in sys.excepthook: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 105, in apport_excepthook os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREAT|os.O_EXCL, 0600), 'w') OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/crash/_usr_share_software-center_software-center.1000.crash' Original exception was: ImportError: No module named gi /usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/historypane.py:29: DeprecationWarning: please use 'debian' instead of 'debian_bundle' from debian_bundle import deb822 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/software-center", line 78, in <module> app = SoftwareCenterApp(datadir, xapian_base_path) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/app.py", line 206, in __init__ self.icons, datadir) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/historypane.py", line 128, in __init__ self.parse_history_log() File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/historypane.py", line 163, in parse_history_log when = datetime.datetime.strptime(stanza['Start-Date'], '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/debian/deb822.py", line 170, in __getitem__ value = self.__dict[key] KeyError: 'Start-Date' Error in sys.excepthook: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 105, in apport_excepthook os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREAT|os.O_EXCL, 0600), 'w') OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/crash/_usr_share_software-center_software-center.1000.crash' Original exception was: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/software-center", line 78, in <module> app = SoftwareCenterApp(datadir, xapian_base_path) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/app.py", line 206, in __init__ self.icons, datadir) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/historypane.py", line 128, in __init__ self.parse_history_log() File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/historypane.py", line 163, in parse_history_log when = datetime.datetime.strptime(stanza['Start-Date'], '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/debian/deb822.py", line 170, in __getitem__ value = self.__dict[key] KeyError: 'Start-Date' ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => New -- Software Centre does not launch https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/591590 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs