software-center crashed with DatabaseOpeningError in __init__(): Couldn't detect type of database

[Adi Ratiu]

On a fresh Quantal daily install, Software Center crashes on start

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: software-center 5.3.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-11.11-generic 3.5.2
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Sat Aug 25 20:55:35 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120824)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with DatabaseOpeningError in __init__(): Couldn't detect type of database
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1041603, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Marcelo Helmers (marcelo-helmers)]

Hi,

My installation was done by Wubi, but I do not know if it has anything to do with the bug.

tks.