system-config-printer.py crashed with SystemError in main()

[cariboo]

Binary package hint: system-config-printer

I tried to open System-->Administration-->Printing to check on printer and had this crash

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: system-config-printer-gnome 1.0.5+git20080819-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcCmdline: python /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py']
SourcePackage: system-config-printer
Title: system-config-printer.py crashed with SystemError in main()
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-2-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout fuse lpadmin plugdev sambashare vboxusers