jockey-backend crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

[rik_j]

Trying to run software center when this error occured

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: jockey-common 0.9.4-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Sep 7 09:10:46 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/jockey/jockey-backend
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64+mac (20110901)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1720
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/share/jockey/jockey-backend --debug -l /var/log/jockey.log
ProcEnviron:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-10-generic root=UUID=455b88d4-ab2f-4f22-b9ca-3c7e22fd7398 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/jockey/jockey-backend', '--debug', '-l', '/var/log/jockey.log']
SourcePackage: jockey
Title: jockey-backend crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
Traceback: SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 04/21/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A08
dmi.board.name: 0UK437
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA08:bd04/21/2008:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1720:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0UK437:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1720
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #804709, 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.