Ubuntu Software Center Infinte Load

[Brian Hawi Odhiambo]

my software center is not loading the various applications... what could be the problem? here is a report

2012-07-30 15:41:55,356 - softwarecenter.fixme - WARNING - logs to the root logger: '('/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/database.py', 154, 'open')'
2012-07-30 15:41:55,356 - root - WARNING - failed to add sca db Couldn't stat '/home/hawi/.cache/software-center/software-center-agent.db' (No such file or directory)
/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/app.py:1190: Warning: g_object_set_qdata: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
  self.window_main.show_all()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/software-center/update-software-center-agent", line 60, in <module>
    cache = apt.Cache(memonly=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 89, in __init__
    self.open(progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 127, in open
    self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
SystemError: E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ke.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
2012-07-30 15:41:56,164 - softwarecenter.fixme - WARNING - logs to the root logger: '('/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/zeitgeist/client.py', 367, 'reconnect_monitors')'
2012-07-30 15:41:56,164 - zeitgeist.client - INFO - Reconnected to Zeitgeist engine...
2012-07-30 15:41:56,171 - softwarecenter.app - INFO - software-center-agent finished with status 1
/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/SimpleGtkbuilderApp.py:50: Warning: g_object_set_qdata: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
  gtk.main()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/apt/aptcache.py", line 107, in open
    self._cache = apt.Cache(GtkMainIterationProgress())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 89, in __init__
    self.open(progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 127, in open
    self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
SystemError: E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ke.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
2012-07-30 15:42:11,634 - softwarecenter.fixme - WARNING - logs to the root logger: '('/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/reviews.py', 466, '_review_stats_loaded_watcher')'
2012-07-30 15:42:11,634 - root - WARNING - got error from helper: 'ERROR:__main__:get_review_stats
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/software-center/get_review_stats_helper.py", line 45, in <module>
    piston_review_stats = rnrclient.review_stats(**kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/piston_mini_client/validators.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/piston_mini_client/validators.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/piston_mini_client/validators.py", line 61, in wrapper
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/piston_mini_client/__init__.py", line 106, in wrapper
    body = func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/backend/rnrclient_pristine.py", line 96, in review_stats
    return self._get(url, scheme=PUBLIC_API_SCHEME)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/piston_mini_client/__init__.py", line 231, in _get
    return self._request(path, method='GET', scheme=scheme)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/piston_mini_client/__init__.py", line 325, in _request
    raise APIError('Unable to connect to %s' % self._service_root)
APIError: Unable to connect to http://reviews.ubuntu.com/reviews/api/1.0

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Reviewing your bug report it seems that you are experiencing bug 346386. This issue happens when you have tried to update your package information when you are a network that didn't return the right files. This issue can be cleaned up by using the following commands in a terminal:

1.) sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*
2.) sudo apt-get update

Thanks and good luck!

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