Software center started but collapsed

[Sziráki Tamás]

On Ubuntu 13.04 XFCE tried to start SC but it crashed. Started from console it gave these messages:
$ software-center
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 9: reading configurations from ~/.fonts.conf is deprecated.
`menu_proxy_module_load': /usr/bin/python: undefined symbol: menu_proxy_module_load

(software-center:4947): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to load type module: (null)

`menu_proxy_module_load': /usr/bin/python: undefined symbol: menu_proxy_module_load

(software-center:4947): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to load type module: (null)

`menu_proxy_module_load': /usr/bin/python: undefined symbol: menu_proxy_module_load

(software-center:4947): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to load type module: (null)

`menu_proxy_module_load': /usr/bin/python: undefined symbol: menu_proxy_module_load

(software-center:4947): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to load type module: (null)

`menu_proxy_module_load': /usr/bin/python: undefined symbol: menu_proxy_module_load

(software-center:4947): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to load type module: (null)

`menu_proxy_module_load': /usr/bin/python: undefined symbol: menu_proxy_module_load

(software-center:4947): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to load type module: (null)

2013-04-28 18:00:11,125 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - INFO - setting up proxy 'None'
2013-04-28 18:00:15,579 - softwarecenter.region - WARNING - failed to use geoclue: 'org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.UnmappedError.GeoclueErrorQuark.Code1: Geoclue master client has no usable Address providers'
2013-04-28 18:00:17,453 - softwarecenter.backend.reviews - WARNING - Could not get usefulness from server, no username in config file
2013-04-28 18:00:17,479 - softwarecenter.plugin - INFO - activating plugin '<module 'webapps_activation' from '/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/plugins/webapps_activation.pyc'>'
2013-04-28 18:00:17,538 - softwarecenter.fixme - WARNING - logs to the root logger: '('/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/importer.py', 51, 'find_module')'
2013-04-28 18:00:17,538 - root - ERROR - Could not find any typelib for LaunchpadIntegration
`menu_proxy_module_load': /usr/bin/python: undefined symbol: menu_proxy_module_load

(software-center:4947): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to load type module: (null)

2013-04-28 18:00:18,031 - softwarecenter.db.pkginfo_impl.aptcache - INFO - aptcache.open()
`menu_proxy_module_load': /usr/bin/python: undefined symbol: menu_proxy_module_load

(software-center:4947): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to load type module: (null)

`menu_proxy_module_load': /usr/bin/python: undefined symbol: menu_proxy_module_load

(software-center:4947): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to load type module: (null)

`menu_proxy_module_load': /usr/bin/python: undefined symbol: menu_proxy_module_load

(software-center:4947): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to load type module: (null)

`menu_proxy_module_load': /usr/bin/python: undefined symbol: menu_proxy_module_load

(software-center:4947): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to load type module: (null)

`menu_proxy_module_load': /usr/bin/python: undefined symbol: menu_proxy_module_load

(software-center:4947): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to load type module: (null)

2013-04-28 18:00:35,479 - softwarecenter.region - WARNING - failed to use geoclue: 'org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.UnmappedError.GeoclueErrorQuark.Code1: Geoclue master client has no usable Address providers'

(software-center:4947): Gdk-ERROR **: The program 'software-center' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)'.
  (Details: serial 2098 error_code 9 request_code 62 minor_code 0)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the GDK_SYNCHRONIZE environment
   variable to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
Nyomkövetési/töréspont csapda (core készült)

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 13.04
Release: 13.04

$ apt-cache policy software-center
software-center:
  Telepítve: 5.6.0-0ubuntu2
  Jelölt: 5.6.0-0ubuntu2
  Verziótáblázat:
 *** 5.6.0-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: software-center 5.6.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 28 17:53:56 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-05-01 (1093 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: software-center
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-26 (1 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Frédéric Parrenin (parrenin-ujf)]

It also happens to me since I installed gtk-3.8 from the gnome3 ppa.

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is no more maintained