update-software-center-agent crashed with DatabaseLockError in __init__()

[Jason S. Wagner]

Binary package hint: software-center

Occurred when installing VirtualBox 3.2.8 from the .deb package, downloaded from the official website (not the OSE version).

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: software-center 2.1.22.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-21.31-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-21-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 17 11:00:02 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/update-software-center-agent
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100916.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/share/software-center/update-software-center-agent
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/software-center/update-software-center-agent']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: update-software-center-agent crashed with DatabaseLockError in __init__()
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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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 #625189, 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.