Software Center does not start

Bug #685057 reported by Halvor Lyche Strandvoll
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #684887: software-center didn't launch. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: software-center

I click on Software Center, but it does not start.

Here is the result of trying to run it in terminal:

2010-12-04 01:38:58,317 - softwarecenter.fixme - WARNING - logs to the root logger: '('/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/database.py', 96, 'open')'
2010-12-04 01:38:58,317 - root - WARNING - failed to add sca db Couldn't stat '/home/halvors/.cache/software-center/software-center-agent.db' (No such file or directory)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/software-center", line 109, in <module>
    app = SoftwareCenterApp(datadir, xapian_base_path, options, args)
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/app.py", line 209, in __init__
    self.navhistory_forward_action)
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/availablepane.py", line 100, in __init__
    self._build_ui()
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/availablepane.py", line 111, in _build_ui
    self.apps_filter)
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/catview_gtk.py", line 256, in __init__
    self.build(desktopdir)
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/catview_gtk.py", line 497, in build
    self._build_homepage_view()
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/catview_gtk.py", line 327, in _build_homepage_view
    self._append_featured_and_new()
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/catview_gtk.py", line 412, in _append_featured_and_new
    nonapps_visible=AppStore.NONAPPS_ALWAYS_VISIBLE)
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/appview.py", line 180, in __init__
    q.get_description() for q in search_query])):
AttributeError: 'Query' object has no attribute 'get_description'

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: software-center 3.1.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-7.19-generic 2.6.37-rc3
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-7-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Dec 4 01:40:14 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101202)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=nb_NO:nb:no_NO:no:nn_NO:nn:en
 LANG=nb_NO.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-center

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