Apologies, this was user error: looks like I installed a PPA version, and something got wonky after upgrading to lucid. After a purge and then manual removal of everything picard related from /usr/lib/python2.6 /dist-packages, and then a fresh install, everything works.
** Changed in: picard (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- picard crashed with ImportError in <module>() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/514403 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs