a little extra info is that when trying to do a full backtrace with gdb there is an error stating
"/usr/bin/software-center": not in executable format: File format not recognized because of saying that i went to check and see if it was set to executable -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/684887 Title: software-center didn't launch -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs