Thanks for your bugreport. Could you please run (in a terminal): $ killall software-center $ software-center and attach the output that produces? From the log it appears that a hanging software-center is still in the background. The log has:
2011-04-28 15:50:14,435 - softwarecenter.db - ERROR - failed to add apt-xapian-index Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/database.py", line 142, in open axi = xapian.Database("/var/lib/apt-xapian-index/index") File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/xapian/__init__.py", line 3458, in __init__ _xapian.Database_swiginit(self,_xapian.new_Database(*args)) DatabaseOpeningError: Couldn't stat '/var/lib/apt-xapian-index/index' (No such file or directory) 2011-04-28 15:50:14,668 - softwarecenter.view.softwarepane - INFO - discarding new model (6 != 7) 2011-04-28 15:52:11,482 - softwarecenter.fixme - WARNING - logs to the root logger: '('/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/models/appstore.py', 305, '_blocking_perform_search')' 2011-04-28 15:52:11,482 - root - ERROR - get_mset Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/models/appstore.py", line 302, in _blocking_perform_search matches = enquire.get_mset(0, self.limit, None, xfilter) DatabaseCorruptError: Data ran out unexpectedly when reading posting list. So that looks like the xapian index is not build yet (that should be fine) but then the corruption error appears. I wonder if initially apt-xapian-index is missing but during the course of the usage it got created and that causes the issues. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/772549 Title: software-center blank screen on fresh natty 11.04 install -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs