Looks like something weird is happening with the xapian database, the SoftwareCenterLog.txt indicates the user is getting a lot of the following type errors:
2011-09-23 21:48:08,984 - softwarecenter.db - ERROR - failed to add apt-xapian-index Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/database.py", line 157, in _get_new_xapiandb axi = xapian.Database("/var/lib/apt-xapian-index/index") File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/xapian/__init__.py", line 3408, in __init__ _xapian.Database_swiginit(self,_xapian.new_Database(*args)) DatabaseOpeningError: Couldn't stat '/var/lib/apt-xapian-index/index' (Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/861862 Title: software-center crashed with AttributeError in on_menu_edit_activate(): 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_view_widget' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/861862/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs