I did a live-cd run from todays image and it appears to be fixed now. I set it to incomplete and not close it yet because the quantal-alternate install hanged in the middle and I can't verify that its fixed there too.
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1042707 Title: USC closes when opened on a fresh install of Quantal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/1042707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs