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Got an issue starting software-center. U 12.04 This is what I get when staring from the terminal:

2013-01-24 16:48:43,960 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - INFO - setting up proxy 'None'
2013-01-24 16:48:43,964 - softwarecenter.db.database - INFO - open() database: path=None use_axi=True use_agent=True
2013-01-24 16:48:44,351 - softwarecenter.backend.reviews - WARNING - Could not get usefulness from server, no username in config file
2013-01-24 16:48:44,542 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - INFO - show_available_packages: search_text is '', app is None.
2013-01-24 16:48:44,891 - softwarecenter.db.pkginfo_impl.aptcache - INFO - aptcache.open()
Illegal instruction (core dumped)

I tried a couple of suggestions from the forums without any luck (apt-get update/upgrade) reinstall with apt-get etc...

Any suggestions?

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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! Illegal instruction (core dumped) Clearly indicates this is a bug. A severe one. As per the FAQ, bugs are off-topic here and this should be reported on the Launchpad project instead (or find an existing report you can mark yourself affected to). For this reason, I've voted-to-close your question. – gertvdijk Jan 24 at 16:41

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open your terminal with CTRL+ALT+T and type sudo apt-get install --reinstall software-centre .

Then try again.

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Same issue unfortunatly. But thats for answering. – ttime007 Jan 24 at 16:43

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