I ran this on both my VM and my non-VM test installations (omitting steps 1 and 2 for the latter), and their results were identical.
The first three lines were displayed immediately, and the second three lines after a pause: 2012-04-04 19:34:09,263 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - INFO - setting up proxy 'None' 2012-04-04 19:34:09,356 - softwarecenter.db.database - INFO - open() database: path=None use_axi=True use_agent=True 2012-04-04 19:34:10,467 - softwarecenter.backend.reviews - WARNING - Could not get usefulness from server, no username in config file 2012-04-04 19:34:44,566 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - INFO - software-center-agent finished with status 0 2012-04-04 19:34:44,566 - softwarecenter.db.database - INFO - reopen() database 2012-04-04 19:34:44,566 - softwarecenter.db.database - INFO - open() database: path=None use_axi=True use_agent=True Nothing else was displayed. I rebooted several times to test, but always the same. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/973220 Title: Ubuntu Software Centre halts when trying to display certain items in the Installed tab To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/973220/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs