Error while starting ZD 1.0.4

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I just updated Zimbra Desktop to 1.0.4, while installing I got an error that the zimlets could not be deployed. I also could not start Zimbra Desktop, the log shows the following error:

2010-06-02 17:04:58,048 FATAL [main] [] system - Config initialization failed
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at com.zimbra.cs.util.Config.init(Config.java:71)
	at com.zimbra.cs.util.Config.initConfig(Config.java:91)
	at com.zimbra.cs.util.Config.getString(Config.java:103)
	at com.zimbra.cs.db.Versions.checkDBVersion(Versions.java:77)
	at com.zimbra.cs.db.Versions.checkVersions(Versions.java:73)
	at com.zimbra.cs.util.Zimbra.startup(Zimbra.java:167)
	at com.zimbra.cs.util.Zimbra.startup(Zimbra.java:139)
	at com.zimbra.soap.SoapServlet.init(SoapServlet.java:121)
	at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:241)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.initServlet(ServletHolder.java:433)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.doStart(ServletHolder.java:256)
	at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:40)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.initialize(ServletHandler.java:612)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Context.startContext(Context.java:139)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1222)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:501)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:449)
	at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:40)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.doStart(HandlerCollection.java:147)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.doStart(ContextHandlerCollection.java:161)
	at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:40)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.doStart(HandlerCollection.java:147)
	at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:40)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.doStart(HandlerWrapper.java:117)
	at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:40)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.doStart(HandlerWrapper.java:117)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.doStart(Server.java:217)
	at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:40)
	at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.main(XmlConfiguration.java:979)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.mortbay.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:183)
	at org.mortbay.start.Main.start(Main.java:497)
	at org.mortbay.start.Main.main(Main.java:115)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at com.zimbra.cs.offline.start.Main.main(Main.java:33)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at com.exe4j.runtime.LauncherEngine.launch(Unknown Source)
	at com.exe4j.runtime.WinLauncher$1.run(Unknown Source)

I found that the database contains a null-value for the column modified in the table config for the config entry 'offline.db.version'.