Bug 452984
Summary: | Packagekit desktop applet: "failed to update system" error | ||
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Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Steevithak <steevithak> |
Component: | PackageKit | Assignee: | Robin Norwood <robin.norwood> |
Status: | CLOSED NOTABUG | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> |
Severity: | low | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | low | ||
Version: | 9 | CC: | lmacken, richard |
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Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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Last Closed: | 2008-07-03 17:14:14 UTC | Type: | --- |
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Description
Steevithak
2008-06-26 13:15:22 UTC
Are you logging in as root? On the desktop, it gets the error if I'm logged in as a non-root user AND when I log in as root. I only just installed Fedora on my laptop and have only logged in as root so far. I'll create a non-root user and give that a try. For what it's worth, I'm seeing a lot of other anecdotal accounts of this bug, so at least I know it's not just me: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpost.php?p=1028171&postcount=25 http://virtualex.linuxoid.net/?p=7 http://www.gp32spain.com/foros/showpost.php?p=719662&postcount=26 http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Fedora/2008-05/msg01321.html http://www.glocktalk.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10543078&postcount=1 After installing the latest Fedora 9 updates (manually using Yum), there's a change in behavior on this bug. It seems to be half-fixed. I see different results depending on whether I'm logged in as a normal user or as root: 1. Logged into Gnome as root: When I'm prompted to update the system, nothing happens. There is no longer a "failed to update system" error message. The update simply fails silently with no results. 2. Logged into Gnome as a non-root user: It now seems to work correctly. When I'm prompted to update the system, it doesn't generate an error. Instead, it correctly prompts me for the root password, then does the update. My only complaint is that there is no confirmation that anything is happening once the update starts - no progress meter, no "updating" dialog or anything like that. But if you click the update icon in the toolbar again, it's possible to open a progress meter. This is confusing but at least it works, so that's good news. So, for me at least, this bug is now occurring only when I'm logged into the Gnome desktop as root. Hmmm... okay, so as of Fedora 9, you can no longer update the system when logged in as Root, by design? Then I at least think it's a bug that it doesn't say that. How about a dialog that says "sorry, you have to log out, log in as non-root, then give the root password anyway to update the system" :) instead of crashing when you try to do the update? Seriously, though, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect the system update function to work for root. |