Description of problem: gnome-packagekit-updater always reports: The package id's '' are not valid Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-packagekit-updater-3.12.2-1.fc20.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. start gpk-update-viewer 2. select/de-select packages to install 3. Click Install Updates Actual results: Dialog box pops up: Could not update packages Failed to process Request More details The package id's '' are not valid Expected results: Installs selected updates Additional info: I do know about gnome-software however it has several functional regressions over gpk-update-viewer that prevent me from using it.
Can you attach the full logs of "gpk-update-viewer --verbose" when you can reproduce the problem please. Thanks.
Created attachment 968927 [details] first attempt at gpk-update-viewer --verbose First attempt at running gpk-update-viewer --verbose. First attempt at running this tool usually fails (i.e. exits after error) and then one needs a second one.
Created attachment 968928 [details] second attempt at gpk-update-viewer --verbose This one is the one that reproduces the issue described in this ticket. I selected two packages for update and then got the described error when I tried to install the updates.
Same here. pkcon update works fine. $ gpk-update-viewer --verbose 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit Verbose debugging enabled (on console 1) 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit using native mode: -1x800 Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 14: reading configurations from ~/.fonts.conf is deprecated. please move it to /home/julas/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf manually 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -200 Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged. 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit only showing newest updates 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -200 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit status wait 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -200 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit status setup 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit status finished 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit adding: id=gettext;0.19.4-2.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=GNU libraries and utilities for producing multi-lingual messages <span color="#8d9091">gettext-0.19.4-2.fc21 (64-bitowy)</span> 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit adding: id=gettext-common-devel;0.19.4-2.fc21;noarch;updates, text=Common development files for gettext <span color="#8d9091">gettext-common-devel-0.19.4-2.fc21</span> 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit adding: id=gettext-devel;0.19.4-2.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Development files for gettext <span color="#8d9091">gettext-devel-0.19.4-2.fc21 (64-bitowy)</span> 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit adding: id=gettext-libs;0.19.4-2.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Libraries for gettext <span color="#8d9091">gettext-libs-0.19.4-2.fc21 (64-bitowy)</span> 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit adding: id=libssh;0.6.4-1.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=A library implementing the SSH protocol <span color="#8d9091">libssh-0.6.4-1.fc21 (64-bitowy)</span> 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit adding: id=liveusb-creator;3.13.2-1.fc21;noarch;updates, text=A liveusb creator <span color="#8d9091">liveusb-creator-3.13.2-1.fc21</span> 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit adding: id=mailx;12.5-14.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Enhanced implementation of the mailx command <span color="#8d9091">mailx-12.5-14.fc21 (64-bitowy)</span> 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit adding: id=perl-Encode;1:2.67-1.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Character encodings in Perl <span color="#8d9091">perl-Encode-1:2.67-1.fc21 (64-bitowy)</span> 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit adding: id=perl-YAML-Syck;1.28-1.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Fast, lightweight YAML loader and dumper <span color="#8d9091">perl-YAML-Syck-1.28-1.fc21 (64-bitowy)</span> 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit adding: id=procps-ng;3.3.10-5.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=System and process monitoring utilities <span color="#8d9091">procps-ng-3.3.10-5.fc21 (64-bitowy)</span> 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit adding: id=scl-utils;20140815-4.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Utilities for alternative packaging <span color="#8d9091">scl-utils-20140815-4.fc21 (64-bitowy)</span> 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit adding: id=shared-color-targets;0.1.5-1.fc21;noarch;updates, text=Shared color targets for creating color profiles <span color="#8d9091">shared-color-targets-0.1.5-1.fc21</span> 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit adding: id=slrn;1.0.2-1.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=A threaded Internet news reader <span color="#8d9091">slrn-1.0.2-1.fc21 (64-bitowy)</span> 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit network status is wifi 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -172 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit status wait 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit status wait 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -172 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit status setup 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit status query 08:19:30 GnomePackageKit status loading-cache 08:19:31 GnomePackageKit status finished 08:19:31 GnomePackageKit status setup 08:19:31 GnomePackageKit status finished 08:19:31 GnomePackageKit network status is wifi 08:19:31 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -108 08:19:39 GnomePackageKit Doing the package updates 08:19:39 GnomePackageKit status wait 08:19:39 GnomePackageKit status finished 08:19:39 GnomePackageKit Nie można zaktualizować pakietów: The package id's '' are not valid 08:19:39 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -108
After upgraded to Fedora 21, I had the same problem. Here is what I installed: $ rpm -qa | grep -i packagekit PackageKit-command-not-found-1.0.3-4.fc21.x86_64 PackageKit-glib-1.0.3-4.fc21.x86_64 gnome-packagekit-installer-3.14.2-1.fc21.x86_64 eclipse-packagekit-0.1.0-7.fc21.noarch gnome-packagekit-updater-3.14.2-1.fc21.x86_64 PackageKit-1.0.3-4.fc21.x86_64 gnome-packagekit-3.14.2-1.fc21.x86_64 PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-1.0.3-4.fc21.x86_64 PackageKit-gtk3-module-1.0.3-4.fc21.x86_64 Here is my console result of gpk-update-viewer -v: $ gpk-update-viewer -v 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit Verbose debugging enabled (on console 1) 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit using native mode: -1x800 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -200 Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged. 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit only showing newest updates 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -200 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit status wait 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -200 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit status setup 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit status finished 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=NetworkManager;1:0.9.10.1-1.git20150105.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Network connection manager and user applications <span color="#7f7f7f">NetworkManager-1:0.9.10.1-1.git20150105.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=NetworkManager-adsl;1:0.9.10.1-1.git20150105.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=ADSL device plugin for NetworkManager <span color="#7f7f7f">NetworkManager-adsl-1:0.9.10.1-1.git20150105.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=NetworkManager-bluetooth;1:0.9.10.1-1.git20150105.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Bluetooth device plugin for NetworkManager <span color="#7f7f7f">NetworkManager-bluetooth-1:0.9.10.1-1.git20150105.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=NetworkManager-config-connectivity-fedora;1:0.9.10.1-1.git20150105.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=NetworkManager config file for connectivity checking via Fedora servers <span color="#7f7f7f">NetworkManager-config-connectivity-fedora-1:0.9.10.1-1.git20150105.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=NetworkManager-devel;1:0.9.10.1-1.git20150105.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Libraries and headers for adding NetworkManager support to applications <span color="#7f7f7f">NetworkManager-devel-1:0.9.10.1-1.git20150105.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=NetworkManager-glib;1:0.9.10.1-1.git20150105.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Libraries for adding NetworkManager support to applications that use glib. <span color="#7f7f7f">NetworkManager-glib-1:0.9.10.1-1.git20150105.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=NetworkManager-glib-devel;1:0.9.10.1-1.git20150105.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Header files for adding NetworkManager support to applications that use glib. <span color="#7f7f7f">NetworkManager-glib-devel-1:0.9.10.1-1.git20150105.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=NetworkManager-wifi;1:0.9.10.1-1.git20150105.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Wifi plugin for NetworkManager <span color="#7f7f7f">NetworkManager-wifi-1:0.9.10.1-1.git20150105.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=NetworkManager-wwan;1:0.9.10.1-1.git20150105.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Mobile broadband device plugin for NetworkManager <span color="#7f7f7f">NetworkManager-wwan-1:0.9.10.1-1.git20150105.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=bash;4.3.33-1.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=The GNU Bourne Again shell <span color="#7f7f7f">bash-4.3.33-1.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=gdal-libs;1.11.1-5.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=GDAL file format library <span color="#7f7f7f">gdal-libs-1.11.1-5.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=gdal-python;1.11.1-5.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Python modules for the GDAL file format library <span color="#7f7f7f">gdal-python-1.11.1-5.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=hwdata;0.273-1.fc21;noarch;updates, text=Hardware identification and configuration data <span color="#7f7f7f">hwdata-0.273-1.fc21</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=initscripts;9.56.1-6.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Scripts to bring up network interfaces <span color="#7f7f7f">initscripts-9.56.1-6.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=kde-settings;21-2.fc21;noarch;updates, text=Config files for kde <span color="#7f7f7f">kde-settings-21-2.fc21</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=libgeotiff;1.4.0-2.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=GeoTIFF format library <span color="#7f7f7f">libgeotiff-1.4.0-2.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=libical;1.0-8.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Reference implementation of the iCalendar data type and serialization format <span color="#7f7f7f">libical-1.0-8.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=libical-devel;1.0-8.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Development files for libical <span color="#7f7f7f">libical-devel-1.0-8.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=libteam;1.15-1.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Library for controlling team network device <span color="#7f7f7f">libteam-1.15-1.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=mariadb;1:10.0.15-3.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=A community developed branch of MySQL <span color="#7f7f7f">mariadb-1:10.0.15-3.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=mariadb-common;1:10.0.15-3.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=The shared files required by server and client <span color="#7f7f7f">mariadb-common-1:10.0.15-3.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=mariadb-config;1:10.0.15-3.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=The config files required by server and client <span color="#7f7f7f">mariadb-config-1:10.0.15-3.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=mariadb-devel;1:10.0.15-3.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Files for development of MariaDB/MySQL applications <span color="#7f7f7f">mariadb-devel-1:10.0.15-3.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=mariadb-libs;1:10.0.15-3.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=The shared libraries required for MariaDB/MySQL clients <span color="#7f7f7f">mariadb-libs-1:10.0.15-3.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=mpfr;3.1.2-8.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=A C library for multiple-precision floating-point computations <span color="#7f7f7f">mpfr-3.1.2-8.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=perl-Filter;1:1.53-1.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Perl source filters <span color="#7f7f7f">perl-Filter-1:1.53-1.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=phpMyAdmin;4.3.5-1.fc21;noarch;updates, text=Handle the administration of MySQL over the World Wide Web <span color="#7f7f7f">phpMyAdmin-4.3.5-1.fc21</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=ppp;2.4.7-6.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=The Point-to-Point Protocol daemon <span color="#7f7f7f">ppp-2.4.7-6.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=ppp-devel;2.4.7-6.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Headers for ppp plugin development <span color="#7f7f7f">ppp-devel-2.4.7-6.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=pykickstart;1.99.65-2.fc21;noarch;updates, text=A python library for manipulating kickstart files <span color="#7f7f7f">pykickstart-1.99.65-2.fc21</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=qt-settings;21-2.fc21;noarch;updates, text=Configuration files for Qt <span color="#7f7f7f">qt-settings-21-2.fc21</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=redis;2.8.18-1.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=A persistent key-value database <span color="#7f7f7f">redis-2.8.18-1.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=tcpdump;14:4.6.2-3.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=A network traffic monitoring tool <span color="#7f7f7f">tcpdump-14:4.6.2-3.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit adding: id=teamd;1.15-1.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Team network device control daemon <span color="#7f7f7f">teamd-1.15-1.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit network status is wired 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -160 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit status wait 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -160 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit status wait 20:05:01 GnomePackageKit status setup 20:05:02 GnomePackageKit status finished 20:05:02 GnomePackageKit status setup 20:05:03 GnomePackageKit status finished 20:05:03 GnomePackageKit network status is wired 20:05:03 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -97 20:05:05 GnomePackageKit Doing the package updates 20:05:05 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -97 20:05:05 GnomePackageKit status wait 20:05:05 GnomePackageKit status finished 20:05:05 GnomePackageKit Could not update packages: The package id's '' are not valid
Same problem for me on 3 fullly up-to-date Fedora 21 installations, 2 desktops (one fresh install, one updated with fedup) and one laptop. No issue in Fedora 20
I have the same problem after upgrading to Fedora 21. Also Gnome Software can't install packages and can't update packages. I need to use yum or yumex (if I want GUI).
I have same issue with F21(upgraded from F20). [wchoi@wchoi ~]$ gpk-update-viewer --verbose 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit Verbose debugging enabled (on console 1) 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit using native mode: -1x800 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -200 Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged. 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit only showing newest updates 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -200 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit status wait 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit status setup 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -200 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit status finished 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit adding: id=dhclient;12:4.3.1-12.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Provides the ISC DHCP client daemon and dhclient-script <span color="#8d9091">dhclient-12:4.3.1-12.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit adding: id=dhcp-common;12:4.3.1-12.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Common files used by ISC dhcp client and server <span color="#8d9091">dhcp-common-12:4.3.1-12.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit adding: id=dhcp-libs;12:4.3.1-12.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=Shared libraries used by ISC dhcp client and server <span color="#8d9091">dhcp-libs-12:4.3.1-12.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit adding: id=gtk2;2.24.26-1.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=The GIMP ToolKit (GTK+), a library for creating GUIs for X <span color="#8d9091">gtk2-2.24.26-1.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit adding: id=perl-Pod-Parser;1.63-1.fc21;noarch;updates, text=Basic perl modules for handling Plain Old Documentation (POD) <span color="#8d9091">perl-Pod-Parser-1.63-1.fc21</span> 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit adding: id=perl-Text-Autoformat;1.669007-1.fc21;noarch;updates, text=Automatic text wrapping and reformatting <span color="#8d9091">perl-Text-Autoformat-1.669007-1.fc21</span> 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit adding: id=perl-generators;1.03-1.fc21;noarch;updates, text=RPM Perl dependencies generators <span color="#8d9091">perl-generators-1.03-1.fc21</span> 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit adding: id=rygel;0.24.3-1.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=A collection of UPnP/DLNA services <span color="#8d9091">rygel-0.24.3-1.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit adding: id=sox;14.4.1-7.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=A general purpose sound file conversion tool <span color="#8d9091">sox-14.4.1-7.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit adding: id=usb_modeswitch;2.2.0-2.fc21;x86_64;updates, text=USB Modeswitch gets mobile broadband cards in operational mode <span color="#8d9091">usb_modeswitch-2.2.0-2.fc21 (64-bit)</span> 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit adding: id=usb_modeswitch-data;20150115-1.fc21;noarch;updates, text=USB Modeswitch gets mobile broadband cards in operational mode <span color="#8d9091">usb_modeswitch-data-20150115-1.fc21</span> 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit network status is wired 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -172 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit status wait 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit status wait 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit status setup 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -172 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit status finished 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit status setup 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit status finished 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit network status is wired 09:24:12 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -108 09:24:14 GnomePackageKit Doing the package updates 09:24:14 GnomePackageKit status wait 09:24:14 GnomePackageKit status finished 09:24:14 GnomePackageKit Could not update packages: The package id's '' are not valid 09:24:14 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -108 but pkcon update works in terminal. [wchoi@wchoi ~]$ pkcon update Getting updates [=========================] Finished [=========================] Starting [=========================] Testing changes [=========================] Finished [=========================] Updating packages [=========================] Querying [=========================] Downloading packages [=========================] Testing changes [=========================] Installing updates [=========================] Finished [=========================] [wchoi@wchoi ~]$ sudo yum update -y [sudo] password for wchoi: Loaded plugins: changelog, fastestmirror, langpacks, priorities, ps Dropbox | 951 B 00:00:00 adobe-linux-x86_64 | 951 B 00:00:00 bluejeans | 2.9 kB 00:00:00 google-chrome | 951 B 00:00:00 rpmfusion-free-updates | 2.7 kB 00:00:00 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates | 2.7 kB 00:00:00 updates/21/x86_64/metalink | 7.3 kB 00:00:00 updates | 4.9 kB 00:00:00 updates/21/x86_64/primary_db | 5.3 MB 00:00:15 (1/3): google-chrome/primary | 2.0 kB 00:00:00 (2/3): updates/21/x86_64/updateinfo | 644 kB 00:00:03 (3/3): updates/21/x86_64/pkgtags | 1.4 MB 00:00:05 Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * fedora: ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp * rpmfusion-free: mirror.hust.edu.cn * rpmfusion-free-updates: mirror.hust.edu.cn * rpmfusion-nonfree: mirrors.163.com * rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirror.hust.edu.cn * updates: ftp.yzu.edu.tw google-chrome 3/3 No packages marked for update [wchoi@wchoi ~]$ [wchoi@wchoi ~]$ gpk-update-viewer --verbose 09:30:59 GnomePackageKit Verbose debugging enabled (on console 1) 09:30:59 GnomePackageKit using native mode: -1x800 09:30:59 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -200 Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged. 09:30:59 GnomePackageKit only showing newest updates 09:30:59 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -200 09:30:59 GnomePackageKit status wait 09:30:59 GnomePackageKit status setup 09:30:59 GnomePackageKit status query 09:30:59 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -200 09:30:59 GnomePackageKit status loading-cache 09:30:59 GnomePackageKit status finished 09:30:59 GnomePackageKit network status is wired 09:30:59 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -200 [wchoi@wchoi ~]$ no update from gpk-update-viewer.
Created attachment 1010856 [details] gpk-update-viewer --verbose Same error on my Fedora systems: GnomePackageKit Could not update packages: The package id's '' are not valid Output of "gpk-update-viewer --verbose" attached. This should be fixed as soon as possible (this bug is already half a year old!). I'm not telling my friends to open a shell and type "sudo yum update". There should be a working gui for updating the system.
I suspect this may help or mitigate things at least some: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F21_bugs#libhif-packagekit-broken which requires you to install that update outside of PackageKit, via: yum update --advisory=FEDORA-2015-0921 and then possibly run, 'pkcon repair'
(In reply to Rex Dieter from comment #10) > yum update --advisory=FEDORA-2015-0921 Thanks for the tip. I've just tried this, which returned with: No packages needed for security; 228 packages available Resolving Dependencies Also, since that fedoraproject.org article mentioned libhif, I checked but there is no update available: # yum install libhif Loaded plugins: etckeeper, langpacks Package libhif-0.1.8-4.fc21.x86_64 already installed and latest version Nothing to do
I've ran "yum update --advisory=FEDORA-2015-0921" and "pkcon repair". When I run "yum updateinfo list", I get: $ yum updateinfo list | cut -c1-28 | uniq -c 1 Loaded plugins: langpacks 1 FEDORA-2015-5255 bugfix 3 FEDORA-2015-5243 bugfix 1 FEDORA-2015-4379 bugfix 2 FEDORA-2015-5065 bugfix 1 FEDORA-2015-4863 enhancement 13 FEDORA-2015-5255 bugfix 2 FEDORA-2015-4658 security 1 FEDORA-2015-4288 bugfix 5 FEDORA-2015-5586 bugfix 2 FEDORA-2015-4838 security 228 FEDORA-2015-4872 security 1 FEDORA-2015-4923 enhancement 1 FEDORA-2015-5578 enhancement 1 updateinfo list done So there's enough to update; but when I run "gpk-update-viewer --verbose", it tells me that "All packages are up to date" and "There are no package updates available for your computer at this time": # gpk-update-viewer --verbose 18:37:45 GnomePackageKit Verbose debugging enabled (on console 1) Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged. 18:37:48 GnomePackageKit using native mode: -1x800 18:37:48 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -200 Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged. 18:37:48 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -200 18:37:48 GnomePackageKit only showing newest updates 18:37:48 GnomePackageKit status wait 18:37:48 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -200 18:37:48 GnomePackageKit status setup 18:37:48 GnomePackageKit status finished 18:37:48 GnomePackageKit network status is wired 18:37:48 GnomePackageKit wrap_width is impossibly small -200 However, when I run "yum update", there's plenty of updates: # yum check-update | grep updates$ | wc 262 782 21222
Forgot to add: yum-3.4.3-153.fc21.noarch gnome-packagekit-updater-3.14.2-1.fc21.x86_64 libhif-0.1.8-4.fc21.x86_64
Anyway, the problem "gnome-packagekit-updater always reports: The package id's '' are not valid" has been fixed (for me).
The update to libhif does NOT appear to fix this (at least for me). I have ensured that I have: libhif-0.1.8-4.fc21.i686 yum-3.4.3-153.fc21.noarch gnome-packagekit-updater-3.14.2-1.fc21.i686 and that I have executed `pkcon repair` and rebooted. Updates attempted via the GUI still report an error: "The package id's '' are not valid"
This also occurs for me in F21. As well as the packagekit never pulling updates.. (I have to do a 'pkcon -c 1 refresh' to get new updates).. It makes it REALLY hard to apply updates to a system when the update system is so horribly broken.
diff --git a/src/gpk-update-viewer.c b/src/gpk-update-viewer.c index e751022..9b08f18 100644 --- a/src/gpk-update-viewer.c +++ b/src/gpk-update-viewer.c @@ -1103,6 +1103,7 @@ gpk_update_viewer_info_is_update_enum (PkInfoEnum info) { gboolean ret = FALSE; switch (info) { + case PK_INFO_ENUM_AVAILABLE: case PK_INFO_ENUM_LOW: case PK_INFO_ENUM_NORMAL: case PK_INFO_ENUM_IMPORTANT: This patch fixes the problem on my system.
Bad news, the patch on Comment 17 does not work for me.
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This happens in Fedora 22 too. Please update the version. gnome-packagekit-updater-3.16.0-1.fc22.x86_64 libhif-0.2.0-4.fc22.x86_64
Daniel, please may you check again? I have tested patch from comment #17 and it did fix the problem.
Thank you very much for your contact. I patched comment 17 on gnome-packagekit-3.16.0-1.fc22, and it works now.
So if the fix in comment #17 is correct, what is the next steps to get this fix into the wild?
Anyone looking for a build with the patch in comment #17 included can get it from here: https://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/brianjmurrell/gnome-packagekit/ It works here.
(In reply to Brian J. Murrell from comment #24) > Anyone looking for a build with the patch in comment #17 included can get it > from here: > https://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/brianjmurrell/gnome-packagekit/ > > It works here. I confirm your copr packages fix the issue. Thanks Matthias & Brian.
I've backported the patch to gnome-packagekit-3.16.0-2.fc22 as well now. Sorry that this fell through the cracks!
gnome-packagekit-3.16.0-2.fc22 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 22. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-14579
gnome-packagekit-3.16.0-2.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.\nIf you want to test the update, you can install it with \n su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update gnome-packagekit'. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-14579
gnome-packagekit-3.16.0-2.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Thanks for the support.