Description of problem: When I click on Add/Remove programs I get an icon that says "Starting Add/Remove" but then nothing ever starts. This was working for me yesterday, the only thing that has changed is since yesterday I logged out and rebooted my computer after installing the rawhide version of packagekit. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-packagekit-0.2.2-2.20080529.fc10.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Good question. On my computer it reproduces simply by trying to open it. 2. 3. Actual results: Nothing happens. Expected results: Add/Remove program dialogue opens. Additional info: I am also having problems with gnome-panel, in that "edit menu" also fails to open. This problem might be related.
This may be related to bug #450355.
It looks like this is not related to bug #450355. I recovered from that bug by restoring my home directory from backup, but this problem persists. I've tried reverting back to version 0.1.12-12.20080430.fc9. That version of packagekit works normally. So it looks like this problem only occurs in 0.2.2-2.20080529. What is the command line to start packagekit from a terminal, so I can see if there are any helpful diagnostic messages? Bill
OK. I found the commandline. It looks like there is a missing symbol. My guess is there is a dependency problem: [docbill@hartnell ~]$ gpk-application gpk-application: symbol lookup error: gpk-application: undefined symbol: pk_control_new
I managed to get the GUI to work again with: sudo yum update --enablerepo=rawhide yum-packagekit This installed: PackageKit-0.2.2-2.20080529.fc10.x86_64 yum-packagekit-0.2.2-2.20080529.fc10.x86_64 PackageKit-libs-0.2.2-2.20080529.fc10.x86_64 So this is obviously a dependency problem. gnome-packagekit-0.2.2-2.20080529.fc10.x86_64 needs to depend on versions of PackageKit-lib and PackageKit >= 0.2.2-2.20080529 Bill
Thanks for the bug report - looks like the dep issue is fixed in gnome-packagekit-0.2.3-2.20080609.fc10.i386, built a few minutes ago.