Bug 830474 - Software Update GUI Not working
Summary: Software Update GUI Not working
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-packagekit
Version: 16
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Richard Hughes
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-06-10 00:06 UTC by Michael Convey
Modified: 2014-01-21 23:22 UTC (History)
10 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2013-02-13 14:46:25 UTC
Type: Bug
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
Console output of "gpk-update-viewer --verbose" (9.94 KB, text/plain)
2012-06-12 01:24 UTC, Ben Beasley
no flags Details

Description Michael Convey 2012-06-10 00:06:08 UTC
Description of problem: When I run the software update tool, I get the message "no updates are available no network connection was detected" however I have a wired network connection (I'm using it to report this bug). Also, when I use "yum update" at the command line it updates without a problem. 

How reproducible: 100%

Steps to Reproduce:Run software update GUI tool
  
Actual results:"no updates are available no network connection was detected"

Expected results:Successful Update

Comment 1 Ben Beasley 2012-06-12 01:24:36 UTC
Created attachment 591055 [details]
Console output of "gpk-update-viewer --verbose"

I also see this on Fedora 16 x86_64 Linux. Console output of "gpk-update-viewer --verbose" is attached.

But I also notice that the network icon (nm-applet?) has disappeared from the panel. Not sure if that happened at the same time.

Comment 2 Mike Hughes 2012-06-22 13:48:35 UTC
The program appears to download all of the metadata and then fails with "No network connection detected" while displaying all of the pending updates as "grayed out".  The failure occurs just before it would present the update confirmation dialog.

Comment 3 Mike Hughes 2012-06-27 19:06:19 UTC
Also applies to Fedora 17 (32-bit) but not to the version on the distribution CD.  The error appears after runnng the initial system updates.

Comment 4 Paul Schmitz 2012-09-19 21:13:59 UTC
I ran into the same problem on 3.4.9-2.fc16.x86_64 today.  The network applet has also disappeared from the Gnome toolbar.  yum update succeeds.  GUI update succeeded approximately a week ago.

Running nm-applet from command line provided some additional information:

$ nm-applet

** (nm-applet:2559): WARNING **: Could not initialize NMClient /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager: Method "GetAll" with signature "s" on interface "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" doesn't exist

** Message: applet now removed from the notification area
** Message: applet now embedded in the notification area

** (nm-applet:2559): WARNING **: fetch_connections_done: error fetching connections: (19) Method "ListConnections" with signature "" on interface "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Settings" doesn't exist
.

** (nm-applet:2559): WARNING **: Failed to register as an agent: (19) Method "Register" with signature "s" on interface "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.AgentManager" doesn't exist

** Message: applet now removed from the notification area

Comment 5 Mike Hughes 2012-09-20 10:47:26 UTC
It now seems to be working in Fedora 17.

Comment 6 Adri Verhoef 2012-10-15 23:28:41 UTC
Today I just upgraded to Fedora 17 and now gpk-update-viewer works for me.

(In Fedora 16 "yum update" worked, where gpk-update-viewer failed to detect a network connection for me.)

Comment 7 Adri Verhoef 2012-10-21 11:46:28 UTC
And stopped working ...

# yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, refresh-packagekit
[..]
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package bind-libs.x86_64 32:9.9.1-9.P3.fc17 will be updated
---> Package bind-libs.x86_64 32:9.9.2-2.fc17 will be an update
---> Package bind-libs-lite.x86_64 32:9.9.1-9.P3.fc17 will be updated
---> Package bind-libs-lite.x86_64 32:9.9.2-2.fc17 will be an update
---> Package bind-license.noarch 32:9.9.1-9.P3.fc17 will be updated
---> Package bind-license.noarch 32:9.9.2-2.fc17 will be an update
---> Package bind-utils.x86_64 32:9.9.1-9.P3.fc17 will be updated
---> Package bind-utils.x86_64 32:9.9.2-2.fc17 will be an update
---> Package dhclient.x86_64 12:4.2.4-13.P2.fc17 will be updated
---> Package dhclient.x86_64 12:4.2.4-16.P2.fc17 will be an update
---> Package dhcp-common.x86_64 12:4.2.4-13.P2.fc17 will be updated
---> Package dhcp-common.x86_64 12:4.2.4-16.P2.fc17 will be an update
---> Package dhcp-libs.x86_64 12:4.2.4-13.P2.fc17 will be updated
---> Package dhcp-libs.x86_64 12:4.2.4-16.P2.fc17 will be an update
---> Package hunspell-en.noarch 0:0.20110318-8.fc17 will be updated
---> Package hunspell-en.noarch 0:0.20110318-9.fc17 will be an update
---> Package hunspell-en-GB.noarch 0:0.20110318-8.fc17 will be updated
---> Package hunspell-en-GB.noarch 0:0.20110318-9.fc17 will be an update
---> Package hunspell-en-US.noarch 0:0.20110318-8.fc17 will be updated
---> Package hunspell-en-US.noarch 0:0.20110318-9.fc17 will be an update
---> Package kernel.x86_64 0:3.6.2-4.fc17 will be installed
---> Package kernel-devel.x86_64 0:3.6.2-4.fc17 will be installed
---> Package kernel-headers.x86_64 0:3.6.1-1.fc17 will be updated
---> Package kernel-headers.x86_64 0:3.6.2-4.fc17 will be an update
---> Package kernel-tools.x86_64 0:3.6.1-1.fc17 will be updated
---> Package kernel-tools.x86_64 0:3.6.2-4.fc17 will be an update
---> Package kernel-tools-libs.x86_64 0:3.6.1-1.fc17 will be updated
---> Package kernel-tools-libs.x86_64 0:3.6.2-4.fc17 will be an update
---> Package libqzeitgeist.x86_64 0:0.8.0-6.fc17 will be updated
---> Package libqzeitgeist.x86_64 0:0.8.0-8.fc17 will be an update
---> Package libudisks2.x86_64 0:1.94.0-8.fc17 will be updated
---> Package libudisks2.x86_64 0:1.94.0-10.fc17 will be an update
---> Package m17n-contrib.noarch 0:1.1.13-5.fc17 will be updated
---> Package m17n-contrib.noarch 0:1.1.14-1.fc17 will be an update
---> Package m17n-db.noarch 0:1.6.3-3.fc17 will be updated
---> Package m17n-db.noarch 0:1.6.4-1.fc17 will be an update
---> Package m17n-lib.x86_64 0:1.6.3-2.fc17 will be updated
---> Package m17n-lib.x86_64 0:1.6.4-1.fc17 will be an update
---> Package nmap.x86_64 2:6.01-1.fc17 will be updated
---> Package nmap.x86_64 2:6.01-2.fc17 will be an update
---> Package procps.x86_64 0:3.2.8-26.20110302git.fc17 will be updated
---> Package procps.x86_64 0:3.2.8-27.20110302git.fc17 will be an update
---> Package selinux-policy.noarch 0:3.10.0-153.fc17 will be updated
---> Package selinux-policy.noarch 0:3.10.0-156.fc17 will be an update
---> Package selinux-policy-devel.noarch 0:3.10.0-153.fc17 will be updated
---> Package selinux-policy-devel.noarch 0:3.10.0-156.fc17 will be an update
---> Package selinux-policy-doc.noarch 0:3.10.0-153.fc17 will be updated
---> Package selinux-policy-doc.noarch 0:3.10.0-156.fc17 will be an update
---> Package selinux-policy-targeted.noarch 0:3.10.0-153.fc17 will be updated
---> Package selinux-policy-targeted.noarch 0:3.10.0-156.fc17 will be an update
---> Package systemd.i686 0:44-17.fc17 will be updated
---> Package systemd.x86_64 0:44-17.fc17 will be updated
---> Package systemd.i686 0:44-20.fc17 will be an update
---> Package systemd.x86_64 0:44-20.fc17 will be an update
---> Package systemd-analyze.x86_64 0:44-17.fc17 will be updated
---> Package systemd-analyze.x86_64 0:44-20.fc17 will be an update
---> Package systemd-sysv.x86_64 0:44-17.fc17 will be updated
---> Package systemd-sysv.x86_64 0:44-20.fc17 will be an update
---> Package thunderbird.x86_64 0:16.0-1.fc17 will be updated
---> Package thunderbird.x86_64 0:16.0.1-2.fc17 will be an update
---> Package udisks2.x86_64 0:1.94.0-8.fc17 will be updated
---> Package udisks2.x86_64 0:1.94.0-10.fc17 will be an update
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kernel-devel.x86_64 0:3.4.9-2.fc16 will be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

[..]

Install   2 Packages
Upgrade  30 Packages
Remove    1 Package

Total download size: 88 M
Is this ok [y/N]: ^CExiting on user Command
Your transaction was saved, rerun it with:
 yum load-transaction /tmp/yum_save_tx.2012-10-21.13-14.c1Y6NY.yumtx
# gpk-update-viewer --verbose
13:14:51	GnomePackageKit     Verbose debugging enabled (on console 1)

(gpk-update-viewer:9923): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:47:19: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'.

(gpk-update-viewer:9923): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:47:21: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'.
13:14:56	GnomePackageKit     using native mode: 700x1200
13:14:56	GnomePackageKit     wrap_width is impossibly small -200
13:14:56	GnomePackageKit     wrap_width is impossibly small -200
13:14:56	GnomePackageKit     only showing newest updates
13:14:56	GnomePackageKit     wrap_width is impossibly small -200
13:14:56	GnomePackageKit     no last package
13:14:56	GnomePackageKit     status wait
13:14:57	GnomePackageKit     wrap_width is impossibly small -200
13:14:57	GnomePackageKit     no last package
13:14:57	GnomePackageKit     status wait

[And then nothing happens, 'gpk-update-viewer' just sits there.]
[clicked Quit after half an hour of waiting]
$ rpm -q kernel
kernel-3.4.11-1.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.6.1-1.fc17.x86_64
$ uname -r
3.6.1-1.fc17.x86_64

Comment 8 Adri Verhoef 2012-10-21 12:57:46 UTC
Well, it seems to work again after this reboot with the new kernel.

# uname -r
3.6.2-4.fc17.x86_64

# gpk-update-viewer --verbose
14:55:04	GnomePackageKit     Verbose debugging enabled (on console 1)

(gpk-update-viewer:3821): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:47:19: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'.

(gpk-update-viewer:3821): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:47:21: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'.
14:55:06	GnomePackageKit     using native mode: 700x1200
14:55:06	GnomePackageKit     wrap_width is impossibly small -200
14:55:06	GnomePackageKit     wrap_width is impossibly small -200
14:55:06	GnomePackageKit     wrap_width is impossibly small -200
14:55:06	GnomePackageKit     only showing newest updates
14:55:06	GnomePackageKit     no last package
14:55:06	GnomePackageKit     status wait
14:55:06	GnomePackageKit     wrap_width is impossibly small -200
14:55:06	GnomePackageKit     no last package
14:55:06	GnomePackageKit     status wait
14:55:06	GnomePackageKit     status setup
14:55:06	GnomePackageKit     status query
14:55:06	GnomePackageKit     status finished
14:55:06	GnomePackageKit     status setup
14:55:07	GnomePackageKit     status info
14:55:09	GnomePackageKit     status finished
14:55:09	GnomePackageKit     network status is online
14:55:09	GnomePackageKit     wrap_width is impossibly small -200
[No updates available at this time]

Comment 9 Adri Verhoef 2012-12-02 13:02:39 UTC
I haven't used 'yum update' since gpk-update-viewer started working again.
However, gpk-update-viewer suddenly stopped working again after having worked for over a month, the window just sits there, only showing "Checking for updates" and after a night's sleep I pressed the Quit button as it was still sitting there.
Then I ran 'yum update':
# yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, refresh-packagekit
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * fedora: ftp.klid.dk
 * livna: ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de
 * rpmfusion-free: mirrors.coreix.net
 * rpmfusion-free-updates: mirrors.coreix.net
 * rpmfusion-nonfree: mirrors.coreix.net
 * rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirrors.coreix.net
 * updates: ftp.klid.dk
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kernel.x86_64 0:3.6.8-2.fc17 will be installed
---> Package kernel-devel.x86_64 0:3.6.8-2.fc17 will be installed
---> Package kernel-headers.x86_64 0:3.6.7-4.fc17 will be updated
---> Package kernel-headers.x86_64 0:3.6.8-2.fc17 will be an update
---> Package kernel-tools.x86_64 0:3.6.7-4.fc17 will be updated
---> Package kernel-tools.x86_64 0:3.6.8-2.fc17 will be an update
---> Package kernel-tools-libs.x86_64 0:3.6.7-4.fc17 will be updated
---> Package kernel-tools-libs.x86_64 0:3.6.8-2.fc17 will be an update
---> Package libblkid.x86_64 0:2.21.2-2.fc17 will be updated
---> Package libblkid.x86_64 0:2.21.2-3.fc17 will be an update
---> Package libmount.x86_64 0:2.21.2-2.fc17 will be updated
---> Package libmount.x86_64 0:2.21.2-3.fc17 will be an update
---> Package libuuid.i686 0:2.21.2-2.fc17 will be updated
---> Package libuuid.x86_64 0:2.21.2-2.fc17 will be updated
---> Package libuuid.i686 0:2.21.2-3.fc17 will be an update
---> Package libuuid.x86_64 0:2.21.2-3.fc17 will be an update
---> Package meld.noarch 0:1.6.0-1.fc17 will be updated
---> Package meld.noarch 0:1.7.0-1.fc17 will be an update
---> Package pykde4.x86_64 0:4.9.3-1.fc17 will be updated
---> Package pykde4.x86_64 0:4.9.3-2.fc17 will be an update
---> Package rpmfusion-free-release.noarch 0:17.0.3-1 will be updated
---> Package rpmfusion-free-release.noarch 0:17.0.4-1 will be an update
---> Package rpmfusion-nonfree-release.noarch 0:17.0.3-1 will be updated
---> Package rpmfusion-nonfree-release.noarch 0:17.0.4-1 will be an update
---> Package util-linux.x86_64 0:2.21.2-2.fc17 will be updated
---> Package util-linux.x86_64 0:2.21.2-3.fc17 will be an update
---> Package xorg-x11-server-Xnest.x86_64 0:1.12.3-2.fc17 will be updated
---> Package xorg-x11-server-Xnest.x86_64 0:1.12.4-1.fc17 will be an update
---> Package xorg-x11-server-Xorg.x86_64 0:1.12.3-2.fc17 will be updated
---> Package xorg-x11-server-Xorg.x86_64 0:1.12.4-1.fc17 will be an update
---> Package xorg-x11-server-common.x86_64 0:1.12.3-2.fc17 will be updated
---> Package xorg-x11-server-common.x86_64 0:1.12.4-1.fc17 will be an update
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kernel.x86_64 0:3.6.5-1.fc17 will be erased
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-uname-r = 3.6.5-1.fc17.x86_64 for package: 1:kmod-nvidia-3.6.5-1.fc17.x86_64-304.60-1.fc17.2.x86_64
---> Package kernel-devel.x86_64 0:3.6.5-1.fc17 will be erased
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kmod-nvidia-3.6.5-1.fc17.x86_64.x86_64 1:304.60-1.fc17.2 will be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

[etc.]

Install   2 Packages
Upgrade  15 Packages
Remove    2 Packages (+1 Dependent package)

Total download size: 43 M
Is this ok [y/N]: ^CExiting on user Command
Your transaction was saved, rerun it with:
 yum load-transaction /tmp/yum_save_tx.2012-12-02.02-57.q5d1xq.yumtx
# yum history list
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, refresh-packagekit
ID     | Login user               | Date and time    | Action(s)      | Altered
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   487 | System <unset>           | 2012-11-30 11:15 | Update         |    5   
   486 | System <unset>           | 2012-11-29 03:39 | Update         |    6   
   485 | System <unset>           | 2012-11-28 04:04 | Update         |   69 P<
   484 | System <unset>           | 2012-11-23 02:22 | I, U           |  170 ><
   483 | System <unset>           | 2012-11-22 20:37 | E, I, U        |   18 ><
   482 | System <unset>           | 2012-11-14 02:01 | E, I, U        |   96 ><
   481 | System <unset>           | 2012-11-07 04:38 | E, I, U        |   40 > 
   480 | System <unset>           | 2012-11-05 01:07 | Update         |   77   
   479 | System <unset>           | 2012-11-01 01:07 | Update         |   11   
   478 | Adri Verhoef <a3>        | 2012-10-31 16:11 | Install        |    6   
   477 | Adri Verhoef <a3>        | 2012-10-31 14:38 | Install        |    2   
   476 | Adri Verhoef <a3>        | 2012-10-31 14:37 | Install        |    3 P<
   475 | System <unset>           | 2012-10-30 04:13 | E, I, U        |   88 > 
   474 | System <unset>           | 2012-10-22 15:51 | Update         |   15   
   473 | root <root>              | 2012-10-21 14:26 | Update         |    1 P<
   472 | Adri Verhoef <a3>        | 2012-10-21 13:51 | E, I, U        |   33 > 
   471 | Adri Verhoef <a3>        | 2012-10-18 16:47 | Install        |    1   
   470 | System <unset>           | 2012-10-18 16:43 | Update         |    3   
   469 | System <unset>           | 2012-10-17 15:10 | Update         |    9   
   468 | System <unset>           | 2012-10-16 00:48 | Update         |    1   
history list
# yum history info 487
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, refresh-packagekit
Transaction ID : 487
Begin time     : Fri Nov 30 11:15:38 2012
Begin rpmdb    : 2556:8e7d3f9b63ed8b26275445adb59d657e357c3e40
End time       :            11:17:11 2012 (93 seconds)
End rpmdb      : 2556:6fb2376394869c07b45081de0feafbb1f39f8227
User           : System <unset>
Return-Code    : Success
Transaction performed with:
    Installed     PackageKit-yum-0.7.5-1.fc17.x86_64            @anaconda-0
    Installed     rpm-4.9.1.3-7.fc17.x86_64                     @anaconda-0
    Installed     yum-3.4.3-30.fc17.noarch                      @updates
    Installed     yum-metadata-parser-1.1.4-6.fc17.x86_64       @anaconda-0
    Installed     yum-plugin-fastestmirror-1.1.31-4.fc17.noarch @anaconda-0
    Installed     yum-presto-0.7.3-1.fc17.noarch                @anaconda-0
Packages Altered:
    Updated git-1.7.11.7-1.fc17.x86_64      @anaconda-0
    Update      1.7.11.7-2.fc17.x86_64      @updates
    Updated libssh-0.5.2-1.fc17.x86_64      @anaconda-0
    Update         0.5.3-1.fc17.x86_64      @updates
    Updated nfs-utils-1:1.2.6-5.fc17.x86_64 @updates
    Update            1:1.2.6-6.fc17.x86_64 @updates
    Updated perl-Git-1.7.11.7-1.fc17.noarch @anaconda-0
    Update           1.7.11.7-2.fc17.noarch @updates
    Updated weechat-0.3.8-3.fc17.x86_64     @updates
    Update          0.3.8-4.fc17.x86_64     @updates
history info
# logout
$ gpk-update-viewer --verbose
13:09:38	GnomePackageKit     Verbose debugging enabled (on console 1)

(gpk-update-viewer:11740): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:47:19: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'.

(gpk-update-viewer:11740): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:47:21: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'.
13:09:39	GnomePackageKit     using native mode: 700x1200
13:09:42	GnomePackageKit     wrap_width is impossibly small -200
13:09:42	GnomePackageKit     wrap_width is impossibly small -200
13:09:42	GnomePackageKit     only showing newest updates
13:09:42	GnomePackageKit     wrap_width is impossibly small -200
13:09:43	GnomePackageKit     no last package
13:09:43	GnomePackageKit     status wait
13:09:43	GnomePackageKit     wrap_width is impossibly small -200
13:09:43	GnomePackageKit     no last package
13:09:43	GnomePackageKit     status wait
[nothing happening there]

It's back to using 'yum update' again and seeing if this update helps ...

$ uname -r
3.6.7-4.fc17.x86_64

Comment 10 Adri Verhoef 2012-12-03 01:33:23 UTC
New kernel, rebooted, it's working again.

$ uname -r
3.6.8-2.fc17.x86_64

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