apt locking up and slow apt sources after fresh install

Bug #366426 reported by xaos11
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
apt (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: apt

After fresh installation I went to install restricted hardware drivers through the notification icon. When the dialogue box popped up saying that it was searching for available drivers, it didn't do anything, even after I clicked cancel, it would just sit there. I force quit the application, and when trying to install a package through apt normally, it said that the apt database was locked. With no other applications using apt, and not knowing how to unlock the apt db manually, I restarted it. After it booted up again, I tried to install a package manually again with apt, and it would just sit there trying to connect to the server(I think). But then I used the "find best server" feature in synaptic's repository configuration, and then the package installed fine, and restricted driver installed without a problem.

I think that it would be a good idea to have the installation of the system invoke the "find best server" function and update the apt accordingly (Instead of users trying to figure out why nothing is installing, and fix it on their own)

Ubuntu 9.04 64 bit

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: yelp 2.25.1-0ubuntu5
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64

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xaos11 (xaos11) wrote :
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Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek) wrote :

 Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
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Julian Andres Klode (juliank) wrote :

I don't see a bug in APT here if your mirror is too slow. APT furthermore does not configure any sources, that's done by the installer.

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
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