Activity log for bug #891255

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2011-11-16 17:30:06 stefan bug added bug
2011-11-16 17:33:02 stefan description When hitting 'Install Updates' on the Update Manager, it briefly greys out the manager but does not actually proceed to update anything. syslog says something has been queued: Nov 16 09:03:45 myserver AptDaemon: INFO: CommitPackages() was called: dbus.Array([dbus.String(u'')], signature=dbus.Signature('s')), dbus.Array([dbus.String(u'')], signature=dbus.Signature('s')), dbus.Array([dbus.String(u'')], signature=dbus.Signature('s')), dbus.Array([dbus.String(u'')], signature=dbus.Signature('s')), dbus.Array([dbus.String(u'icedtea-6-jre-cacao'), dbus.String(u'icedtea-6-jre-jamvm'), dbus.String(u'liblightdm-gobject-1-0'), dbus.String(u'openjdk-6-jre-headless'), dbus.String(u'openjdk-6-jre-lib')], signature=dbus.Signature('s')), dbus.Array([dbus.String(u'')], signature=dbus.Signature('s')) Nov 16 09:03:45 myserver AptDaemon.Trans: INFO: Queuing transaction /org/debian/apt/transaction/7d380769c12e48aa99632f955582f2f3 after a while a window pops up informing me that "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" The connection to the daemon was lost. Most likely, the background daemon crashed. Details: It seems that the daemon died. Which is true since syslog tells us: Nov 16 09:06:04 myserver AptDaemon: INFO: Quitting due to inactivity Nov 16 09:06:04 myserver AptDaemon: INFO: Quitting was requested Nov 16 09:06:04 myserver dbus[993]: [system] Activating service name='org.debian.apt' (using servicehelper) Nov 16 09:06:04 myserver AptDaemon: INFO: Initializing daemon Nov 16 09:06:04 myserver dbus[993]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.debian.apt' apt-get per commandline works fine as a workaround. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: update-manager 1:0.152.25.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Nov 16 09:22:43 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: update-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-21 (25 days ago) When hitting 'Install Updates' on the Update Manager, it briefly greys out the manager but does not actually proceed to update anything. syslog says something has been queued: Nov 16 09:03:45 myserver AptDaemon: INFO: CommitPackages() was called: dbus.Array([dbus.String(u'')], signature=dbus.Signature('s')), dbus.Array([dbus.String(u'')], signature=dbus.Signature('s')), dbus.Array([dbus.String(u'')], signature=dbus.Signature('s')), dbus.Array([dbus.String(u'')], signature=dbus.Signature('s')), dbus.Array([dbus.String(u'icedtea-6-jre-cacao'), dbus.String(u'icedtea-6-jre-jamvm'), dbus.String(u'liblightdm-gobject-1-0'), dbus.String(u'openjdk-6-jre-headless'), dbus.String(u'openjdk-6-jre-lib')], signature=dbus.Signature('s')), dbus.Array([dbus.String(u'')], signature=dbus.Signature('s')) Nov 16 09:03:45 myserver AptDaemon.Trans: INFO: Queuing transaction /org/debian/apt/transaction/7d380769c12e48aa99632f955582f2f3 after a while a window pops up informing me that "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" The connection to the daemon was lost. Most likely, the background daemon crashed. Details:    It seems that the daemon died. Which is true since syslog tells us: Nov 16 09:06:04 myserver AptDaemon: INFO: Quitting due to inactivity Nov 16 09:06:04 myserver AptDaemon: INFO: Quitting was requested apt-get per commandline works fine as a workaround. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: update-manager 1:0.152.25.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Nov 16 09:22:43 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron:  LANGUAGE=en_CA:en  PATH=(custom, user)  LANG=en_CA.UTF-8  SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: update-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-21 (25 days ago)
2011-11-21 20:33:00 stefan summary update-manager loses connection to daemon - can't update Update impossible with update-manager -- loses connection to daemon
2011-11-30 05:57:52 RedSingularity update-manager (Ubuntu): status New Incomplete
2011-11-30 05:57:56 RedSingularity bug added subscriber Tim
2011-12-07 18:00:42 stefan attachment added aptd debug output https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/891255/+attachment/2623425/+files/xxx.txt
2011-12-19 09:17:49 Brian Smith bug added subscriber Brian Smith
2011-12-27 04:13:44 Ian Nicholson bug added subscriber Ian Nicholson
2012-01-02 19:12:02 Joe Van Demark bug added subscriber Joe Van Demark
2012-01-02 21:29:38 Fabio Marconi bug added subscriber Fabio Marconi
2012-01-02 21:30:45 Fabio Marconi update-manager (Ubuntu): status Incomplete Confirmed
2012-01-02 22:21:21 Fabio Marconi tags amd64 apport-bug oneiric amd64 apport-bug oneiric precise
2012-01-02 22:22:13 Fabio Marconi attachment added strace-um.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/891255/+attachment/2654610/+files/strace-um.log
2012-01-02 22:50:52 Fabio Marconi tags amd64 apport-bug oneiric precise amd64 apport-bug oneiric precise strace
2012-01-05 17:25:19 Brian Murray tags amd64 apport-bug oneiric precise strace amd64 apport-bug oneiric strace
2012-01-31 04:15:21 RedSingularity affects update-manager (Ubuntu) aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
2012-01-31 04:15:21 RedSingularity aptdaemon (Ubuntu): status Confirmed New
2012-01-31 04:16:26 RedSingularity summary Update impossible with update-manager -- loses connection to daemon Update impossible with update-manager -- loses connection to daemon AptDaemon: INFO: CommitPackages() was called: dbus.Array([dbus.String(u'')],
2012-03-29 06:43:08 Sebastian Heinlein aptdaemon (Ubuntu): status New In Progress
2012-03-29 06:43:10 Sebastian Heinlein aptdaemon (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2012-03-29 06:55:45 Sebastian Heinlein summary Update impossible with update-manager -- loses connection to daemon AptDaemon: INFO: CommitPackages() was called: dbus.Array([dbus.String(u'')], A failed Run() call doesn't let the transaction fail (in the case of e.g. authorization errors)
2012-03-29 06:55:57 Sebastian Heinlein summary A failed Run() call doesn't let the transaction fail (in the case of e.g. authorization errors) A failed Run() call doesn't let the transaction fail (e.g. authorization errors)
2012-04-06 10:36:34 Sebastian Heinlein aptdaemon (Ubuntu): status In Progress Fix Committed
2012-04-24 00:21:07 Stephen Kestle bug added subscriber Stephen Kestle
2012-12-30 08:21:21 Sebastian Heinlein aptdaemon (Ubuntu): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2015-04-11 08:20:23 Jon Kirton removed subscriber Jon Kirton