plasma-discover "cannot refresh cache whilst offline"
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Plasma Discover |
Won't Fix
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Medium
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plasma-discover (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I am unable to install regular packages from Ubuntu repositories through Plasma Discover front end, throwing the error "no network connection available" It's also unable to search and install updates throwing the error "cannot refresh cache whilst offline" at startup.
However, snaps install just fine, and I can also install packages through apt or Synaptic package manager.
From what I gather after a google search, it's a conflict between packagekit and networkmanager on Ubuntu. Some relevant bug reports I found
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Ubuntu release:
Description: Ubuntu Impish Indri (development branch)
Release: 21.10
Package name:
plasma-discover:
Instalado: 5.22.5-0ubuntu1
Candidato: 5.22.5-0ubuntu1
Tabela de Versão:
*** 5.22.5-0ubuntu1 500
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
What I expected to happen:
Discover is able to search and apply for updates and install regular Ubuntu packages
What happened instead:
Discover cannot search for updates and install regular Ubuntu packages for apparently not detecting network connection.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
Package: plasma-discover 5.22.5-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu69
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckR
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Sat Sep 25 03:14:45 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-09-24 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Beta amd64 (20210924)
SourcePackage: plasma-discover
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Changed in plasma-discover: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → Won't Fix |
SUMMARY
"Cannot refresh cache whilst offline" -- except I'm not offline, obviously since I'm filing this report.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Click the icon indicating updates are available in the task bar
2. Click 'check for updates'.
3. Notice it gives an error message and does nothing of any use.
System is the latest Ubuntu 'eoan', though this bug has been around for a long time.
My system's network is configured via systemd/networkd as is indicated in /etc/netplan.
I don't use the network manager for anything. This bug appears whether the disused network-manager is enabled or disabled in systemd, or is running or not running.
OBSERVED RESULT
EXPECTED RESULT
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
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macOS:
Linux/KDE Plasma:
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