[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs indefinitely, appstreamcli using 100% CPU

Disabling the xenial-backports is working for me to! Thanks Mikko Niemelä! I really wonder how unexperienced user will deal with that problem! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583906] [NEW] package tex-common 6.04 failed to install/upgrade: le sous-processus script post-installation installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 1

Public bug reported: I don't know exactly the problem ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: tex-common 6.04 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed May 18 02:37:35

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1503758] Re: /usr/lib/unity-settings-daemon/unity-settings-daemon:5:XIQueryDevice:xdevice_get_dimensions:input_info_find_size_match:get_mappable_output_info:do_touchscreen_mapp

Thanks Xinxiu for testing again, that sounds like good news ;-) ** Changed in: unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1578880] Re: Build hyphen-* packages

This bug was fixed in the package language-selector - 0.168 --- language-selector (0.168) yakkety; urgency=medium * data/pkg_depends: Don't pull the dummy openoffice.org-hyphenation (LP: #1578880). * language_support_pkgs.py: Drop hack for hunspell-sv-se (no longer in arch

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs indefinitely, appstreamcli using 100% CPU

I was able to resolve the problem by disabling backports, it allowed me to do apt-get update which previously hanged up. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 Title:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs indefinitely, appstreamcli using 100% CPU

I'm running Ubuntu Gnome and the user experience is horrible with this bug when using the UI: "Software Updater" has "X" and "Stop" buttons: "Stop" button stays gray (inactive) during the update (what is the point of having gray Stop buttons?). It is even worse if the user (such as me) tried to cha

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1292398] Re: Second screen position isn't saved from one session to another

Same problem here for Ubuntu 15.10. Login window is fine, then it inverse my screens order. I need to change it again in the system panel to set it good again, but it save the settings for only the current session. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Package

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583845] Re: Can't "apt-get update" - appstreamcli stuck at 100% Processor Utilization

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1579712 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 ** Also affects: appstream Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583879] Re: apt-get update hangs indefinitely, appstreamcli using 100% CPU

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1579712 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: appstream (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of De

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs indefinitely, appstreamcli using 100% CPU

The simplest workaround seems to be to use Ctrl-C when apt update hangs at the end. It's already done most of the work, and this just aborts the running of appstreamcli at the end. You can then go ahead and update any binary packages built from the appstream source package (ie any of appstream apps

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs indefinitely, appstreamcli using 100% CPU

i had problems today to make "sudo apt update" it don't went away so that i can got "sudo apt dist-upgrade" i can terminate appstreamcli in system-monitor but that loading not all packets This fix has "repaired" the Problem, i quete the #24 After this working there came any Pakets it wont's to h

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs indefinitely, appstreamcli using 100% CPU

Might be completely unrelated, but i noticed most mirrors have this weird loop: http://ubuntu.mirror.su.se/ubuntu/ubuntu/ubuntu/ubuntu/ubuntu/ubuntu/ubuntu/ubuntu/ubuntu/ i write "most", but I haven't yet found any mirror that hasn't got it. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs indefinitely, appstreamcli using 100% CPU

As per Matthias' comment #24, not working for i386 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 Title: Refresh hangs indefinitely, appstreamcli using 100% CPU Status in a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs indefinitely, appstreamcli using 100% CPU

As per Matthias' comment #24, not working for i386 all package for i386 still get stuck and appstreamcli get 100% -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 Title: Refre

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs indefinitely, appstreamcli using 100% CPU

This bug appears to also affect clean 16.04 installs as of today. Specifically, the installer gets stuck at "Retrieving file 56 of 56". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1577316] Re: LibreOffice Base Crash when i try to connect to mysql

On Xenial, the problem appears to be solved with LO 5.1.3 -- connection to database in native MySQL is now stable. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1577316 Title: Li

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583862] Re: apt-get update hangs after hit/get

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1579712 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1579712 Refresh hangs indefinitely, appstreamcli using 100% CPU -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which i

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs indefinitely, appstreamcli using 100% CPU

As per Matthias' comment #24, deleting the rm /usr/bin/appstreamcli and installing the .deb packages worked for me as well. Thank you Matthias' -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1581106] Re: [yakkety regression] lightdm fails to install in a minimal environment

** Branch linked: lp:lightdm -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1581106 Title: [yakkety regression] lightdm fails to install in a minimal environment Status in lightdm pa

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1581106] Re: [yakkety regression] lightdm fails to install in a minimal environment

** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Committed ** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1292990] Re: lightdm overrides dh_installinit in debian/rules and shouldn't

Based on Martins issue I've reverted this change and added a comment. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1292990 Title: lightdm overrides dh_installinit in debian/rules an

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583861] Re: Keyboard backlight isn't properly restored after idle on systems with hardwired configuration

The attachment "upower-always-get-kbd-brightness.debdiff" seems to be a debdiff. The ubuntu-sponsors team has been subscribed to the bug report so that they can review and hopefully sponsor the debdiff. If the attachment isn't a patch, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove th

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583862] Re: apt-get update hangs after hit/get

killing appstream and changing archives apparently fixes it according to the reddit thread ** Package changed: apt (Ubuntu) => appstream (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583883] Re: lightdm blocks login screen on non-english layout

** Package changed: lightdm (Ubuntu) => unity (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1583883 Title: lightdm blocks login screen on non-english layout Status in unity

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1571574] Re: 3G (WWAN) icon missing in network-manager-applet

@Sebastien & Aron The syslog is now included; Can we get a resolution very soon; It is urgent issue for Dell. If you want more background please let me know by email or on irc. Thx. Pascal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed t

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583862] [NEW] apt-get update hangs after hit/get

You have been subscribed to a public bug: After typing "sudo apt-get update" the following happens, but then it hangs: Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Ign:2 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubunt

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs indefinitely, appstreamcli using 100% CPU

Matthias' #24 workaround works for me. Thank you. But how the amateur, non-technical, regular user of a !!!LTS!!! release will deal with this bug? Fixed for me and for (lets see) 300 users... and the others? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1320868] Re: "UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xff in position 0: invalid start byte" when removing nvidia-current package

I think this bug is being fixed in the upstream already. https://github.com/tseliot/ubuntu-drivers-common/commit/cee1ac2aaa4ee79b81c154fed282268fbbe7a9a2 We can close this bug with ubuntu-drivers-common (>= 1:0.4.19). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Pack

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1571574] Re: 3G (WWAN) icon missing in network-manager-applet

Please refer to the attached syslog ** Attachment added: "3g-icon-syslog" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/1571574/+attachment/468/+files/3g-icon-syslog -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subsc

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs indefinitely, appstreamcli using 100% CPU

I made the summary less technical, so maybe fewer duplicates of this get reported when people go through the bug list. I also added instructions on how to fix this immediately without removing packages or moving config files around to the bug description, so people who find this bug don't need t

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583879] Re: apt-get update hangs indefinitely, appstreamcli using 100% CPU

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1579712 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1579712 Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1536353] Re: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not available anymore

For now following Richard's advice I installed lsb by adding trusty repository. After that I removed the trusty repo. So far no issues and printer and printer utility working fine after driver install for my Epson L800. This seems to be the only viable working solution till Canonical fixes this. -

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

@dsfkljo322332: This bug affects upgrades via apt as well as dpkg. Gdebi uses one of those on the back end, not sure which. See comment #34 and #30 for more details. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. htt

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

sudo apt remove appstream works for me, but plasma-discover depends on it so it is also removed. Lucky for me I didn't really use that any way. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583883] [NEW] lightdm blocks login screen on non-english layout

Public bug reported: Sometimes lightdm pops up after the sleep mode and proposes its own login screen without ability to change keyboard layout. How to fix it? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: lightdm 1.18.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8 Unam

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

My bad. I forgot to install libappstream3_0.9.4-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb installing libappstream3_0.9.4-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb wtih dpkg first did fix the problem. I think I was using gdebi. Does this bug break gdebi somehow? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packag

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583881] [NEW] package texlive-latex-base-doc (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/texlive-doc/latex/url/url.tex.gz', which is also in

Public bug reported: This is occurred after upgrading to 16.04 ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: texlive-latex-base-doc (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583879] Re: apt-get update hangs indefinitely, appstreamcli using 100% CPU

Also, the graphical Ubuntu Software Updater is likewise hanging indefinitely. And I've confirmed this on 3 different systems so far. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583879] [NEW] apt-get update hangs indefinitely, appstreamcli using 100% CPU

Public bug reported: Just ran `sudo apt-get update`, which is hanging indefinitely after the downloads complete, the last CLI output from which is: Fetched 733 kB in 1s (399 kB/s) Looking at `top` suggests `appstreamcli` is the culprit as it's pegged at near 100% CPU usage: 100 0.1 18:29.02

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

Also hit by this. And unable to manually install the deb, even after rm /usr/bin/appstreamcli Preparing to unpack appstream_0.9.4-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking appstream (0.9.4-1ubuntu1) over (0.9.4-1ubuntu1) ... Setting up appstream (0.9.4-1ubuntu1) ... CPU stuck at 100% -- You received thi

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

@dsfkljo322332: Are you using dpkg to install the upgrades? Try upgrading the libappstream3 package first, then the appstream package. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/15

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1503758] Re: /usr/lib/unity-settings-daemon/unity-settings-daemon:5:XIQueryDevice:xdevice_get_dimensions:input_info_find_size_match:get_mappable_output_info:do_touchscreen_mapp

oops, sorry for comment #13, I started from an error version u-s-d source, this time I patched the simple patch base on unity-settings- daemon-14.04.0+14.04.20151012 which we used in Sutton image and tried again, seems it works fine. the u-s-d works well after change the resolution with patch http

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

This runs up my CPU on Kubuntu... appstreamcli was using 13% cpu. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 Title: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated st

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583424] Re: nvidia-361 361.42-0ubuntu2: nvidia-361 kernel module failed to build

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1574838 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574838 Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1574838, so it is being marked as such. Please look

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1547077] Re: Suspend to ram causes some glyphs to draw consistently wrong or even appear blank in gtk/gdk/pango/cairo apps. xterm/xmessage unaffected.

gouri, could you please provide the bugzilla number for the report you filed? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1547077 Title: Suspend to ram causes some glyphs to draw cons

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

@Brett: When the AppStream cache update is triggered, the APT cache is updated, so updates will still be installed. Ideally, the fixed package is shipped via x-updates soon, so no more people get trapped. SRU verification is done at least, and we now have more than enough people confirming the b

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

Today i woke up to my server's cpu fan going at full speed. Puzzled by this i check my virtualbox machines and notice my ubuntu 16.04 installation has appstream stuck at 100% on one core. This has not happened before. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packa

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583861] Re: Keyboard backlight isn't properly restored after idle on systems with hardwired configuration

** Description changed: - In Dell or ThinkPad notebooks with keyboard backlight, the keybindings - to control the keyboard backlight don't emit any event to the userland, + In Dell or ThinkPad (for these you need a kernel which includes fix for + lp:1574498) notebooks with keyboard backlight, the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1510344] Re: Keyboard Backlight Turns on at boot

** Branch unlinked: lp:~3v1n0/unity-settings-daemon/kbd-brightness- update -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1510344 Title: Keyboard Backlight Turns on at b

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583861] Re: Keyboard backlight isn't properly restored after idle on systems with hardwired configuration

** Branch linked: lp:~3v1n0/unity-settings-daemon/kbd-brightness-update -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1583861 Title: Keyboard backlight isn't properly r

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583861] Re: Keyboard backlight isn't properly restored after idle on systems with hardwired configuration

** Patch added: "upower-always-get-kbd-brightness.debdiff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-sputnik/+bug/1583861/+attachment/440/+files/upower-always-get-kbd-brightness.debdiff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583845] Re: Can't "apt-get update" - appstreamcli stuck at 100% Processor Utilization

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1579712 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 ** Information type changed from Public Security to Private Security ** Information type changed from Private Security to Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop P

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

I think a high priority is the better fit now, since this - for some reason - started to hit more users than expected now, and the manifestations of this bug are very annoying. It doesn't cause data loss or is a critical security issue though. ** Changed in: appstream (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

Matthias post #24 worked for me also thank you! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 Title: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string Status in ap

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583845] Re: Can't "apt-get update" - appstreamcli stuck at 100% Processor Utilization

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1579712 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 ** Information type changed from Public to Public Security -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launc

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

Folks, Updates had been working fine for me until today (5/19/2016). I updated my machines last night(all 11 of them) and now all are experiencing the aforementioned problem with 100% CPU usage from appstreamcli. It appears that in my case at least that something applied last night must be trigge

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

In comment #30 I took the procedure from comment #24 and added two commands to rename appstream's apt config file, but those commands aren't necessary because they have no effect when appstream is installed via the `dpkg` command. The appstream package's postinst file explicitly calls `appstreamcl

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

+1 on Matthias' instructions on installing the patches (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream/+bug/1579712/comments/24)... this fixed the issue for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. htt

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583425] Re: nvidia-304 304.131-0ubuntu3: nvidia-304 kernel module failed to build

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1574838 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574838 Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1574838, so it is being marked as such. Please look

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583845] Re: Can't "apt-get update" - appstreamcli stuck at 100% Processor Utilization

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1579712 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 Instructions for installing the patches to test (in Matthias' comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream/+bug/1579712/comments/24 on bug #1579712) *did* solve the issue for me. -- You rece

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583829] Re: aptitude update -> appstreamcli uses 100% cpu

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1579712 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 can confirm that purging appstream and then rerunning apt update fixed the issue. version affected: appstream 0.9.4-1 @ #4 - Jacob I had the same problem, I fixed with the following: $ ps ax | grep appstr

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

I ran the fix Matthias mentioned in post #24 and it fixed my issue. Thanks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 Title: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL term

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583845] Re: Can't "apt-get update" - appstreamcli stuck at 100% Processor Utilization

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1579712 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 Yes click on the bug link below and check out post #24 for the fix. It worked for me -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1510344] Re: Keyboard Backlight Turns on at boot

I've moved the part related to idle backlight reset to bug #1583861 ** No longer affects: upower (Ubuntu) ** No longer affects: upower (Ubuntu Xenial) ** No longer affects: upower ** Patch removed: "upower-always-get-kbd-brightness.debdiff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-sputnik/+bug/15103

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583861] [NEW] Keyboard backlight isn't properly restored after idle on systems with hardwired configuration

Public bug reported: In Dell or ThinkPad notebooks with keyboard backlight, the keybindings to control the keyboard backlight don't emit any event to the userland, about the state change, nor they request userland to change it (as it happens in other models which emits KEY_KBDILLUM{UP,DOWN,TOGGLE}

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

@ximion: I missed that. After upgrading libappstream3 from -proposed, everything works fine. Thanks. The reason I warned against removing the binary is because it's a bad practice in general, even though in this particular problem scenario the removed binary gets restored when its package is upgra

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

Thanks. "Medium" importance for this bug? This seems like the most critical bug I've ever encountered, considering that if I had left my laptop alone to "finish updating" it might have melted and caused a forest fire before I got back :) Yeah, I think this one deserves a critical status; the fix n

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1574745] Re: Missing symlinks to match locales

I noticed a few worrying lo-dicts bugs at Debian. Some testing on Ubuntu re : $ dpkg-query -W hunspell-es myspell-es hunspell-es 1:5.1.0-1ubuntu2 myspell-es 1.11-11 $ sudo apt install hunspell-es Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1534501] Re: dnsmasq error logs fill up storage drive memory

This appears to be a conflict between network-manager's integration with dnsmasq-base, and the dnsmasq package. If there isn't a specific reason for the dnsmasq package to be installed on your system, the straightforward workaround is to remove dnsmasq with 'apt purge dnsmasq'. ** Changed in: res

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1576780] Re: Needs to implement the full DEP-11 icon spec for compatibility with 3rd-party repos

** Changed in: appstream-glib (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Matthias Klumpp (ximion) ** Changed in: appstream-glib (Ubuntu Xenial) Milestone: None => xenial-updates ** Changed in: appstream-glib (Ubuntu) Milestone: xenial-updates => None -- You received this bug notification b

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

@Lonnie: this is the same bug. Install the package via dpkg as described in post #24, that should solve the 100% CPU issue too - the issue manifests itself in some very interesting ways sometimes. ** Changed in: appstream (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Matthias Klumpp (ximion) -- You r

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

Updated appstream & libappstream3 to version 0.9.4-1ubuntu1, and libappstream-glib8 to 0.5.13-1ubuntu1 just in case... Fixed for me. Thanks you! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

I tried to update after a fresh install and could not get past the appstreamcli infinite 100% processor utilization: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream/+bug/1583845 My laptop got almost smoking hot before I finally killed the appstreamcli process! -- You received this bug notif

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583845] Re: Can't "apt-get update" - appstreamcli stuck at 100% Processor Utilization

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1579712 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 Yes, this is already fixed in proposed-updates. A more complete fix is in Yakkety, but the one in x-p-u will do the job just fine (see the bug report this one is a duplicate of for details). -- You receiv

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

Mathias. Downloading and installing deb fixed it for me. Thanks!. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 Title: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated s

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583845] Re: Can't "apt-get update" - appstreamcli stuck at 100% Processor Utilization

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1579712 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 I noticed the same problem on a fresh 16.04 install. I booted it again few days later, and noticed "appstreamcli refresh" process using 100% cpu. Running strace on it doesn't show any activity. Gdb shows tha

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

Weird, I wonder what happened that many people are experiencing this now... Removing `/usr/bin/appstreamcli` is fine if you install the fixed package afterwards. To install this manually, please do (for amd64, adjust URLs for other architectures): ``` cd /tmp && mkdir asfix cd asfix wget https:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

@John Wang: Did you also update libappstream3? Because that's where the bug actually is ;-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 Title: Refresh hangs due to strdup

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583845] Re: Can't "apt-get update" - appstreamcli stuck at 100% Processor Utilization

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1579712 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1579712 Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583845] Re: Can't "apt-get update" - appstreamcli stuck at 100% Processor Utilization

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1579712 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 An strace of the appstreamcli process while it's stuck at 100% CPU shows nothing at all, so it looks like it got stuck in a loop doing "something" that needs no syscalls... -- You received this bug notific

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

Okay, I've successfully upgraded to appstream 0.9.4-1ubuntu1 from the -proposed repo, but subsequent `sudo apt-get update` invocations still hang on appstreamcli. I have no idea what to do now. @ludentico: Yes, sorry, I was in a hurry and didn't include full paths. -- You received this bug notif

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

@johnwang I guess you meant $ sudo mv /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50appstream /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50appstream.disabled -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 Title: Refres

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583845] Re: Can't "apt-get update" - appstreamcli stuck at 100% Processor Utilization

I have the same problem, and it happens with both apt-get and synaptic when I try to update the list of packages. It has nothing to do with installing without an internet connection, as for me this just started happening tonight (it worked fine before). A "workaround" is to remove the appstream p

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583845] Re: Can't "apt-get update" - appstreamcli stuck at 100% Processor Utilization

** Description changed: I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04 without being connected to the internet because when connected to the internet the install would lock up at the point that ubuntu was "Retrieving 56 of 56". - Installation (without internet) was successful, then I connected to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

Disabled all my repositories by commenting out everything in /etc/apt/sources.list and moving everything out of /etc/apt/sources.list.d; it did the trick: could update appstream from proposed repository. Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, w

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

That last command should have been: $ sudo mv 50appstream.disabled 50appstream -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579712 Title: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

@ludentico: Never `rm` files without also removing the package they belong to. I discovered a workaround: $ sudo mv 50appstream 50appstream.disabled $ sudo apt-get update $ ... [do what you need here] ... $ sudo 50appstream.disabled 50appstream -- You received this bug notification because you

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1554023] Re: Perform an apt update if there is no appstream available

I wonder if I'm suffering from this issue. Please take a look at the bug I submitted: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1583845 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/15540

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583845] Re: Can't "apt-get update" - appstreamcli stuck at 100% Processor Utilization

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: appstream (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583847] [NEW] /usr/bin/transmission-gtk:11:tr_isTorrent:tr_torrentInfo:tr_torrentHasMetadata:tr_cpHasAll:tr_cpGetStatus

Public bug reported: The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding transmission. This problem was most recently seen with version 2.84-3ubuntu3, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/04e2e595aafce2a75194c528743ccb125a9a contains more details. *

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1059185] Re: bluetooth-wizard doesn't find any devices

Konrad, that's premature. This problem was reported for example against trusty which until very recently was the latest LTS. Please stop closing tickets just because they are old. You can always ask if people are still affected by this problem and then close the ticket if there is no response.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1582670] Re: Add auto-detect and -installation routine to sound configuration

** Also affects: unity-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** No longer affects: unity (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

Removing appstreamcli seems to do the trick. I'm not aware of side effects sudo rm /usr/bin/appstreamcli Source: http://trastetes.blogspot.com/2016/02/solucion-al-error-e-then- appstreamcli.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscri

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1582433] Re: Dash does not handle .desktop files correctly if there are hyphens in the directory path

** No longer affects: unity (Ubuntu) ** Branch linked: lp:~azzar1/unity-lens-applications/lp-1582433 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-lens-applications in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dp-unity-lens-music https://b

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

Neither can I install any update, even after disabling third-party repositories. appstreamcli hangs refreshing with 100% cpu use apt update hangs after 'Fetched XXX kb in Xs (XXX kb/s)' -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ap

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

Peter, the package can be found at: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream/0.9.4-1ubuntu1 (as previously posted) but I'm kinda at a loss here: dpkg -i launches appstreamcli when setting up the package which results in me not being able to install it so far. -- You received this bug notifi

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583845] [NEW] Can't "apt-get update" - appstreamcli stuck at 100% Processor Utilization

Public bug reported: I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04 without being connected to the internet because when connected to the internet the install would lock up at the point that ubuntu was "Retrieving 56 of 56". Installation (without internet) was successful, then I connected to the internet

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1573685] Re: Security fixes from 50.0.2661.75 and 50.0.2661.94

** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1573685 Title: Security fixes from 50.0.2661.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

@pgbennett I'm not sure how to discover which particular repo is causing appstreamcli to hang, so you could try disabling *all* your third party repos then update. Or disable them one-by-one, but that could be tedious. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Pac

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1579712] Re: Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated string

I have appstream 0.9.4-1 installed and every time it is run (automatically, not by me) it spikes cpu to 100%. I cannot even purge and reinstall it, because it is run during the setup phase (to force a new index) which pegs the cpu. Is 0.9.4-1 supposed to be ~= 0.9.6 of upstream? -- You received t

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