Re: [Bug 425280] Re: kpackagekit waxes all Internet bandwidth until reboot

2010-11-10 Thread seasoned_geek
It was not opinion. The problem was verified by others and still exists in the LTS release. On Wednesday, November 10, 2010 06:30:51 am you wrote: > ** Changed in: packagekit (Ubuntu) >Status: Incomplete => Opinion > > ** Changed in: packagekit (Ubuntu) >Status: Opinion => Incom

Re: [Bug 425280] Re: kpackagekit waxes all Internet bandwidth until reboot

2010-11-10 Thread seasoned_geek
I lost hope of it getting fixed long ago. The TOTAL FAILURE line was accurate. It was my sincere hope this train wreck would be abandoned and we could get back to software that worked. On Tuesday, November 09, 2010 09:09:07 pm you wrote: > Well current PackageKit can't be backported to Kubuntu

Re: [Bug 425280] Re: kpackagekit waxes all Internet bandwidth until reboot

2010-11-01 Thread seasoned_geek
On Monday, November 01, 2010 11:15:53 am you wrote: > > Well I don't using 64-bit AMD KUbuntu 10.04 > > Then try Kubuntu 10.10 or a recent version of KPackageKit. > > > reason to replace synaptic and even less reason to remove the previous > > update > > manager WHICH ALSO SHOWED A USER THE SIZE

Re: [Bug 425280] Re: kpackagekit waxes all Internet bandwidth until reboot

2010-11-01 Thread seasoned_geek
On Monday, November 01, 2010 05:41:08 am you wrote: > See http://packagekit.org/pk-intro.html and watch the video for detailed > information about PK :) > > > Open this worthless product. Click on Development Packages. Click on > > Anjuta IDE. Do you see a download size presented? No. > > Actuall

Re: [Bug 425280] Re: kpackagekit waxes all Internet bandwidth until reboot

2010-10-31 Thread seasoned_geek
On Sunday, October 31, 2010 11:35:38 am you wrote: > > [...] the inclusion of this product in any distribution was both > > misguided and ego driven. > > Ah, so you know all the reasons why KPackageKit was developed, you know > what exactly PackageKit is and you know the decisions why PK/KPK was >

Re: [Bug 425280] Re: kpackagekit waxes all Internet bandwidth until reboot

2010-10-31 Thread seasoned_geek
After spending in excess of a year attempting to help improve KPackagekit it became aparent the inclusion of this product in any distribution was both misguided and ego driven. It's a bug-ridden half-arsed attempt to replace Synaptic, which needed no improvement what-so-ever. The developers of

Re: [Bug 425280] Re: kpackagekit waxes all Internet bandwidth until reboot

2010-10-30 Thread seasoned_geek
I'm currently using 10.10, but KPackagekit is such a pathetic product I avoid it at ALL costs. The first thing I install is Synaptec. On Saturday, October 30, 2010 12:45:36 pm you wrote: > Sebastian that's not a good test in my opnion, refreshing caches does > not download large files which m

Re: [Bug 425280] Re: kpackagekit waxes all Internet bandwidth until reboot

2009-10-28 Thread Sebastian Heinlein
PackageKit uses Python APT to download and install packages. So the script was test to exclude python-apt as a source of error. -- kpackagekit waxes all Internet bandwidth until reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/425280 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bug

Re: [Bug 425280] Re: kpackagekit waxes all Internet bandwidth until reboot

2009-10-27 Thread seasoned_geek
If you want me to DO something while a script is running, please don't just ask me to run the script. No, not at all. I can check email, look at Yahoo, etc. while the script is running. The problem is KPackageKit. I don't have the bandwidth issue when using Synaptic. On Tuesday 27 October 2

Re: [Bug 425280] Re: kpackagekit waxes all Internet bandwidth until reboot

2009-10-26 Thread Sebastian Heinlein
What happens during running the script? Is your Internet slow? -- kpackagekit waxes all Internet bandwidth until reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/425280 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list u

Re: [Bug 425280] Re: kpackagekit waxes all Internet bandwidth until reboot

2009-10-26 Thread seasoned_geek
I used to use Hughes.net satellite, but have recently switched to Verizon Wireless Broadband. Same problem on both networks. Don't know what this output will tell you, but it took quite a while to run. rol...@logikaldesktop:~/bandwidth$ cp ~/downloads/test-bandwith.py . rol...@

Re: [Bug 425280] Re: kpackagekit waxes all Internet bandwidth until reboot

2009-10-26 Thread Sebastian Heinlein
What kind of Internet connection do you have? Are you using an analoge modem? Which server do you use? Could you please test the attached script, which performs a cache update, by running the following command in a Terminal/Konsole: sudo python test-bandwith.py Cheers, Sebastian ** Attachmen

Re: [Bug 425280] Re: kpackagekit waxes all Internet bandwidth until reboot

2009-10-25 Thread seasoned_geek
On Sunday 25 October 2009 05:25:16 am Sebastian Heinlein wrote: > Please take a look at the list of running processes after you have > cancelled the download: is a process python aptBackend.py running? > > Actually KPackageKit uses the same library/functions to download > packages from the Interne