[Bug 1606275] [NEW] gnome-software doesn't run

2016-07-25 Thread stormhike
Public bug reported: Entering gnome-software in a terminal results in a new process called 'gnome-software' but no window and no messages in the terminal. Doesn't run using unity launcher either. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: gnome-software 3.20.1+git20160617.1.0440874.ub

[Bug 1606238] Re: gnome-software won't open

2016-08-19 Thread stormhike
I did the same, deleted the contents of ~/.local/share/gnome-software/ and it worked for me too. By the way, I also renamed the directory gnome-software and that worked as well, a new dir called gnome-software was created during application startup. It's a workaround but not a fix. -- You recei

[Bug 1438612] Re: remote file systems hang on shutdown, D-BUS stops too early

2016-08-25 Thread stormhike
I have found a workaround on my 16.04.1 system (whether dbus problem that was already fixed or not). I removed the .sh from the umount files in rc0.d, rc6.d and init.d ... su cd /etc/init.d/ mv umountnfs.sh umountnfs cd /etc/rc0.d rm K05umountnfs ln -s ../init.d/umountnfs K05umountnfs cd /etc/rc6.

Re: [Bug 1606275] Re: gnome-software doesn't run

2016-07-29 Thread stormhike
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1606238 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1606238 $ ls ~/.local/share/gnome-software/ install-queue ubuntu-reviews.db Also:$ ls -l ~/.local/share/gnome-software/ total 272 -rw-rw-r-- 1 stormhike stormhike 27 May 3 08:45 install-queue -rw-r--r-- 1

Re: [Bug 1606275] Re: gnome-software doesn't run

2016-07-29 Thread stormhike
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1606238 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1606238 Don't know if this helps ... I ran 'gnome-software --verbose' and got this message several times: (gnome-software:5189): Gs-DEBUG: cannot find plugin 'packagekit-refine' And I noticed that the very last li

[Bug 1606275] Re: gnome-software doesn't run

2016-09-04 Thread stormhike
Copying over info from bug 1606238 now that this is no longer a duplicate of that bug: A workaround is to delete the contents of ~/.local/share/gnome-software/. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Bug 1369043] Re: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 128

2015-09-30 Thread stormhike
Just to add something although I don't have the problem now. When using the Ubuntu Software Center to install the "Ubuntu Restricted Extras" package it appeared to hang so I waited then quit. Then I saw the dialog asking me to confirm the EULA, the only option was to continue, which ended up in a

[Bug 2065542] Re: Thunderbird snap unable to send or save messages with custom download dir location

2024-06-14 Thread stormhike
I have the same problem with a clean install of Kubuntu 24.04. TBird version 2:1snap1-0ubuntu3. My Downloads dir is a symlink to a folder in a partition on the same disk. Installed the Flatpak version 115.10.1 which is working. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubu

[Bug 2065542] Re: Thunderbird snap unable to send or save messages with custom download dir location

2024-06-14 Thread stormhike
I can confirm that the workaround does work for me (sudo snap connect thunderbird:removable-media). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2065542 Title: Thunderbird snap unable to send or sa