Attached is the output of sudo killall packagekitd && sudo /usr/lib/packagekit/packagekitd --verbose As you can see, there are some GLib Warnings and -CRITICALs:
(packagekitd:1876): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type `PkProc' (packagekitd:1876): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed (packagekitd:1876): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_new: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type)' failed Hope that helps! ** Attachment added: "packagekitd --verbose" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/packagekit/+bug/898891/+attachment/2615955/+files/packagekitdVerboseoutput.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/898891 Title: Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut: Activation of org.freedesktop.PackageKit timed out To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/packagekit/+bug/898891/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs