Ubuntu Software Center hanging when installing >5 packages at the same time

Bug #1022349 reported by CatchesAStar
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This bug affects 8 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
software-center (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

The Ubuntu Software Center seems to hang after 5+ packages are in the progress section.

Each time I click install on a package (after the 5 packages are already in the progress section), the Software Center hangs for a while when adding the package to the progress section.

The more packages that are in the progress section, the longer the hang seems to be.

Eventually, when it reaches 30 packages in the progress section, the Software Center occasionally crashes, and/or hangs permanantly.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: software-center 5.2.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jul 8 13:57:44 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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CatchesAStar (catchesastar) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Ambimom (ambimom-yahoo) wrote :

I experience hang when trying to open software center. I can only add one package at a time, if that. It takes inordinate amount of time to open in the first place.

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
summary: - Ubuntu Software Center Hanging
+ Ubuntu Software Center hanging when installing >5 packages at the same
+ time
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juancarlospaco (juancarlospaco) wrote :

Needs moar multithreading.

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ssameer ssierra (ssameerlove) wrote :

this happens to me using 12.04 on a late 2008 macbook pro 17

Dave Morley (davmor2)
Changed in software-center:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu One Client Engineering team (ubuntuone-client-engineering)
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu One Client Engineering team (ubuntuone-client-engineering)
tags: added: u1-by-user u1-on-production
Changed in software-center:
assignee: Ubuntu One Client Engineering team (ubuntuone-client-engineering) → nobody
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
assignee: Ubuntu One Client Engineering team (ubuntuone-client-engineering) → nobody
dobey (dobey)
no longer affects: software-center
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