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software-properties package

Changing to NVIDIA experimental driver hangs during applying changes

Bug #1059227 reported by Marius B. Kotsbak on 2012-09-30

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This bug affects 6 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	software-properties (Ubuntu)	Expired	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I chose the NVIDA experimental driver in the new "Additional drivers" tab, but the applying of changes never finishes.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: software-properties-gtk 0.92.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-16.25-generic 3.5.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.5.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Sep 30 21:30:02 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: software-properties
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-28 (1 days ago)

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Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko) wrote on 2012-09-30:

#1

Dependencies.txt Edit (8.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (166 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko) wrote on 2012-09-30:

#2

Screenshot of the stuck dialog Edit (63.2 KiB, image/png)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-10-24:

#3

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

Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Broes De Cat (broes-decat) wrote on 2012-10-24:

#4

Same problem for installing ati and wireless broadcom drivers.

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Andrew Kachaniwsky (kachaniwsky) wrote on 2013-01-03:

#5

happening for me with 12.10

Ma Hsiao-chun (mahsiaochun) on 2013-06-08

affects:

software-properties (Ubuntu) → ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu)

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote on 2013-06-10:

#6

Can you please run "software-properties-gtk" in a terminal, do the steps which lead to this, and see whether you get any screen output once the hang starts? I'm assigning this to s-p for now, as the window shouldn't gray out and block during package installation.

affects:	ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu) → software-properties (Ubuntu)
Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2013-08-10:

#7

[Expired for software-properties (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Expired

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Andrew Somerville (andy-somerville) wrote on 2013-10-16:

#8

I think it might be a permissions issue. It works when I run "sudo software-properties-gtk".

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