[Bug 898807] Re: Clicking "Install Updates" button causes Update Manager window to gray out and become unresponsive; updates do not get installed

[Paul Hubert]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 894671 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/894671

My update-manager does not freeze.
Its "Install updates" simply fails to function.

The button permits me to click but it performs nothing.

Likewise, software center will not update.

I completely removed, then reinstalled the aptdaemon items, but that had
no effect.

I am also unable to manage users.

This began with my UPGRADE from 64 bit 10.04 to 10.10 and subsequently
to the present 11.04 upgrade.

I had thought the problem might be in a user-space config file of some
sort, but have no idea where that might be.

Ultimately, I may install 12.04 from scratch in another partition, but
I'd LOVE to find the source of the current set of problems. I tend to
think they have a common cause.

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Title:
  Clicking "Install Updates" button causes Update Manager window to gray
  out and become unresponsive; updates do not get installed

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The Update Manager window grays out and becomes unresponsive when the
  "Install Updates" button is clicked, and the mouse cursor shows its
  busy animation while held over it. A dialog for the update progress is
  supposed to appear, but never does; the program thus becomes stuck
  like this until several minutes later when it regains color and
  responsiveness but still shows all the updates it was supposed to do.

  As a workaround, updates can still be performed by using sudo apt-get
  update && sudo apt-get upgrade.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.154.6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-2.5-generic 3.2.0-rc3
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-2-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Dec  1 15:29:22 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111122)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-11-30 (1 days ago)

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