[Bug 1587066] Re: Update Manager Crashes immediately after launch.

Babu Bill billossa at gmail.com
Fri Dec 16 08:09:33 UTC 2016 

distro is 16.04, 64-bit Ubuntu.
Checking for updates in "About this computer" crashes shortly after start. 
In Terminal,   sudo apt-get update      returns: 

Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable Release                      
Hit:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                     
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                        
Ign:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-4.0/ubuntu xenial InRelease 
Hit:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease          
Ign:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-daily/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease        
Ign:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-4.0/ubuntu xenial Release 
Hit:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease      
Ign:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-daily/ubuntu xenial Release
Ign:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-4.0/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
Ign:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-4.0/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
Ign:15 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-4.0/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:16 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-4.0/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US
Ign:17 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-4.0/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Ign:18 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-4.0/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata
Ign:19 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-4.0/ubuntu xenial/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons
Ign:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-daily/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
Ign:21 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-daily/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
Ign:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-daily/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-daily/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US
Ign:24 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-daily/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Ign:25 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-daily/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata
Ign:26 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-daily/ubuntu xenial/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons
Ign:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-4.0/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages

 lines 13 thru 26 are repeated five more times, then ends with"

Ign:26 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-daily/ubuntu xenial/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons
Err:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-4.0/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
  404  Not Found
Ign:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-4.0/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
Ign:15 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-4.0/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:16 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-4.0/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US
Ign:17 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-4.0/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Ign:18 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-4.0/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata
Ign:19 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-4.0/ubuntu xenial/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons
Err:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-daily/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
  404  Not Found
Ign:21 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-daily/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
Ign:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-daily/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-daily/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US
Ign:24 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-daily/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Ign:25 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-daily/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata
Ign:26 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-daily/ubuntu xenial/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons
Reading package lists... Done
W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-4.0/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-daily/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-4.0/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found
E: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/wallch/wallch-daily/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

More background.  The application Wallch did not work properly, so I
removed it. Tried to remove again after reinstalling, but it appears a
clean removal has not happened and is part of the problem.


** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

** Converted to question:
   https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/406802

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Title:
  Update Manager Crashes immediately after launch.

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Using

  "Application Launcher" =>
  "Type to search" =>
  Type "Update" =>
  Launch "Update Manager"
  Update Manager crashes.

  This is Kubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit

  ~$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  Release:        16.04

  ~$ apt-cache policy update-manager
  update-manager:
    Installed: (none)
    Candidate: 1:16.04.3
    Version table:
       1:16.04.3 500
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages

  Expected behavior:

  Update Manager Should not crash

  What happened instead:

  Update Manager crashed

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl nvidia_uvm nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Mon May 30 08:36:22 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-14 (15 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: xorg
  Symptom: display
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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