[Bug 1850966] Re: Stuck at "Refreshing software cache" after enabling repository not updated for Eoan

[Olav Bringedal]

it is possible to kill it from the application menu. a retry provided
this for me

jan. 21 10:20:25 it009239 dbus-daemon[1791]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.PackageKit' unit='packagekit.service' requested by ':1.8610' (uid=1001 pid=15523 comm="/usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/software-pro
jan. 21 10:20:25 it009239 systemd[1]: Starting PackageKit Daemon...
jan. 21 10:20:25 it009239 PackageKit[30099]: daemon start
jan. 21 10:20:25 it009239 dbus-daemon[1791]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit'
jan. 21 10:20:25 it009239 systemd[1]: Started PackageKit Daemon.
jan. 21 10:20:25 it009239 PackageKit[30099]: uid 1001 is trying to obtain org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-sources-refresh auth (only_trusted:0)
jan. 21 10:20:25 it009239 PackageKit[30099]: uid 1001 obtained auth for org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-sources-refresh
jan. 21 10:20:26 it009239 systemd-resolved[1633]: Server returned error NXDOMAIN, mitigating potential DNS violation DVE-2018-0001, retrying transaction with reduced feature level UDP.
jan. 21 10:20:26 it009239 systemd-resolved[1633]: Server returned error NXDOMAIN, mitigating potential DNS violation DVE-2018-0001, retrying transaction with reduced feature level UDP.
jan. 21 10:20:28 it009239 kernel: [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=44:8a:5b:c1:25:36:00:a3:d1:5a:b4:f0:08:00 SRC=91.206.34.210 DST=129.177.9.239 LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=51 ID=0 PROTO=TCP SPT=52250 DPT=34436 WINDOW=14600 RES=0x00 SY
jan. 21 10:20:30 it009239 systemd-resolved[1633]: Server returned error NXDOMAIN, mitigating potential DNS violation DVE-2018-0001, retrying transaction with reduced feature level UDP.
jan. 21 10:20:35 it009239 kernel: [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=44:8a:5b:c1:25:36:00:a3:d1:5a:b4:f0:86:dd SRC=2401:4900:360d:1409:74e7:01ca:4ad1:2fe8 DST=2001:0700:0200:0009:6995:6a71:4fa2:efd0 LEN=80 TC=104 HOPLIMIT=239 FLOWLBL=0 PRO
jan. 21 10:20:49 it009239 kernel: [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=44:8a:5b:c1:

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Title:
  Stuck at "Refreshing software cache" after enabling repository not
  updated for Eoan

Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Steps to reproduce:
  1. Open Software and Updates
  2. Go to "other software" and enable, for example, a repository disabled during upgrade to Eoan which is not updated for Eoan yet
  3. Press close and then reload on the dialog that opens.
  4. Refreshing software cache dialog is stuck

  After closing the dialogs by right clicking on the windows and the
  open apps bar, re opening Software and updates only shows a white
  square you can't interact with.

  Ubuntu 19.10

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