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Update Manager not opening
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:21 am
by ArkadioG
It is not problem with updating (thread provided by zerozero) but problem that main window of update manager doesn't show up.
I got same problem, here how it happens:
- i click on icon in tray, or click Update Manager in menu
- give my password
- pops up onlysmall window checking for updates
- that window closes
- all the time doesn't show main window of UM - the one showing list of available updates and its level
I have to try open UM like 3 or 5 times before main window shows up - and it happens whether there are updates or there aren't any.
If i manage to open main window of update manager, then all updates run fine.
Re: Update Manager not opening
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:28 am
by zerozero
split from
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=122741 as it seems a different problem
as far as i can understand you either can't open mintupdate or only after a few (random) attempts?
try to launch mintupdate from the terminal and check the errors it gives (if any) and post them here
the following commands should do (on or the other)
Re: Update Manager not opening
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:59 am
by ArkadioG
[edit] yes, mintupdate opens after few tries
mintuodate output:
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arkadiog@arkadiog-tosh ~ $ mintupdate
arkadiog@arkadiog-tosh ~ $ Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 9: reading configurations from ~/.fonts.conf is deprecated.
mintUpdate.py: Fatal IO error 11 (Zasoby chwilowo niedostÄpne) on X server :0.
arkadiog@arkadiog-tosh ~ $
- it opened window that downloaded packages informations, downloaded 95 files, then closed
I had to install gksu first, its output:
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arkadiog@arkadiog-tosh ~ $ gksu mintupdate
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(gksu:3485): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 9: reading configurations from ~/.fonts.conf is deprecated.
arkadiog@arkadiog-tosh ~ $
Re: Update Manager not opening
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:02 am
by zerozero
ArkadioG wrote:I had to install gksu first
what edition and DE of mint are you using?
Re: Update Manager not opening
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:23 am
by ArkadioG
Mint 14 KDE, i got system up to date - all updates installed
Re: Update Manager not opening
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:49 am
by zerozero
it looks like similar to this
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 8&t=122227
can you check if the menu entry is just mintupdate and if changing it to
solves the issue
Re: Update Manager not opening
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:55 am
by ArkadioG
Unfortunately it disn't help.
I changed settings so that
was fireing up, i even rebooted.
Icon in tray shows available updates, after i click it, give password and only window downloading packages shows up, then closes and.. still nothing.
When i click UM from menu - nothing happens. I changed it again back to
.
Edit: changed to propper command
Re: Update Manager not opening
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 12:18 pm
by zerozero
edit: above you mixed mintinstall with mintupdate? just to clarify that?
what graphics card you have?
this might seem weird but from this
mintUpdate.py: Fatal IO error 11
the only real error i could see in the above output i went to
http://www.linuxmint-fr.org/forum/demar ... 0&start=20
the topic is in french but the general problem is similar to yours and the OP solved it changing from amd to nvidia card (anyway that user was using the open source drivers because his card was not compatible with prop drivers anymore).
what card/drivers are you using?
give us the output of
Re: Update Manager not opening
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 4:46 pm
by ArkadioG
Of course i ment
mintupdate
my laptop is Toshiba L30-PSL33, FB 533MHz, Celeron 430 1,73, 1gb ram ddr2, embded Ati Radeon Xpress 200M. This is output:
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arkadiog@arkadiog-tosh ~ $ inxi -Gx
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200M] bus-ID: 01:05.0
X.Org: 1.13.0 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x800@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RC410 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 9.0 Direct Rendering: Yes
arkadiog@arkadiog-tosh ~ $
I got issue with graphic card when at first installed Mint to run IN Windows - i had to copy B43 drivers to root/lib/firmware,
but when I installed it alongside Win - all worked fine and needed no additional drivers.
By the way thx for help, maybe i should report this bug somewhere? Is there any ticketing system for that?
Re: Update Manager not opening
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 6:40 pm
by zerozero
rereading that topic (sorry
my french is a lot rusty lately) and also this other
http://www.linuxmind-italia.org/index.p ... c=14451.15 i'm not sure (even less than before) that the problem is graphics cards related.
in my system (and is a very messed system btw)
mintupdate is here
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zerozero@deb-kde ~/Documents $ whereis mintupdate
mintupdate: /usr/bin/mintupdate /usr/bin/X11/mintupdate
and both commands bellow launch it successfully
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zerozero@deb-kde ~/Documents $ /usr/bin/mintupdate
zerozero@deb-kde ~/Documents $ /usr/bin/X11/mintupdate
linux mint bug reports are
https://launchpad.net/linuxmint
Re: Update Manager not opening
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 6:00 pm
by ArkadioG
Just noticed that, when i open mintupdate from console, main window opens and packages start downloading this code outputs:
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arkadiog@arkadiog-tosh ~ $ Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 9: reading configurations from ~/.fonts.conf is deprecated.
Re: Update Manager not opening
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:34 pm
by zerozero
i think that it's just a warning and is not related with the main issue but worth checking
in my system
/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf is
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<!-- Load per-user customization file -->
<include ignore_missing="yes">~/.fonts.conf.d</include>
<include ignore_missing="yes">~/.fonts.conf</include>
</fontconfig>
and line 9 in fonts.conf is
can't see the connection
