[Solved] Software Manager hangs.

[russellz]

Hi,

It used to work OK but now it works OK unless I type anything in the search box. After I type the first character it just freezes and all I can do is force close.

I looked at "top" in a terminal and when it freezes it is hogging 99% of the cpu time.

I tried running it (mintinstall) from a root terminal and the same thing happens. It gives a few status messages at first but when I try searching and it hangs I get no error message. If I then do CTRL-C i get:

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^CTraceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintInstall/mintinstall.py", line 536, in on_search_terms_changed
    self.show_search_results(terms)
  File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintInstall/mintinstall.py", line 1407, in show_search_results
    model_applications.set_value(iter, 2, gtk.gdk.pixbuf_new_from_file(tmpFile.name + ".png"))
KeyboardInterrupt

The next time I tried it I got:

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^CTraceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintInstall/mintinstall.py", line 536, in on_search_terms_changed
    self.show_search_results(terms)
  File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintInstall/mintinstall.py", line 1406, in show_search_results
    im.save (tmpFile.name + ".png")
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/PIL/Image.py", line 1439, in save
    save_handler(self, fp, filename)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/PIL/PngImagePlugin.py", line 572, in _save
    ImageFile._save(im, _idat(fp, chunk), [("zip", (0,0)+im.size, 0, rawmode)])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/PIL/ImageFile.py", line 486, in _save
    l, s, d = e.encode(bufsize)
KeyboardInterrupt

So I guess it is just stuck in a loop somewhere. Can anyone help please.

Russell.

[xenopeek]

So I guess it is just stuck in a loop somewhere.

Yes, it's searching all package names and all package descriptions (on 63.000+ packages) for any part of the text that matches that one letter you wanted to search for If you are a slow typer, or have a slow computer, open the Edit > Preferences menu and disable "Search while typing". Now you can type your search query and it will only start searching after you press enter. That should solve your problem.

For that option to be available you need to be using the latest version of Software Manager, which is installed by default on Linux Mint 14 and available by enabling the backports on Linux Mint 13.

[kc1di]

Sorry your having problems. Not sure what is causing it at the moment. but here are a couple things you can try.

1. Go to menu > Administration >synaptic package manager and try searching for your package there. see if it will install from synatpic.

2. In a terminal type the following commands one at a time.

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sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
sudo apt-get update

Then try sofware manager again.

good luck

[russellz]

Thanks xenopeek, that does it.

Thanks also to kc1di, haven't tried your suggestion as xenopeek's did the trick.

Russell.

[kc1di]

Glad it's working for you

[DUCADUCADUC]

Hi,
I've just started with Mint Nadia and had the same problem and fixed it with xenopeeks suggestion. It pays to search the previous questions!