[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2011-02-03 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: packagekit Importance: Unknown = High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 Title: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2011-01-25 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: packagekit Importance: High = Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 Title: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-10-19 Thread Thomas Kluyver
I was regularly suffering from this bug, but I have successfully upgraded to Karmic beta. The OS upgrade uses a separate tool, which doesn't suffer from the problem. Even better, packagekit in karmic works rather better, and no longer suffers from this bug. -- packagekit says: The backend took

Re: [Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-10-19 Thread Joe Gunto
Thank you for letting all of us know that the upcoming distribution is going to remedy this problem. I have been waiting for the release, and will be upgrading as soon as the final release comes out. Joe Gunto Thomas Kluyver tak...@gmail.com wrote: I was regularly suffering from this bug,

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-10-18 Thread mattmill30
Perhaps, if this can't be fixed in previous versions, it would be possible to downgrade to a previous version of Package Kit when it didn't require apt to have a spawned backend (final post on bug 17750). So atleast then, other users won't download this version and be affected. Thanks, Matthew

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-10-18 Thread mattmill30
Will users be able to download Karmic when its released, if they're being affected by this bug? As for me, its preventing me from downloading package lists. Thanks, Matthew Millar -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

Re: [Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-10-18 Thread David A. Foote
I use the sudo aptitude full-upgrade command from a terminal window to install updates and this has worked without issue. I would think that once Karmic is released that it will be available just like Jaunty was when it was released, but I'm not a Linux expert... David A. Foote On Sun, Oct

Re: [Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-10-18 Thread Sebastian Heinlein
Actually the spawned apt backend fixes this problem. Why should you want to downgrade to a previous version? -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this bug notification

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-09-09 Thread Massimo Bilvi
Same error on my system upgraded to Jaunty a few days ago. -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

Re: [Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-09-09 Thread Sebastian Heinlein
Hello, The problem is only fixed in Karmic. Sorry to say: It is not possible to fix the problem for earlier versions of K/Ubuntu. Cheers, Sebastian -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-07-06 Thread cheffe76
Is the issue also fixed in Jaunty or just in Karmic? -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

Re: [Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-07-06 Thread David A. Foote
It's not fixed in Jaunty; I've received emails that it's fixed in Karmic. My workaround is to use Aptitude in Konsole and do a full upgrade in Jaunty. David A. Foote On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 5:22 AM, cheffe76 p.le...@gmail.com wrote: Is the issue also fixed in Jaunty or just in Karmic? --

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-07-05 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: packagekit Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-07-04 Thread James Westby
Hi, This is fixed in Karmic, but unfortunately the fix can't be applied to Jaunty as it is far too large a change. Thanks, James ** Changed in: packagekit (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Fix Released -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request -

Re: [Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-07-04 Thread David A. Foote
For now, I'm using Aptitude to do my updates in Konsole. Otherwise, I assume I just have to wait for the next major upgrade and hope that it's better than this one...thanks. On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 2:23 PM, James Westby jw+deb...@jameswestby.netjw%2bdeb...@jameswestby.net wrote: Hi, This is

Re: [Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-07-04 Thread Joe Gunto
I have not idea why, but my updates seem to work much better now. I haven't done anything to correct the problem. I just keep trying the update even if I do get the error message, and it eventually works. Also, I don't get the error message every time I attempt to update the computer. I will

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-06-23 Thread Automaton26
Still happening in latest Jaunty, on an old slow laptop (Compaq Armada M700). Problem always happens on first run of the application, but now seems OK on subsequent runs. Haven't yet had opportunity to test whether updates can be applied without the same error again. -- packagekit says: The

Re: [Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-06-23 Thread David A. Foote
Was trying to run update through console the other day and it gave me an instruction to run a command using dpkg --configure -a; this not only helped with console but it seems to have helped with with kpackage as well. The last time I ran the update, I didn't get the error at the end. On Tue,

Re: [Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-06-18 Thread David A. Foote
Thanks for the response; I thought it might have been an app or something that would fix the issue. On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 4:29 PM, zdenek.zikan zdenek.zi...@mail.muni.czwrote: Karmic is future version of Ubuntu (9.10 Karmic Koala), which is in development and will be released in October.

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-06-17 Thread Jonathan Thomas
With the latest updates on Karmic this is fixed for me. -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

Re: [Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-06-17 Thread David A. Foote
Hello, What's Karmic and how can I apply this to my machine? On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Jonathan Thomas echidna...@kubuntu.orgwrote: With the latest updates on Karmic this is fixed for me. -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-06-17 Thread zdenek.zikan
Karmic is future version of Ubuntu (9.10 Karmic Koala), which is in development and will be released in October. Right now, it's in very early development stage, so if you're asking in this way, it is probably not good for you. -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-06-09 Thread parmenpj
To tell you the truth, I didin't like kpackage to begin with. I installed Synaptic, then removed kpackage and all libraries, etc. affiliated with it. I also installed Adept, and the system tray notifier. Beautiful. No need to FORK, whatever that means. -- packagekit says: The backend took

Re: [Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-06-09 Thread David A. Foote
Hello, I have Adept and Synaptic installed; this happens when I click on the system tray notifier (a cog wheel) that let's me know updates are available. How do you remove kpackage since it appears from what you wrote that it's a separate app? Thanks. -- David A. Foote On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-06-04 Thread Tim McKenzie
My Kubuntu Jaunty has the same problem. It appeared only in the last couple of days, even though I upgraded from Intrepid in April. -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-06-02 Thread Craig Fowler
Just experienced this using Kubuntu Jaunty/KDE 4.2.2 (clean install, not an upgrade) using the Software Updater. This machine is x86 and otherwise a fairly good spec laptop. Bought it ~2 years ago and it was fairly high-end back then. Identical error message to everyone else. Kpackagekit

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-05-26 Thread DerWurzelJan
I am also still having this problem with Kubuntu Jaunty 9.04 (updated from Intrepid) KDE 4.2.2 -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-05-24 Thread Greg K Nicholson
This has become *much* worse on Karmic. It was almost working on Jaunty. -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-05-13 Thread Rob Valkass
I can confirm this on 9.04 installed from scratch (rather than updated). The first few times I have installed updates it has worked fine. This time it reported the error mentioned above. It also seems to have applied the updates, or is lying about there being none available afterwards. --

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-05-10 Thread Tsvi Mostovicz
I'm having this problem after every update. I have some ppa repositories turned on. My machine is a bit older (AMD Athlon XP 2600+ with 1 Gb of RAM) Running Kubuntu Jaunty 9.04 Packages DO get updated most of the time, but I get this message toward the end. kpackagekit 0.4.0, KDE 4.2.2 --

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-05-09 Thread spydouglas
I'm also still experiencing this issue. I've tried compiling from source, as I'm running ppc and there aren't any binary PPAs for powerpc, but without success so far. -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-05-04 Thread Jeremy Wilkins
Is there any update on this bug? I am still having troubles with this bug long after release. The strange part is that a new install doesn't seem to have the problem, but all my upgraded systems do. -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-04-29 Thread spacee
This problem is also in KDE4 - when sw update manager finished update (see a screenshot). ** Attachment added: scr7.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26120311/scr7.png -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-04-28 Thread Jonathan Riddell
Here is a diff which sets a longer timeout. I've uploaded packages to my PPA deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jr/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main ** Attachment added: DIFF http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26082152/DIFF -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-04-28 Thread LanceHaverkamp
I've uploaded packages to my PPA Thanks, but don't we need a package name, or something, to install it? I added the ppa repo...now what? -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-04-26 Thread Kesekpl
I would like to say I recently upgraded from 8.04 - 9.04 and as well have this bug in Jaunty. I am on a rather old machine, Athlon XP 1800+ @ 1.9 Ghz, 1.5 Gb DDR... \ If there needs to be some testing done on such an ancient machine, I'll be glad to help. -- packagekit says: The backend took

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-04-22 Thread Harry Ranquist
I get the same message with kpackagekit in jaunty rc after updating two xul related packages, today. -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-04-10 Thread kbit
I have the same in the current jauty beta. packagekit 0.3.14-0ubuntu4 kpackagekit 0.4-0ubuntu8 -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-04-08 Thread Sebastian Heinlein
I ported the APT backend to a different backend mechanism. It now doesn't communicate using dbus but stdin/out. The work can be found in the apt-dispatcher branch of the 0.4 series. I will merge it soon. -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-04-02 Thread Thomas Anderson
I have this with Jaunty beta too. Just finished updating. -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-03-29 Thread rizor
I have the problem in Jaunty beta as well. packagekit-0.3.14-0ubuntu4.amd64 kpackagekit-0.4-0ubuntu4.amd64 -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-03-28 Thread Thomas K
Seeing this in Kubuntu Jaunty beta as well, packagekit 0.3.14-0ubuntu4, kpackagekit 0.4-0ubuntu5 -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-03-28 Thread EagleScreen
I just want to say that I have this issue in Kubuntu with kpackagekit, and my laptop is not older, Intel Pentium Dual-Core processor plus 2GB of RAM. Watch Bug #272410 -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-03-27 Thread Kraftman
It's still issue in Kubuntu 9.04 Beta. -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-03-24 Thread Musthafa Meeran
Confirming the same in Kubuntu Jaunty Alpha 6. -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-03-18 Thread ElecCham
I am seeing this on a new install of Jaunty alpha6, FWIW. -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-01-23 Thread Etienne Deparis
Bug still present with v3.13 on Intrepid using ppa repository... -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2009-01-11 Thread Slug71
This no longer seems to be an issue with v3.6 in Jaunty's repos. -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2008-10-12 Thread plun
Maybe a stupid comment... I found this within my ~/.xsession-errors process 30839: arguments to dbus_message_get_args() were incorrect, assertion (error) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((error)) failed in file dbus-message.c line 1667. This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2008-09-24 Thread Khashayar Naderehvandi
Just wanted to toss this in: My experiences are in agreement with the others above. My laptop is not state of the art, but it's not at dinosaur either. I have noticed that sometimes, perhaps even most of the time, after at few attempts and clicking away the error message packagekit gets the job

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2008-09-24 Thread James Westby
Hi, I have reported this bug upstream at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17750 please add any more discussion of this bug that is not Ubuntu specific there. Thanks, James ** Also affects: packagekit via https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17750 Importance:

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2008-09-24 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: packagekit Status: Unknown = Confirmed -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2008-09-22 Thread Sebastian Heinlein
Does the command line tool pkcon work? E.g. pkcon get-details xterm What kind of machine are you using? Is it a modern system? -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this bug

Re: [Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2008-09-22 Thread James Westby
On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 15:37 +, Sebastian Heinlein wrote: Does the command line tool pkcon work? E.g. pkcon get-details xterm What kind of machine are you using? Is it a modern system? I get this all the time. The system isn't that old, but isn't brand new one. Command failed: Could not

Re: [Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2008-09-22 Thread James Westby
On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 15:37 +, Sebastian Heinlein wrote: Does the command line tool pkcon work? E.g. pkcon get-details xterm I can reproduce it reliably enough searching for a package in gpk-application that I could investigate more. Running the backend in debug mode shows that each time

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2008-09-20 Thread Khashayar Naderehvandi
** Attachment added: screenshot.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17776179/screenshot.png -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 272410] Re: packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

2008-09-20 Thread plun
** Changed in: packagekit (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- packagekit says: The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272410 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is