ok. Lets try this. start software boutique from the terminal and give us all the output when trying to replicate the problem. (open terminal and type ubuntu-mate-welcome --boutique)
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1799851 Title: Software Boutique window suddenly shows Welcome window and looses all the apps I queued to install Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in ubuntu-mate-welcome package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I was selecting apps to install in the Software Boutique, then suddenly the Boutique Window displayed the welcome window and lost all the apps I queued for installation. Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (just reinstalled when Ubuntu MATE 18.10 went into total meltdown). AMD 64-bit prosessor Menu->Administration->Software Boutique I had actually hoped to install the same software I had installed when I first installed 18.04. All work lost. The code quality is definitely going down hill fast. (even ubuntu-bug -w gets an error message robert@A88XM-A:~/Desktop$ ubuntu-bug -w Gtk-Message: 20:41:01.726: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: python3.6-minimal 3.6.6-1~18.04 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-38.41-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Oct 24 20:41:06 2018 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/python3.6 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-10-25 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) ProcEnviron: Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.6, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3ubuntu1 PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1 SourcePackage: python3.6 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1799851/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
