[Bug 441686] Re: "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" alert is unhelpful and scary

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[Bug 441686] Re: "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" alert is unhelpful and scary

Thanks Sebastian. Specification updated. ** Changed in: aptdaemon (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged ** Description changed: Binary package hint: aptdaemon While trying to install an application in t

[Bug 441686] Re: "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" alert is unhelpful and scary

We could add this functionality to either gtk3widgets or all the clients. Depends a little on the direction we want to take with software-center/unity. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441

[Bug 441686] Re: "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" alert is unhelpful and scary

This just showed up on Reddit. It's true that we can't rely on Apport to show a message that's understandably related to the task, or even to show a message at all. So, Sebastian, the question is: Could we rely on python- aptdaem

[Bug 441686] Re: "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" alert is unhelpful and scary

I tried to reproduce it. And all works fine: Software-center ignores the error (ERROR_DAEMON_DIED) silently and a crash report is created. The only problem is that the user doesn't get a notification about the failed transaction. The progress bar just vanishes and the install button re-appears. --

[Bug 441686] Re: "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" alert is unhelpful and scary

If a patient has too many fatal diagnosis to remember, we just say he is seriously ill. Perhaps we should say to the user: "something strange happened on your computer" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launc

[Bug 441686] Re: "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" alert is unhelpful and scary

1. If aptdaemon dies because of SEGV we want to know it. So it is ok to get the apport report for aptdaemon. 2. It is not ok that s-c crashses too. It should show the "task cannot be monitoried ..." error dialog. I will have a look at it. SIGKILL could also do the job to kill aptdaemon. 3. You on

[Bug 441686] Re: "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" alert is unhelpful and scary

I tried to reproduce this bug by starting a package installation, and then entering at a terminal sudo pkill -SEGV aptd Doing that, I didn't get the "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" alert at all. Instead I got these two Apport alerts: one "internal error" for aptd itself, and one "The

[Bug 441686] Re: "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" alert is unhelpful and scary

** Changed in: aptdaemon (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441686 Title: "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" alert

[Bug 441686] Re: "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" alert is unhelpful and scary

Got this error message followed by "No packages installed" message few minutes after apt-get installing some packages (Ubuntu 11.04 x86_64). The packages seem to work just fine, no signs of failure in /var/log/dpkg.log nor /var/log/apt/history.log. -- You received this bug notification because yo

[Bug 441686] Re: "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" alert is unhelpful and scary

"It seems that the daemon died" just popped up while using update- manager. Running ubuntu-11.10-amd64. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441686 Title: "Task cannot be monitored or cont

[Bug 441686] Re: "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" alert is unhelpful and scary

** Changed in: aptdaemon (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441686 Title: "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" alert is unhelpful and scary T

[Bug 441686] Re: "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" alert is unhelpful and scary

I should have added that I already killed the update-manager process, but nothing changed on the screen. Update Manager is still visible with the dialog in front of it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launc

[Bug 441686] Re: "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" alert is unhelpful and scary

The question in the above comment has been "voluntarily removed by its author", but I too am seeing the problem. I am running Natty (upgraded through the last few releases I think). I just ran update manager and got this dialog. On my system, the GUI is frozen as a result. I am able to move the mo

[Bug 441686] Re: "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" alert is unhelpful and scary

This issue apparently still exists in Natty: [[http://askubuntu.com/questions/35355/task-manager-produces-a-strange- error-message | askUbuntu - Update Manager produces a strange error message]] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 441686] Re: "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" alert is unhelpful and scary

I will be more strict about messages in aptdaemon in the future. In the past I have been lax about the quality of the message - the primary goal was to get a working system. But it is always hard to find the time to reword the messages afterwards and in most cases never happens. -- "Task cannot b

[Bug 441686] Re: "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" alert is unhelpful and scary

1. The Python aptdaemon client which is used by software-store and update-manager monitors the daemon. In the case of a crashed aptdaemon the client progress doesn't hang forever waiting for new signals from the daemon, but instead raises this error. Actually we don't know very much about a possib

[Bug 441686] Re: "Task cannot be monitored or controlled" alert is unhelpful and scary

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