I tried "sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnome-software" in case something was lost when upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04. Afterwards when I ran gnome-software, it said '"GNOME Software" needs to be restarted to use new plugins' but when I clicked "Restart Now", it hung.
This time syslog had these lines: Jul 5 18:01:21 lxjima systemd[1989]: tracker-store.service: Succeeded. Jul 5 18:01:27 lxjima dbus-daemon[2153]: [session uid=2000 pid=2153] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.Tracker1' unit='tracker-store.service' requested by ':1.1' (uid=2000 pid=2140 comm="/usr/libexec/tracker-miner-fs " label="unconfined") Jul 5 18:01:27 lxjima systemd[1989]: Starting Tracker metadata database store and lookup manager... Jul 5 18:01:27 lxjima dbus-daemon[2153]: [session uid=2000 pid=2153] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.Tracker1' Jul 5 18:01:27 lxjima systemd[1989]: Started Tracker metadata database store and lookup manager. Jul 5 18:01:38 lxjima gnome-software-[217747]: Failed to quit service: Failed to see org.gnome.Software vanish: Waited for 30000ms Jul 5 18:01:58 lxjima tracker-store[217754]: OK Jul 5 18:01:58 lxjima systemd[1989]: tracker-store.service: Succeeded. (but it's still hung) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1886354 Title: Software app (gnome-software) Explore always hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1886354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
