[Bug 808024] Re: Software Center is glitchy

[Steve Kudelko]

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Title:
  Software Center is glitchy

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubuntu Software Center just seems unfinished.  When adding "more
  items" to an already installed application, each time a check-box is
  clicked, the software is unresponsive for 10-20 seconds.  I can click
  multiple check-boxes in succession, but it takes forever for the UI to
  catch up.  Also, scrolling after clicking one of the check-boxes is
  ridiculously out of sync and it often causes the window to scroll far
  away from the viewpoint i've settled on.  Scrolling is very
  responsive, and the Install button works fine, as long as no
  additional items are checked.  These problems only show up after an
  extra item has been checked.  After clicking "Apply changes" the UI
  becomes responsive again and i can scroll to the top to view the
  installation progress.

  Also, after I added extra repositories (or PPAs... I don't know the
  official term as I'm a new Linux user), occasionally when using the
  Software Center interface to add packages from third-parties, after
  installing one package, when I use the UI to go back to the main
  listing, the description text for all of the packages disappear and
  the "More Info" and "Install" buttons don't do anything.  The only fix
  is to close and re-open Software Center, and on rare occasion, Log out
  or Restart the computer completely.

  Finally... the Software Center app does not respond well when an
  internet connection has been temporarily interrupted (like a temporary
  glitch of a wired connection, or temporary loss of signal on a
  wireless connection).  The UI just displays spinning progress wheels
  but becomes completely unable to recover, at which time the
  application must be restarted or the entire Ubuntu session must be
  restarted.

  I'm a new Linux user, although I have 20 years experience with other
  platforms.  I am amazed and impressed at how much Ubuntu and the
  entire Linux community has matured, and I'm now using Ubuntu as my
  ONLY netbook OS and as one of my main desktop OSes.  I figured the
  best way to get acclimated with Linux was to just jump in headfirst
  rather than dual-booting or using a virtual machine.  I'm not trying
  to pick apart all the hard work that has gone into Ubuntu, and I
  absolutely love Software Center and think it's genius (and Linux
  package management in general was surely the inspiration for App
  Stores on other OSes... a fact that will not be lost on me).  My job
  is to develop and integrate computing solutions for homes, students,
  small businesses, etc.  I am converting a lot of people to Linux, so i
  am submitting bugs and feedback from the average user perspective.  I
  think that a few of the problems I've outlined in this report might
  cast a dark cloud over an average user's experience, which is why I
  believe it is important to be fixed, even if these are just minor
  cosmetic and UI issues that don't necessarily impact the stability and
  capability of the Ubuntu operating system as a whole.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: software-center 4.0.4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Jul  9 11:08:29 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: software-center
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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