[Bug 1063589] Re: update-manager crashed with dbus.exceptions.DBusException in call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut: Activation of org.debian.apt timed out

[Charlie Shaw]

this is happening to me with Lubuntu 12.10.

Update manager runs in the background & alerts each week of updates.

I usually select 'remind me later'.

Then when I run Synaptic etc to add specific packages there is a crash.

It is then impossible to run the software updater to perform the
'pending upgrades', or Synaptic to add / remove packages.

I found a work-around from 'actionparsnip' that is a script to download
from dropbox, purging apt-cache etc; will post a link.

Problem with this is that it seem to download a huge amount of data due
to all packages being refreshed / re-fetched.

2nd time the crash occurred, the 'crash log' (which apport has sent to
'Ubuntu' automatically) gave me this specific bug reference.

Why is it occurring ? (I have another machine running Ubuntu 11.10 that
has never exhibited this).

How to:

- recover without having to refresh all packages = big download..

- stop it happening on the Lubuntu machine (pending 'proper' fix).

thanks.

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Title:
  update-manager crashed with dbus.exceptions.DBusException in
  call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut: Activation of
  org.debian.apt timed out

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I ran "sudo apt-get update" from the terminal, and update-manager came
  up saying there were packages to upgrade. Then I upgraded them from
  the terminal, and after I finished and closed the terminal update-
  manager was still saying they needed to be upgraded. So I told update-
  manager to install the updates, and it crashed.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.174.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.27-generic 3.5.5
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Oct  8 00:30:43 2012
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
  GsettingsChanges:
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1349680267'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'716'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'600'
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.2mu
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/update-manager --no-update --no-focus-on-map
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/update-manager', '--no-update', '--no-focus-on-map']
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  Title: update-manager crashed with dbus.exceptions.DBusException in call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut: Activation of org.debian.apt timed out
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-07 (1 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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