[Bug 1778359] Re: Software Updater hangs on "Waiting for packagekitd to exit"

[peterzay]

Power down, boot, another execution of Software Updater solves the
problem.

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Title:
  Software Updater hangs on "Waiting for packagekitd to exit"

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Software Updater not used in about 2 months on this test machine.

  See screenshot.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: update-manager 1:18.04.11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sat Jun 23 16:49:07 2018
  DpkgHistoryLog.txt:
   
  DpkgTerminalLog.txt:
   
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
  GsettingsChanges:
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'645'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'int64 1529786763'
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-05-03 (50 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180425.1)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.6
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3
  PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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