[Bug 1766217] Re: software updater presents an empty panel for updating

Tommy Trussell tommy.trussell at gmail.com
Thu Sep 13 17:30:05 UTC 2018 

TL;DR -- today using apt-get autoremove deleted the offensive lines in
/var/lib/apt/extended_states and restored the list in software-updater
-- though I doubt that will work every time.

Today I saw the blank software-updater list again on this Xenial (Ubuntu
16.04) system.

@eric97's comment caused me to try something OTHER than blow away the
file -- I have already installed the latest kernel updates, but
apparently didn't get around to removing the outdated ones.

Running apt autoremove worked to restore my updates list. I am not sure
whether I had lots of old kernels last time, though I doubt it. I no
longer use a separate /boot partition on this machine but back when I
USED to I got into the habit of running apt autoremove after kernel
updates. (Because it a real PITA when your /boot partition fills up.)

Session transcript (edited lightly):

twt at hostname:~$ sudo apt update
[sudo] password for twt: 
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                     
Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                     
Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Hit:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Reading package lists... Done                     
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
16 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

twt at hostname:~$ apt list --upgradeable
Listing... Done
chromium-browser/xenial-updates,xenial-security,xenial-security 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 68.0.3440.106-0ubuntu0.16.04.1]
chromium-browser-l10n/xenial-updates,xenial-updates,xenial-security,xenial-security,xenial-security,xenial-security 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 all [upgradable from: 68.0.3440.106-0ubuntu0.16.04.1]
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra/xenial-updates,xenial-security,xenial-security 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 68.0.3440.106-0ubuntu0.16.04.1]
firefox/xenial-updates,xenial-security,xenial-security 62.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.4 amd64 [upgradable from: 62.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.3]
firefox-locale-en/xenial-updates,xenial-security,xenial-security 62.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.4 amd64 [upgradable from: 62.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.3]
initramfs-tools/xenial-updates,xenial-updates 0.122ubuntu8.12 all [upgradable from: 0.122ubuntu8.11]
initramfs-tools-bin/xenial-updates 0.122ubuntu8.12 amd64 [upgradable from: 0.122ubuntu8.11]
initramfs-tools-core/xenial-updates,xenial-updates 0.122ubuntu8.12 all [upgradable from: 0.122ubuntu8.11]
libgit2-24/xenial-updates,xenial-security,xenial-security 0.24.1-2ubuntu0.2 amd64 [upgradable from: 0.24.1-2]
libpam-systemd/xenial-updates 229-4ubuntu21.4 amd64 [upgradable from: 229-4ubuntu21.2]
libsystemd0/xenial-updates 229-4ubuntu21.4 amd64 [upgradable from: 229-4ubuntu21.2]
libudev1/xenial-updates 229-4ubuntu21.4 amd64 [upgradable from: 229-4ubuntu21.2]
systemd/xenial-updates 229-4ubuntu21.4 amd64 [upgradable from: 229-4ubuntu21.2]
systemd-sysv/xenial-updates 229-4ubuntu21.4 amd64 [upgradable from: 229-4ubuntu21.2]
udev/xenial-updates 229-4ubuntu21.4 amd64 [upgradable from: 229-4ubuntu21.2]

twt at hostname:~$ uname -a
Linux hostname 4.4.0-135-generic #161-Ubuntu SMP Mon Aug 27 10:45:01 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


twt at hostname:~$ cat /var/lib/apt/extended_states
Package: linux-headers-4.4.0-133
Architecture: amd64
Auto-Installed: 1

Package: linux-image-extra-4.4.0-133-generic
Architecture: amd64
Auto-Installed: 1

Package: linux-headers-4.4.0-133-generic
Architecture: amd64
Auto-Installed: 1

Package: linux-image-4.4.0-133-generic
Architecture: amd64
Auto-Installed: 1

Package: linux-headers-4.4.0-134
Architecture: amd64
Auto-Installed: 1

Package: linux-image-extra-4.4.0-134-generic
Architecture: amd64
Auto-Installed: 1

Package: linux-headers-4.4.0-134-generic
Architecture: amd64
Auto-Installed: 1

Package: linux-image-4.4.0-134-generic
Architecture: amd64
Auto-Installed: 1

Package: linux-image-extra-4.4.0-135-generic
Architecture: amd64
Auto-Installed: 1


twt at hostname:~$ sudo apt autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  linux-headers-4.4.0-133 linux-headers-4.4.0-133-generic linux-image-4.4.0-133-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-133-generic
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 4 to remove and 16 not upgraded.
After this operation, 303 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
(Reading database ... 384921 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing linux-headers-4.4.0-133-generic (4.4.0-133.159) ...
Removing linux-headers-4.4.0-133 (4.4.0-133.159) ...
Removing linux-image-extra-4.4.0-133-generic (4.4.0-133.159) ...
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.4.0-133-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-133-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.4.0-133-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-133-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-133-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 4.4.0-133-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-133-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/unattended-upgrades 4.4.0-133-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-133-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 4.4.0-133-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-133-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 4.4.0-133-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-133-generic
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-135-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-135-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-134-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-134-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-133-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-133-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-131-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-131-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-130-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-130-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-128-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-128-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.elf
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
done
Removing linux-image-4.4.0-133-generic (4.4.0-133.159) ...
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 4.4.0-133-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-133-generic
update-initramfs: Deleting /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-133-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 4.4.0-133-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-133-generic
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-135-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-135-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-134-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-134-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-131-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-131-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-130-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-130-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-128-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-128-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.elf
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
done


twt at hostname:~$ cat /var/lib/apt/extended_states
Package: linux-headers-4.4.0-134
Architecture: amd64
Auto-Installed: 1

Package: linux-image-extra-4.4.0-134-generic
Architecture: amd64
Auto-Installed: 1

Package: linux-headers-4.4.0-134-generic
Architecture: amd64
Auto-Installed: 1

Package: linux-image-4.4.0-134-generic
Architecture: amd64
Auto-Installed: 1

Package: linux-image-extra-4.4.0-135-generic
Architecture: amd64
Auto-Installed: 1

twt at hostname:~$

[I restarted software-updater and its window shows the updates now.]

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Title:
  software updater presents an empty panel for updating

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  1. software updater alerts me to a small update (<1Mb)
  2. click <install>
  3. software updater "does its thing"
  4. software update presents an empty panel and asks me to install or be reminded later
  5. click <install>
  repeat

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: update-manager 1:16.04.12
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-38.43~16.04.1-generic 4.13.16
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-38-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.16
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Apr 23 20:55:24 2018
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
  GsettingsChanges:
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'592'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'484'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'int64 1524479931'
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-13 (131 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.5
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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