Version: unspecified (using KDE 4.4.5) OS: Linux Hello, My 1st bug report,translation: clueless. Yesterday I was notified of a bug fix not certain whether it is about "mounting file system?" or "header something something?"...sorry, didn't pay attention as I always rely on your expertise... Here is the cut n paste: Error Type: Error Value: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, exceptions.SystemError found File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 2216, in main() File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 2213, in main run(args, options.single) File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 2175, in run backend.dispatcher(args) File : /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 699, in dispatcher self.dispatch_command(args[0], args[1:]) File : /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 606, in dispatch_command self.refresh_cache(force) File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 202, in _locked_cache func(*args, **kwargs) File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/apt/aptBackend.py, line 1498, in refresh_cache format_string(error.message)) File : /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 723, in format_string txt = unicode(text, encoding, errors='replace') Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Easy to reproduce: Open KPackageKit Click Software Updates Click Refresh Reading Repository Information will get stuck at 91% Then comes the error prompt to tell me to report it... Thanks for reading. Actual Results: Reading Repository Information will get stuck at 91% Expected Results: Success? Dell Celeron Linux laptop circa 2010 Kubuntu/Lucid 10.04 Otherwise this computer is working well beyond expectations! 3 month experience with the Buntu....still clueless & stumbling.
This is a bug in packagekit-backend-apt which is not related to KPackageKit, please upgrade to Maverick to get a newer and fixed version of this.