Please mark solved somewhere in this thread so others may benefit by not troubleshooting
Just to add, installing third party DEB files were also not working:
I think the problems with Gnome Software is being worked on and is still not functioning correctly. Yeasterday I checked it out, especially the Installed portion and all seemd to be ok. Now, after reading @lah7 post I checked again and it never finished just produce a blank screen… I had updated and upgraded my computer minutes prior
syslog entries follow
Apr 28 10:08:45 Dell-1749 org.gnome.Software[2627]: (gnome-software:7894): GsPlugin-WARNING **: Failed to get changelog for ubuntu-mate-desktop version 1.154 from changelogs.ubuntu.com: Cannot connect to destination
Apr 28 10:08:45 Dell-1749 org.freedesktop.Notifications[2627]: ** (mate-notification-daemon:14169): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-0Fa9o5rU99: Connection refused
Apr 28 10:08:48 Dell-1749 dbus[782]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.fwupd' (using servicehelper)
Apr 28 10:08:49 Dell-1749 org.freedesktop.fwupd[782]: (fwupd:14187): Fu-WARNING **: Failed to coldplug: UEFI firmware updating not supported
Apr 28 10:08:49 Dell-1749 dbus[782]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.fwupd'
I added these to the existing bug
I can only suggest that people change their software sources download location and switch to a different server mirror then update again!.
For anyone that doesn’t know how to do that, see the update guide:
IMHO since there’s an active bug it’s probably best not to fiddle with this and accept results.
Command line, and Software Boutique [version 16.04.10-xenial1.2] all seem to work for me without changing server source.
Synaptic returns these 2 errors, however Synaptic worked when I re-installed MATE Welcome
W: http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/Release.gpg: Signature by key 4CCA1EAF950CEE4AB83976DCA040830F7FAC5991 uses weak digest algorithm (SHA1)
W: There is no public key available for the following key IDs:
1397BC53640DB551
Hi Peter,
despite having marked this as solved, the problem came back to haunt me this morning!.
Guten tag @wolfman - Interesting I just launched the tool to superficially test and it worked perfectly for me today.
I wonder if the fact that I did a manual update / upgrade earlier had any affect?
Guten Morgen Peter!.
Funnily enough, I just switched the box on, looked down on the bottom panel and there was Software Updater" blinking away, I clicked on it and it updated no problem, I did run updates yesterday so maybe they have fixed it now?.
Are you talking about the Software updater for Ubuntu mate16.04?
If you are talking to me Rob then yes!, I do mean the software updater in UM16.04!.
I tried switching to the main ubuntu server in software sources and now it is working
Yes, as far as I know it disappears once you’ve clicked it. Is there any way to unsubscribe to Welcome updates by another click? Not that I want to unsubscribe, but I just like to have the option to unclick a previous click.
Hi @maro,
you can't unsubscribe in the normal sense as far as I am aware, what you can do is open Control Centre > Administration > Software & Updates > Other Software and untick the boxes relating to Welcome or remove them completely, I have unchecked Opera, Google Chrome and Google earth because of the annoying messages I keep getting!:
I am having the same issue. Here is all I get when it starts. You also cannot type in text as it either detects multiple keystrokes or erases everything.
I have a different experience … the software center is working perfectly for me now.
Perhaps you could try accessing menu System->Administration>Sowtware Updater
and try again after updating
Hello and welcome, is your system up to date I do believe it’s a work in progress mines seems to working better after a few update but it still loading slow
I have done software updater and receive almost daily updates. I am coming from a 15.10 upgrade and not a clean install.
This doesn’t answer your question but poses an alternative. Synaptic is my second preferred method for installing software - immediately after using the command line - using the terminal and command line is the fastest providing you know the exact application name. Here’s an example …
pfeiffep@pfeiffep-Studio-1749:~$ gcompris
The program ‘gcompris’ is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt install gcompris