On Tue, 2019-09-17 at 21:03 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 9/17/19 8:52 PM, Robin Lee wrote: > > On Tue, 2019-09-17 at 20:45 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > > > On 9/17/19 8:21 PM, Robin Lee wrote: > > > > Thanks for the help. I did run "journalctl -b -1" after a > > > > failed > > > > try to > > > > use Gnome Software to update to latest software packages. And > > > > it > > > > seems > > > > to give me the log from the failed software update. I found the > > > > following in the log that looks quite suspicious > > > > > > > > python3[1168]: detected unhandled Python exception in > > > > '/usr/bin/dnf' > > > > python3[1168]: can't communicate with ABRT daemon, is it > > > > running? > > > > [Errno 2] No such file or directory python3[1168]: error > > > > sending > > > > data > > > > to ABRT daemon: > > > That does seem to be the issue. > > > > > > I created an F29 VM. When I booted I logged in and found the > > > process > > > /usr/sbin/abrtd -d -s running. > > > > > > I killed it and tried to do an update with the gnome-software > > > tool > > > and got the same result as you did. > > > > > > What is the output of > > > > > > systemctl --no-pager -l status abrtd > > It is active and running, but that of course is after a normal boot > > up. > > Should ABRT also be running in the special boot process when Gnome > > Software tries to update the software packages? > > > > I don't know. But, I'm guessing that it my be dying at some point > after you hit the button to start the update. > > Assuming you're now rebooted after a previous failed attempt what is > the output of > > journalctl -b -1 --unit=abrtd > It says "No entries" But, what about the error message I pointed out earlier TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable Cheers Robin _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx