Hi, In Debian Jessie with kernel version 3.11-2-686-pae, I also met with this bug. I spins indefinitely and also it eats most of the CPU resource.
The cpu on the machine is an Pentium 4 with the following specs: ============== $ lscpu Architecture: i686 CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit Byte Order: Little Endian CPU(s): 2 On-line CPU(s) list: 0,1 Thread(s) per core: 2 Core(s) per socket: 1 Socket(s): 1 Vendor ID: GenuineIntel CPU family: 15 Model: 4 Stepping: 1 CPU MHz: 2793.019 BogoMIPS: 5586.03 L1d cache: 16K L2 cache: 1024K $ ============== A few tests inspired by the software-center-gtk3 --help content: ============== $ software-center-gtk3 --debug-filter=softwarecenter.performance --display-navlog --disable-buy --dummy-backend Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/software-center-gtk3", line 117, in <module> start_dummy_backend() File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/testutils.py", line 41, in start_dummy_backend env=env) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 709, in __init__ errread, errwrite) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1326, in _execute_child raise child_exception OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory $ =============== Humm, next without '--dummy-backend' option, the window starts, when wanting to close it, the "Ctrl+C" in console doesn't interrupt the process. Closing the window and the log window does not either, I had to kill the process manually (I like using htop). =============== $ LANG=C software-center-gtk3 --debug-filter=softwarecenter.performance --disable-buy 2013-12-01 19:31:02,670 - softwarecenter.performance - DEBUG - open the apt cache (in event loop): 0.833773851395 2013-12-01 19:31:03,004 - softwarecenter.performance - DEBUG - create SoftwareCenterApp: 1.30293393135 (software-center-gtk3:2776): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:17:19: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center-gtk3:2776): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:18:20: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center-gtk3:2776): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:22:20: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center-gtk3:2776): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:22:26: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center-gtk3:2776): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:26:22: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center-gtk3:2776): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:26:24: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center-gtk3:2776): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:34:20: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center-gtk3:2776): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:34:22: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center-gtk3:2776): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:38:20: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center-gtk3:2776): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:56:20: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center-gtk3:2776): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:56:22: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center-gtk3:2776): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:60:20: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center-gtk3:2776): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:60:22: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (software-center-gtk3:2776): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: softwarecenter.css:65:19: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/overrides/GLib.py", line 629, in <lambda> return (lambda data: callback(*data), user_data) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py", line 1141, in show_lobby self.view_manager.set_active_view(ViewPages.AVAILABLE) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/session/viewmanager.py", line 125, in set_active_view view_widget.init_view() File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/panes/availablepane.py", line 110, in init_view SoftwarePane.init_view(self) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/panes/softwarepane.py", line 280, in init_view self) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/appdetailsview_gtk.py", line 698, in __init__ self._layout_page() File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/appdetailsview_gtk.py", line 948, in _layout_page self.pkg_statusbar = PackageStatusBar(self) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/appdetailsview_gtk.py", line 132, in __init__ self.progress.set_data("transparent-bg-hint", True) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/overrides/GObject.py", line 555, in _unsupported_data_method raise RuntimeError('Data access methods are unsupported. ' RuntimeError: Data access methods are unsupported. Use normal Python attributes instead 2013-12-01 19:31:04,935 - softwarecenter.performance - DEBUG - open the apt cache (in event loop): 0.839064836502 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/overrides/GLib.py", line 629, in <lambda> return (lambda data: callback(*data), user_data) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py", line 1141, in show_lobby self.view_manager.set_active_view(ViewPages.AVAILABLE) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/session/viewmanager.py", line 125, in set_active_view view_widget.init_view() File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/panes/availablepane.py", line 110, in init_view SoftwarePane.init_view(self) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/panes/softwarepane.py", line 280, in init_view self) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/appdetailsview_gtk.py", line 698, in __init__ self._layout_page() File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/appdetailsview_gtk.py", line 948, in _layout_page self.pkg_statusbar = PackageStatusBar(self) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/appdetailsview_gtk.py", line 132, in __init__ self.progress.set_data("transparent-bg-hint", True) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/overrides/GObject.py", line 555, in _unsupported_data_method raise RuntimeError('Data access methods are unsupported. ' RuntimeError: Data access methods are unsupported. Use normal Python attributes instead 2013-12-01 19:31:06,274 - softwarecenter.performance - DEBUG - open the apt cache (in event loop): 0.881327867508 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/overrides/GLib.py", line 629, in <lambda> return (lambda data: callback(*data), user_data) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py", line 1141, in show_lobby self.view_manager.set_active_view(ViewPages.AVAILABLE) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/session/viewmanager.py", line 125, in set_active_view view_widget.init_view() File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/panes/availablepane.py", line 110, in init_view SoftwarePane.init_view(self) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/panes/softwarepane.py", line 280, in init_view self) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/appdetailsview_gtk.py", line 698, in __init__ self._layout_page() File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/appdetailsview_gtk.py", line 948, in _layout_page self.pkg_statusbar = PackageStatusBar(self) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/appdetailsview_gtk.py", line 132, in __init__ self.progress.set_data("transparent-bg-hint", True) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/overrides/GObject.py", line 555, in _unsupported_data_method raise RuntimeError('Data access methods are unsupported. ' RuntimeError: (...) $ =============== Regards, Mélodie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org