Public bug reported:
Xubuntu / xfce - 12.10 amd64
New install a few days ago.
Software Centre has been exhibiting a variety of troubling behaviours.
The primary problem is that it has trouble accepting a password after
asking for it.
Being a password / update problem, I think this should be flagged as a
security issue. But since I cannot say for sure that it is, I cannot
check "This bug is a security vulnerability" in the flag below. Perhaps
there should be another flag for things that should be treated as
security risks?
The bug: Sometimes when you press install nothing happens. Sometimes it
asks for a password and the password window drops out in the middle of
typing. Sometimes, after inputing the password, the window disappears
and then nothing appears to happen. Sometimes when the Software Centre
is installing some unidentified window flashes up and off in the
background, like some neon light attached to something that's barely
working. Sometimes the software appears not to have installed, and then
the install progress bar springs to life at about the half-way mark.
It's consistently inconsistent in the style of its operation. It does
actually install software successfully. But it is worrying and gives the
impression it cannot be trusted. It is slow and jumpy.
One example of a recent install attempt:
Me: Press <install>
Software centre: Asks for password.
Me: Enter password
Software Centre: Nothing happens.
Me: Press <install> again
Software Centre: Asks for password.
Me: Type password
Software Centre: Drops out before password typed out completely
Me: Press <install>
Software Centre: Asks for password.
Me: Enter password
Software Centre: Waits just long enough to be disconcerting, then installs
software
Another install a short while later was accompanied by a ghost window
that flashed on and off in the background. This has happened a number of
times.
I would wager that there's a spanner in the works. That's my technical
diagnosis. It seems to both get snarled up and fail to update the
display.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: software-center 5.4.1.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Dec 1 18:21:58 2012
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-28 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: software-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal
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