every time i start my laptop it tells me that updates are available. however when i select "update" the discover program crashes.

its asking me to make a crash report and install debug symbols, which i tried but unsuccessful

this happens every time.
i can not trigger update manually because it will also crash

how do i get out of this mess?

https://twitter.com/KdeNeon/status/1177188202135904256

If you're affected by the crash in Discover please update with Konsole using: pkcon refresh && pkcon update

I am having this problem, too. However, if I run 'pkcon refresh', I get:

Refreshing cache [=========================]
Loading cache [=========================]
Downloading packages [=========================]
Running [=========================]
Finished [=========================]
Fatal error: E: Repository 'http://archive.neon.kde.org/user/lts bionic InRelease' changed its 'Origin' value from 'user/lts bionic' to 'neon'
E: Repository 'http://archive.neon.kde.org/user/lts bionic InRelease' changed its 'Label' value from 'KDE neon - User Edition (LTS)' to 'KDE neon - Plasma LTS Edition'

I presume this is the problem that is also causing Discover to crash. Any ideas on how to solve this gratefully received.

Thanks and regards

I get
root@velikiHP:/home/paul/Downloads# pkcon refresh
Refreshing cache [=========================]
Loading cache [=========================]
Refreshing software list [=========================]
Downloading packages [=========================]
Running [=========================]
Finished [ ] (0%)
Do you want to allow installing of unsigned software? [N/y]

repeating for ever it seems. If I say N

The unsigned software will not be installed.
[=========================]
Loading cache [=========================]
Fatal error: user declined interaction

I don't know how to interpret this. Anyone?

paulpignon wrote:I get
root@velikiHP:/home/paul/Downloads# pkcon refresh
Refreshing cache [=========================]
Loading cache [=========================]
Refreshing software list [=========================]
Downloading packages [=========================]
Running [=========================]
Finished [ ] (0%)
Do you want to allow installing of unsigned software? [N/y]

repeating for ever it seems. If I say N

The unsigned software will not be installed.
[=========================]
Loading cache [=========================]
Fatal error: user declined interaction

I don't know how to interpret this. Anyone?

Pretty clear:

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Fatal error: user declined interaction

Because 'no' was selected here:

Code: Select all

Do you want to allow installing of unsigned software? [N/y]

To see what is really happening, you will have to use apt update and apt full-upgrade.
Don't worry, nothing will 'splode using it. But you will see the actual error messages , if any. At least you will know if the updates are actually installed properly.

I saw someone have this error but it was back in 2017. There, it seemed to actually have installed the items. Not sure what made the endless looping stop, I'll guess a reboot.