PackageKit Error - Internal System Error

KirkD · #1 26th September 2008, 05:44 AM

Some of you will recognize me from previous problems with updates. Well, here's the latest:

I'm running F9 which has not be updated since July 30. At this point the system update tells me I have hundreds of updates and I would like to get this fully functional. Problem is, when I run System Update I get a PackageKit Error - Internal System Error with this text:

Error Type: <type 'exceptions.TypeError'>
Error Value: object of type 'instancemethod' has no len()
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/update-system.py , line 18, in <module>
backend.update_system()
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py , line 850, in update_system
self._runYumTransaction()
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py , line 1151, in _runYumTransaction
hex_fingerprint = "80740e5" * len(fingerprint) 140398224ple(map(ord, fingerprint))

I've been able to run System Update partially - about 25% of the way through I get the error above. If I run it again, I get the error immediately after the download step.

I did some searching and it seems I may have an out of date version of PackageKit. Executing this:

rpm -qa | grep PackageKit

I get:

PackageKit-0.2.3-6.vc9.i386
PackageKit-libs-0.2.3-6.fc9.i386

I'm reasonably sure I need version 2.5.1, correct? How do I update the updater?

Any other tips would be greatly appreciated.

-Kirk

LordMorgul · #2 26th September 2008, 06:53 AM

Hi Kirk,
Your best bet right now is to update using yum in a terminal. The following should work for you:
su -c 'yum update'

However, if you have not updated anything since July 30th, you probably do not have the new Fedora signing key installed, and imported. You may need to follow instructions here first:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/New_signing_key

KirkD · #3 27th September 2008, 04:07 AM

Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, I'm back where I started. I get the following after dependency resolution:

Processing Dependency: kernel-uname-r = 2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686 for package: kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
kmod-ndiswrapper-2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686-1.53-3.lvn9.i686 from livna has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: kernel-uname-r = 2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686 is needed by package kmod-ndiswrapper-2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686-1.53-3.lvn9.i686 (livna)
kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686-173.14.12-3.lvn9.i686 from livna has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: kernel-uname-r = 2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686 is needed by package kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686-173.14.12-3.lvn9.i686 (livna)
kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.11-97.fc9.i686-173.14.12-2.lvn9.i686 from livna has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: kernel-uname-r = 2.6.25.11-97.fc9.i686 is needed by package kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.11-97.fc9.i686-173.14.12-2.lvn9.i686 (livna)
Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-uname-r = 2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686 is needed by package kmod-ndiswrapper-2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686-1.53-3.lvn9.i686 (livna)
Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-uname-r = 2.6.25.11-97.fc9.i686 is needed by package kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.11-97.fc9.i686-173.14.12-2.lvn9.i686 (livna)
Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-uname-r = 2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686 is needed by package kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686-173.14.12-3.lvn9.i686 (livna)

Regarding kmod-nvidia, I have installed akmod-nvidia and have gone through kernel updates previously without any problems. akmod has updated the nvidia driver after at least 2 kernel updates in the past. ndiswrapper has also survived the previous kernel updates. Why are they crunching now?

-Kirk

#4 27th September 2008, 04:25 AM

do this for me in terminal

Code:

yum repolist

PackageKit you do need is 0.2.5

also do this for me in terminal

Code:

uname -a

KirkD · #5 27th September 2008, 05:13 AM

yum repolist gives:

Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
adobe-linux-i386 Adobe Systems Incorporated enabled : 17
fedora Fedora 9 - i386 enabled : 9,897
fusion Compiz Fusion repository enabled : 37
livna Livna for Fedora Core 9 - i386 - Base enabled : 788
updates Fedora 9 - i386 - Updates enabled : 10
updates-newkey Fedora 9 - i386 - Updates Newkey enabled : 4,109
repolist: 14,858

uname -a gives:

Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.25.4-30.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Wed May 21 18:12:35 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

And, rpm -qa | grep PackageKit

PackageKit-0.2.3-6.fc9.i386
PackageKit-libs-0.2.3-6.fc9.i386

#6 27th September 2008, 05:15 AM

now do this

Code:

rpm -qa| grep kmod-nvidia

also do this in terminal

Code:

yum --version

an tell us what yum version you have

KirkD · #7 27th September 2008, 05:17 AM

rpm -qa | grep kmod-nvidia gives:

kmod-nvidia-173.14.09-5.lvn9.i686
kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.4-30.fc9.i686-173.14.09-3.fc9.i686
kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.11-97.fc9.i686-173.14.09-5.lvn9.i686
akmod-nvidia-173.14.09-3.lvn9.i686

#8 27th September 2008, 05:24 AM

as i posted above.. could you tell me what yum Version you have?

what i'd do is this also

Code:

su -
password

do this first though

Code:

yum update PackageKit

remember to type it exactly like that

Code:

yum remove kmod-nvidia

Code:

yum update kernel

ok i think i found the offending package

Code:

kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.11-97.fc9.i686-173.14.09-5.lvn9.i686

remove that but your best to remove all kmod's an just leave the akmod there

KirkD · #9 27th September 2008, 05:26 AM

Oops - sorry. I didn't see your yum version request.

yum --version gives:

3.2.17
Installed: rpm-4.4.2.3-2.fc9.i386 at 2008-05-27 21:03
Built : Fedora Project at 2008-04-18 16:52
Committed: Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> at 2008-04-18 22:00

Installed: yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-8.fc9.i386 at 2008-05-27 21:07
Built : Fedora Project at 2008-02-14 13:27
Committed: Seth Vidal <skvidal at fedoraproject.org> at 2008-02-14 22:00

Installed: yum-3.2.17-2.fc9.noarch at 2008-07-27 16:26
Built : Fedora Project at 2008-07-10 16:53
Committed: Seth Vidal <skvidal@fedoraproject.org> at 2008-07-10 22:00

#10 27th September 2008, 05:31 AM

ok update your yum for starters .. an look above as i adited it

you should have yum 3.2.19 an yum-utils

if you can remove that offending package we might have a win

KirkD · #11 27th September 2008, 05:36 AM

OK, I did all this:

yum update PackageKit
yum kmod-nvidia (the version you mentioned was erased)
yum update kernel

I also did:

yum update yum (which updated to the right version 3.2.19-3.fc9)

I didn't notice anything about utils or yum-utils. Can I just do

yum install yum-utils? (I'm doing this now.)

Then, yum update?

#12 27th September 2008, 05:38 AM

yeah just install yum-utils

did it update PackageKit

KirkD · #13 27th September 2008, 05:41 AM

Yes, PackageKit updated.

rpm -qa | grep PackageKit gives:

PackageKit-libs-0.2.5-1.fc9.i386
PackageKit-0.2.5-1.fc9.i386

Next is yum update, right?

YIKES!! I'm scared!!

#14 27th September 2008, 05:44 AM

yeah thats correct..it looks like we have had a win so far,, no errors are occuring which is good

download the kernel first by doing a

Code:

yum update kernel kernel-headers kernel-devel

KirkD · #15 27th September 2008, 05:48 AM

OK - here goes....

26 package installs
247 package updates (sheesh!)

Dependencies have resolved. I'm going for it!

After this I'll have to change grub (I'm dual booting) to boot to the right kernel and then hope nvidia and ndiswrapper come back to life.