On Mon, 2019-09-16 at 13:10 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
If that didn't work, then run "journalctl --list-boots"
and find the
one for the right time. Then run "journalctl -b -1" (again replace
with the right number).
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:
dnf[1168]: Traceback (most recent call last):
dnf[1168]: File "/usr/bin/dnf", line 58, in <module>
dnf[1168]: main.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
dnf[1168]: File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/dnf/cli/main.py",
line 192, in user_main
dnf[1168]: errcode = main(args)
dnf[1168]: File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/dnf/cli/main.py",
line 64, in main
dnf[1168]: return _main(base, args, cli_class, option_parser_class)
dnf[1168]: File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/dnf/cli/main.py",
line 95, in _main
dnf[1168]: cli.configure(list(map(ucd, args)), option_parser())
dnf[1168]: File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/dnf/cli/cli.py",
line 954, in configure
dnf[1168]: self.command.configure()
dnf[1168]: File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/dnf-
plugins/system_upgrade.py", line 329, in configure
dnf[1168]: self._call_sub("configure")
dnf[1168]: File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/dnf-
plugins/system_upgrade.py", line 341, in _call_sub
dnf[1168]: subfunc()
dnf[1168]: File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/dnf-
plugins/system_upgrade.py", line 404, in configure_upgrade
dnf[1168]: repo.gpgcheck = repo.id in self.state.gpgcheck_repos
dnf[1168]: TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable
systemd[1]: dnf-system-upgrade.service: Main process exited,
code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295
subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=dnf-system-upgrade
comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=?
terminal=? res=failed'
systemd[1]: dnf-system-upgrade.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
systemd[1]: Failed to start System Upgrade using DNF.
systemd[1]: dnf-system-upgrade.service: Triggering OnFailure=
dependencies.
systemd[1]: Starting System Upgrade using DNF failed...
This error could be the main culprit, but not sure what to do about it
TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable
Cheers
Robin