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software-properties package

"Searching for available drivers..." gives no indication of progress

Bug #1466479 reported by Matthew Paul Thomas on 2015-06-18

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	software-properties (Ubuntu)	Triaged	High	Unassigned

Bug Description

software-properties 0.92.37.3, Ubuntu 14.04

1. Open System Settings > "Software & Updates".
2. Choose "Additional Drivers".
3. Wait 30 seconds.

What you see:
2. The text "Searching for available drivers..." centered in the box, but no other hint of progress.
3. A list of drivers.

What you should see:
2. A progress bar, if the driver search has determinate progress; otherwise a spinner.

<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareAndUpdatesSettings#drivers>: “The ‘Additional Drivers’ tab should begin with a listbox containing a progress bar and the text ‘Searching for available drivers…’ until the search is complete.”

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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote on 2015-06-18:

screenshot of the problem Edit (33.3 KiB, image/png)

summary:

- "Searching for available drivers..." gives no hint of progress
+ "Searching for available drivers..." gives no indication of progress

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2015-06-18:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

martindubois (martindubois) on 2015-07-14

description:

updated

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2015-10-14

Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → High

Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) on 2016-02-12

Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → In Progress

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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote on 2016-02-12:

I just discovered that the code already includes a progress bar:

        self.label_driver_detail = Gtk.Label(label=_("Searching for available "
                                                     "drivers..."), **props)
        self.box_driver_detail.add(self.label_driver_detail)

        self.progress_bar = Gtk.ProgressBar()
        self.box_driver_action.pack_end(self.progress_bar, False, False, 0)
        self.progress_bar.set_visible(False)

Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be any code that makes that progress bar visible.

Anyway, specification updated. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareAndUpdatesSettings?action=diff&rev2=23&rev1=22>

Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu):
assignee:	Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) → nobody
status:	In Progress → Triaged
description:	updated

Brian Murray (brian-murray) on 2016-02-16

tags:

added: trusty

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Stuart Gillies (gillies) wrote on 2017-01-02:

There is another aspect to this minor but irritating bug. Whilst additional drivers are being searched for, the panel displays the message "No additional drivers are in use". This should not be displayed as at this point the software does not know if this is true or not.

Not mission critical, but it undermines the professionalism of Ubuntu.