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Update to 2.0.5 - inconsistencies pkcon vs version vs store updates vs system update

asked 2016-12-03 00:20:58 +0300

rtr2001 gravatar image

updated 2016-12-07 23:40:57 +0300

[Edited for readability] Updated Jolla1 from 2.0.4, but faced a set of problems detailed at the end of the post. The update was performed with version --dup after various GUI failures that left the phone half updated. I still have two problems:

  1. Currently the phone works, is updated, but when checking for updates the settings GUI displays "Waiting for connection..." despite being connected (no matter if WLAN or WIFI) , and silently aborts after a while.
  2. The system displays a "System update/ v2.0.5 available" - but that's the version already running. Is this related to the above point?

Question: How to solve these problems?


Edit 20161207: I was suspecting a problem cache => forced the reload of the cache with zypper ref -f. version --dup says nothing to update. zypper dup instead asked to:

  • install a new "pattern" (?): jolla-mw
  • remove a package: upower

Answered yes, but it did nothing. After reboot, same steps have given the same result.


Sequence of the upgrade

  1. Check if all up to date: updates for my apps in Jolla store. HereWeGo not listed at all (despite installed a while ago with Store app!)
  2. terminal => pkcon refresh, then pkcon update =>all up to date.
  3. update via gui(settings) to 2.0.5 => failed with a generic GUI message (no details), needed to reboot. Tried once or twice, re-download, upgrade failure, reboot. Nothing special spotted in logs.
  4. pkcon refresh, then pkcon update again => all up to date (expectedly).
  5. version --dup => gets and install updates for sailfish maps and ytplayer. Reboot, hardlock with red led => battery removal.
  6. new attempt to update via gui(settings) => starts, reboots after cca 30s
  7. still 2.0.4. version --dup => starts what seems to be the upgrade => many packages after, reboot.
  8. finally 2.0.5. terminal => pkcon get-updates => shows many things to update. wtf
  9. version --dup apparently does nothing ( "no updates, try later" etc message)
  10. pkcon get-updates => shows all up to date. wtf 2 (nothing seemed installed between 8 and 10)
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Same problem here :-(

lupastro ( 2016-12-07 15:44:47 +0300 )edit
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Silly question, did you set the version with ssu before you version --dup? The version is not set by the upgrade notification you need to set it by hand. Using pkcon or zypper to upgrade can render your device a brick, just so you know. And if all still fails, did you recreate your Jolla Account in Settings-Accounts yet?

chemist ( 2016-12-08 11:26:10 +0300 )edit

@chemist I did it -several times-, but nothing changed.

lupastro ( 2016-12-08 17:17:23 +0300 )edit

@chemist: I haven't set the version with ssu. The purpose of step 5 above was to make sure that the2.0.4 version was up to date ( I was suspecting some non-updated packages for the upgrade failures)

Indeed that allowed to move a bit further and actually start the upgrade, but crashed and rebooted.

Lucky me, I could log in and version --dup (step 7) did what seemed to be the upgrade continuation.

Yet I think some of the installed packages are actually broken. Go figure which....

Thinking out loud, can I see the timestamp of the package installation? I could see which was installed around the crash and attempt reinstalling it.

rtr2001 ( 2016-12-12 21:17:19 +0300 )edit
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What does happen when you actually set the version with ssu? Never (2./4.)! If there are other repos active than Jolla's you might get your device in limbo. What version --dup does without setting newer version with ssu, is just as simple as it rechecks dependencies of the current version and installs those. (8.)+(9.) is normal, that is how it should be and also why you may brick it by (4.). do pkcon refresh, set new version with ssu, version --dup - if there is any single error in pkcon refresh, do not proceed! Reset your Jolla account in Settings-GUI, then try again. If there are still errors, let us know here.

chemist ( 2016-12-13 10:58:24 +0300 )edit

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answered 2016-12-12 10:20:50 +0300

lupastro gravatar image

Sorry to insist...but...no one else had really this problem...?

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don't use zypper, don't use pkcon update.

r0kk3rz ( 2016-12-12 10:49:33 +0300 )edit

@r0kk3rz: too late :) I was actually forced to go command line because the "regular" update caused a reboot during the update.

There's not much traffic in this thread. None from jolla seems to look at. I thought that package mgt and upgrade problems gather some more attention from them.

Quite frustrating - I'd like to help in locating the problem, but need some input to start with.

I consider getting dirty again and ssu/version to downgrade to 2.0.4. If it survives, I'll attempt upgrading. Should this work, the problem will be just hidden, not solved.

rtr2001 ( 2016-12-12 21:05:16 +0300 )edit
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