Why is the upgrade manager freezing when upgrading to 13.10

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Published on 2013-10-20T03:26:12Z Indexed on 2013/10/20 4:14 UTC
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Earlier today I started to upgrade to 13.10 only to return much much later and notice that the update manager was still running.

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It seems to be frozen and I am reluctant to hit ctrl+C. I can't launch nautilus using the icon on the launcher. When I try to run it via the terminal, this is what happens:

$ nautilus
Could not register the application: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface `org.gtk.Actions' on object at path /org/gnome/Nautilus

My printers aren't showing up when I attempt to print. I don't know whether these a symptoms of the same problem. Should I let the update manage continue to run, or should I shut it down?

Here are the processes running if it is any help:

$ ps aux
USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
root         1  0.0  0.2   5920  4072 ?        Ss   Oct18   0:02 /sbin/init
root         2  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 [kthreadd]
root         3  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:31 [ksoftirqd/0]
root         5  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [kworker/0:0H]
root         6  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 [kworker/u:0]
root         7  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [kworker/u:0H]
root         8  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 [migration/0]
root         9  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 [rcu_bh]
root        10  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:54 [rcu_sched]
root        11  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 [watchdog/0]
root        12  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 [watchdog/1]
root        13  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:43 [ksoftirqd/1]
root        14  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 [migration/1]
root        16  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [kworker/1:0H]
root        17  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [cpuset]
root        18  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [khelper]
root        19  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 [kdevtmpfs]
root        20  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [netns]
root        21  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 [bdi-default]
root        22  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [kintegrityd]
root        23  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [kblockd]
root        24  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [ata_sff]
root        25  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 [khubd]
root        26  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [md]
root        27  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [devfreq_wq]
root        29  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 [khungtaskd]
root        30  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:09 [kswapd0]
root        31  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        SN   Oct18   0:00 [ksmd]
root        32  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        SN   Oct18   0:00 [khugepaged]
root        33  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 [fsnotify_mark]
root        34  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 [ecryptfs-kthre
root        35  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [crypto]
root        46  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [kthrotld]
root        49  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [binder]
root        69  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [deferwq]
root        70  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [charger_manage
root       166  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 [scsi_eh_0]
root       167  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 [scsi_eh_1]
root       188  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 [scsi_eh_2]
root       244  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 [kworker/u:4]
root       245  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [ttm_swap]
root       260  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 [scsi_eh_3]
root       266  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 [scsi_eh_4]
root       267  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   1:08 [usb-storage]
root       268  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 [scsi_eh_5]
root       269  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:06 [usb-storage]
root       302  0.0  0.0   2904   504 ?        S    14:11   0:00 upstart-udev-br
root       305  0.0  0.0  12080  1632 ?        Ss   14:11   0:00 /lib/systemd/sy
root       329  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:24 [jbd2/sda2-8]
root       330  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [ext4-dio-unwri
root       352  0.0  0.0   2944     4 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 /sbin/ureadahea
root       440  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:05 [flush-8:0]
root       734  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [cfg80211]
root       761  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [kpsmoused]
root       780  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 [pccardd]
root       784  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [kvm-irqfd-clea
root       902  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [hd-audio0]
syslog     916  0.0  0.0  31120   680 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:13 rsyslogd -c5
102       1010  0.0  0.1   4344  1988 ?        Ss   Oct18   0:04 dbus-daemon --s
root      1061  0.0  0.0   4844   924 ?        Ss   Oct18   0:00 /usr/sbin/bluet
root      1077  0.0  0.0   2268   388 ?        Ss   Oct18   0:00 /bin/sh /etc/in
root      1079  0.0  0.0   4664   484 tty4     Ss+  Oct18   0:00 /sbin/getty -8 
root      1087  0.0  0.0   4664   484 tty5     Ss+  Oct18   0:00 /sbin/getty -8 
root      1089  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [krfcommd]
root      1098  0.0  0.0   4664   484 tty2     Ss+  Oct18   0:00 /sbin/getty -8 
root      1099  0.0  0.1   4408  2076 tty3     Ss   Oct18   0:00 /bin/login --  
root      1101  0.0  0.0   4664   484 tty6     Ss+  Oct18   0:00 /sbin/getty -8 
root      1168  0.0  0.0   2780   524 ?        Ss   Oct18   0:00 cron
daemon    1169  0.0  0.0   2636   212 ?        Ss   Oct18   0:00 atd
root      1183  0.0  0.0  34872  1448 ?        SLsl Oct18   0:00 lightdm
root      1249  0.0  0.0   3536   468 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 /bin/bash /etc/
root      1254  4.2  2.2 125832 40040 tty7     Rsl+ Oct18  81:27 /usr/bin/X :0 -
root      1261  0.0  0.0   2268   344 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 /bin/sh /etc/ac
root      1265  0.0  0.1  42004  2836 ?        Ssl  Oct18   0:01 NetworkManager
root      1272  0.0  0.0   2268   376 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 /bin/sh /usr/sb
root      1286  0.0  0.3  30616  5824 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:05 /usr/lib/policy
root      1304  0.0  0.0   2268   372 ?        D    Oct18   0:00 /bin/sh /usr/li
root      1360  0.0  0.0   5532   560 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 /sbin/dhclient 
nobody    1368  0.0  0.0   5476   784 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsma
root      1514  0.0  0.1  34036  1932 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:01 /usr/lib/accoun
root      1530  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 [kauditd]
root      1536  0.0  0.1  30480  2260 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:01 /usr/sbin/conso
root      1653  0.0  0.1  28908  2104 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/upower
root      1698  0.0  0.0  17464  1388 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 lightdm --sessi
rtkit     1750  0.0  0.0  21368   696 ?        SNl  Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/rtkit/
1000      1844  0.0  0.1  88116  2320 ?        SLl  Oct18   0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-
1000      1855  0.0  0.3  73076  5884 ?        Ssl  Oct18   0:00 gnome-session -
1000      1901  0.0  0.0   4128    24 ?        Ss   Oct18   0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-ag
1000      1904  0.0  0.0   3880   192 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-l
1000      1905  0.0  0.1   5520  2500 ?        Ss   Oct18   0:23 //bin/dbus-daem
1000      1915  0.0  0.0  43348  1420 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/at-spi
1000      1919  0.0  0.0   3412  1252 ?        S    Oct18   0:01 /bin/dbus-daemo
1000      1922  0.0  0.0  17176  1624 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/at-spi
1000      1932  0.0  0.5 165916  9124 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:21 /usr/lib/gnome-
1000      1947  1.9  0.2 100716  4024 ?        S<l  Oct18  37:48 /usr/bin/pulsea
1000      1949  0.0  0.0  27568  1616 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
1000      1953  0.0  0.0  42628  1184 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs//
1000      1962  0.0  0.0  14472   916 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/pulsea
1000      1964  0.0  0.1   9548  2480 ?        S    Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/i386-l
1000      1980  0.0  0.0   3764   364 ?        S    Oct18   0:43 syndaemon -i 1.
1000      1987  0.0  0.0  24476  1668 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/dconf/
1000      1990  0.0  0.4 122968  8844 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/policy
1000      1991  0.0  0.2  80480  5392 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-
1000      1992  0.0  1.2 167532 22776 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:07 nautilus -n
1000      1998  0.0  0.4 181444  7744 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 nm-applet
1000      2002  0.0  0.1  38020  2892 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
root      2012  0.0  0.1  59908  2664 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:24 /usr/lib/udisks
1000      2024  0.0  0.0  26456  1540 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
1000      2028  0.0  0.0  27684  1536 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
1000      2036  0.0  0.0  38964  1452 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
root      2049  0.0  0.0   3328   588 ?        Ss   Oct18   0:00 /sbin/mount.ntf
1000      2053  0.0  0.0  36792  1284 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
1000      2058  0.0  0.1  53664  2364 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
1000      2069  0.0  0.4  82816  8112 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:07 /usr/lib/i386-l
1000      2084  0.0  0.1  17984  2048 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
1000      2086  0.0  0.0   2268   392 ?        Ss   Oct18   0:00 /bin/sh -c /usr
1000      2087  0.0  0.7  68100 12856 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:13 /usr/bin/gtk-wi
1000      2089  0.0  0.9  98508 17756 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:13 /usr/lib/unity/
1000      2091  0.0  0.3  65380  6692 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:01 /usr/lib/i386-l
1000      2117  0.0  0.2  98024  3888 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/i386-l
1000      2125  0.0  0.1  86644  3408 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/indica
1000      2126  0.0  0.3  84272  6664 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/i386-l
1000      2127  0.0  0.1  94384  2752 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/i386-l
1000      2128  0.0  0.1  83968  2828 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/i386-l
1000      2129  0.0  0.2 150020  4684 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:01 /usr/lib/i386-l
1000      2130  0.0  0.2  86572  3884 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/indica
1000      2131  0.0  0.1  69352  2524 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/i386-l
1000      2144  0.0  0.1  74192  3152 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/evolut
1000      2182  0.0  0.2 101120  4420 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:02 /usr/lib/gnome-
1000      2193  0.0  0.3  77752  6448 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 telepathy-indic
1000      2200  0.0  0.1  44032  2708 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/telepa
1000      2209  0.0  0.2  77664  3860 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:02 zeitgeist-datah
1000      2216  0.0  0.2  44464  4180 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:01 /usr/bin/zeitge
root      2234  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [kworker/1:1H]
1000      2246  0.0  1.1  93428 21256 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:02 /usr/bin/python
1000      2284  0.0  0.6 110040 11656 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:14 /usr/lib/i386-l
1000      2289  0.0  0.2  85632  3728 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/i386-l
1000      2296  0.0  0.1  77900  3388 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/i386-l
1000      2298  0.0  0.6 120356 11992 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/bin/python
1000      2300  0.0  0.1  87560  2408 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/i386-l
1000      2301  0.0  0.2  91764  4404 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/i386-l
1000      2303  0.0  0.2  78224  4592 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/i386-l
1000      2370  0.0  0.2  74976  4908 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/i386-l
1000      2372  0.0  0.4 106760  8972 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/bin/python
1000      2394  0.0  0.1  95624  2736 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/i386-l
1000      2433  0.0  0.1  46640  2124 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/i386-l
1000      2457  0.0  0.0  34496  1648 ?        Sl   Oct18   0:00 /usr/lib/libuni
root      2513  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   Oct18   0:00 [kworker/0:1H]
1000      3361  0.0  0.0   2268   396 ?        SN   07:54   0:20 /bin/sh -c /usr
root      4919  1.8  2.1 201196 38760 ?        SNl  13:29  11:25 /usr/bin/python
root      4957  0.0  0.0   3880   400 ?        SN   13:29   0:00 dbus-launch --a
root      4958  0.0  0.0   3424  1196 ?        SNs  13:29   0:05 //bin/dbus-daem
root      5128  0.0  0.0   2268   416 ?        SN   13:50   0:00 /bin/sh -c whil
root      5141  0.0  0.0   2436   508 ?        SN   13:50   0:00 gnome-pty-helpe
root      5145  0.0  1.7 245280 30872 pts/1    SNs+ 13:50   0:05 /usr/bin/python
root      5159  0.0  0.4  64200  7432 ?        SNl  13:50   0:05 /usr/bin/gnome-
root      5163  0.0  0.0  27440  1552 ?        SNl  13:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
root      5167  0.0  0.0  42628  1648 ?        SNl  13:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs//
root      9236  0.0  0.1  19112  2680 ?        Ss   14:33   0:00 /usr/sbin/winbi
root      9243  0.0  0.0  19112  1448 ?        S    14:33   0:00 /usr/sbin/winbi
whoopsie  9409  0.0  0.2  53608  4264 ?        Ssl  14:33   0:00 whoopsie
root     20087  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   14:34   0:00 [xfsalloc]
root     20088  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   14:34   0:00 [xfs_mru_cache]
root     20089  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   14:34   0:00 [xfslogd]
root     20092  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    14:34   0:00 [jfsIO]
root     20093  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    14:34   0:00 [jfsCommit]
root     20094  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    14:34   0:00 [jfsCommit]
root     20095  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    14:34   0:00 [jfsSync]
root     20845  0.0  0.3   7980  6048 pts/2    SNs+ 14:29   0:04 /usr/bin/dpkg -
root     23330  0.0  0.0   2896   568 ?        S    14:09   0:00 upstart-file-br
root     23332  0.0  0.0   2884   572 ?        S    14:09   0:00 upstart-socket-
root     24577  0.2  0.0      0     0 ?        S    23:09   0:04 [kworker/1:2]
root     24656  0.1  0.0      0     0 ?        S    23:10   0:02 [kworker/0:0]
1000     24758  2.8  4.7 243692 85516 ?        Sl   23:11   0:50 compiz
root     25774  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   14:39   0:00 [iprt]
1000     26128  5.5 10.3 641628 187420 ?       Sl   23:27   0:46 /usr/lib/firefo
root     26374  0.0  0.0   3964   720 ?        Ss   14:39   0:02 /usr/sbin/irqba
root     26534  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    23:34   0:00 [kworker/0:1]
root     26564  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    23:35   0:00 [kworker/1:1]
1000     26664  0.0  0.1   6784  3068 tty3     S+   23:36   0:00 -bash
1000     26936 15.2  1.3  67520 23672 ?        Sl   23:39   0:21 gnome-system-mo
root     26992  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    23:40   0:00 [kworker/1:0]
root     27049  0.0  0.0   4248   288 ?        SN   23:41   0:00 sleep 30
1000     27057  9.5  0.8  68624 16140 ?        Rl   23:41   0:00 gnome-terminal
1000     27064  0.0  0.0   2440   704 ?        S    23:41   0:00 gnome-pty-helpe
1000     27065  2.6  0.1   6344  2608 pts/3    Ss   23:41   0:00 bash
1000     27113  0.0  0.0   5240  1144 pts/3    R+   23:41   0:00 ps aux
root     28267  0.0  0.0   2216   632 ?        Ss   14:39   0:00 acpid -c /etc/a
root     28333  0.0  0.0   2272   552 pts/2    SN+  14:39   0:00 /bin/sh /var/li
root     29699  0.0  0.2   8384  4608 pts/2    SN+  14:40   0:00 modprobe wl

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