Public bug reported: I (accidentally) started Rhythmbox for the firt time ever at this laptop. It started, and a pop-up came asking if I wanted to install additional needed codecs (title line says "Available software for MPEG-4 ACC decoder", so I guess this was the search argument.
I accepted, and gnome-software opened with a search result for GSTreamer codecs. I installed two of them, life is good, closed (Alt-F4) gnome- software. Then I decided to install some other package via GS as well. Opened (again) it, and... I am shown a search result for GStreamer codecs. I cannot exit this search. (via the "<" at the left of the title line). I can only close the thing. End result: gnome-software is now, for all practical purposes, unavailable. Hence, the bug. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: gnome-software 3.30.2-0ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-10.11-generic 4.18.12 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Nov 1 09:15:18 2018 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-software InstalledPlugins: gnome-software-plugin-flatpak N/A gnome-software-plugin-limba N/A gnome-software-plugin-snap 3.30.2-0ubuntu7 SourcePackage: gnome-software UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-07-07 (116 days ago) modified.conffile..etc.default.apport: # set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it # you can temporarily override this with # sudo service apport start force_start=1 enabled=0 mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2018-03-07T18:07:32.794203 ** Affects: gnome-software (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cosmic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1801097 Title: gnome-software does not exit a search To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1801097/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs