I have this problem too. It happened to me when i started "System Testing", chose next and i was prompted for the password but i accidently chose cancel on the password dialog. After that, the progress bar kept going back and forth forever.
-- System Testing (checkbox-gtk) fails to gather system information and turns into a Zombie process https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/569956 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs