Packagekitd - Failed to get cache filename for

rusty-snake · June 1, 2025, 9:53am

I’m seing the following in the logs:

PackageKit[14247]: get-updates transaction /1174_deceecaa from uid 1000 finished with success after 1144ms
PackageKit[14247]: resolve transaction /1175_aeaebeea from uid 1000 finished with success after 971ms
PackageKit[14247]: resolve transaction /1176_dbccddcb from uid 1000 finished with success after 6ms
PackageKit[14247]: get-updates transaction /1177_aacedbbe from uid 1000 finished with success after 216ms
PackageKit[14247]: resolve transaction /1178_beedcedb from uid 1000 finished with success after 8ms
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for ptyxis
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for glib2
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for glibc
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for glibc
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for gtk4
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for libadwaita
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for libgcc
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for libportal
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for libportal-gtk4
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for vte291-gtk4
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for cairo
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for glib2
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for glibc
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for glibc
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for gtk4
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for hicolor-icon-theme
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for json-glib
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for libadwaita
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for libgcc
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for libportal
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for libportal-gtk4
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for pango
packagekitd[14247]: Failed to get cache filename for vte291-gtk4
PackageKit[14247]: get-details transaction /1179_eeaacbee from uid 1000 finished with success after 102ms
PackageKit[14247]: resolve transaction /1180_beeeebca from uid 1000 finished with success after 4ms
PackageKit[14247]: resolve transaction /1181_abadbbba from uid 1000 finished with success after 4ms
PackageKit[14247]: resolve transaction /1182_cdcebacb from uid 1000 finished with success after 13ms
PackageKit[14247]: resolve transaction /1183_eeaabadb from uid 1000 finished with success after 13ms
PackageKit[14247]: resolve transaction /1184_beecaecb from uid 1000 finished with success after 6ms
PackageKit[14247]: resolve transaction /1185_bbaeaaab from uid 1000 finished with success after 5ms
PackageKit[14247]: resolve transaction /1186_cccceebe from uid 1000 finished with success after 3ms
PackageKit[14247]: resolve transaction /1187_aeedadeb from uid 1000 finished with success after 5ms
PackageKit[14247]: resolve transaction /1188_eeadddaa from uid 1000 finished with success after 5ms
PackageKit[14247]: resolve transaction /1189_ddedebec from uid 1000 finished with success after 8ms
PackageKit[14247]: resolve transaction /1190_eaddcadd from uid 1000 finished with success after 3ms
PackageKit[14247]: resolve transaction /1191_cceccedc from uid 1000 finished with success after 7ms
PackageKit[14247]: resolve transaction /1192_dcaceebc from uid 1000 finished with success after 5ms

Is the Failed to get cache filename for part something that I need to worry about?

grumpey · June 1, 2025, 2:12pm

There’s an upstream bug filed, and it looks like it’s been occurring on multiple versions.

Can you check if:

pkcon refresh force

makes any difference.

Thanks

rusty-snake · June 1, 2025, 2:28pm

Hi @grumpey,

Thank you for the reply.
I tried the command you suggested as is and it caused packagekitd to coredump:

systemd-coredump[15519]: [🡕] Process 15485 (packagekitd) of user 0 dumped core.

Module /usr/libexec/packagekitd from rpm PackageKit-1.2.8-9.fc42.x86_64
Module libgvfscommon.so from rpm gvfs-1.57.2-1.fc42.x86_64
Module libgioremote-volume-monitor.so from rpm gvfs-1.57.2-1.fc42.x86_64
Module libsasldb.so from rpm cyrus-sasl-2.1.28-30.fc42.x86_64
Module libplain.so from rpm cyrus-sasl-2.1.28-30.fc42.x86_64
Module liblogin.so from rpm cyrus-sasl-2.1.28-30.fc42.x86_64
Module libgssapiv2.so from rpm cyrus-sasl-2.1.28-30.fc42.x86_64
Module libanonymous.so from rpm cyrus-sasl-2.1.28-30.fc42.x86_64
Module libnss_myhostname.so.2 from rpm systemd-257.5-6.fc42.x86_64
Module libcrypt.so.2 from rpm libxcrypt-4.4.38-7.fc42.x86_64
Module libattr.so.1 from rpm attr-2.5.2-5.fc42.x86_64
Module libbrotlicommon.so.1 from rpm brotli-1.1.0-6.fc42.x86_64
Module libsasl2.so.3 from rpm cyrus-sasl-2.1.28-30.fc42.x86_64
Module libevent-2.1.so.7 from rpm libevent-2.1.12-15.fc42.x86_64
Module libkeyutils.so.1 from rpm keyutils-1.6.3-5.fc42.x86_64
Module libkrb5support.so.0 from rpm krb5-1.21.3-5.fc42.x86_64
Module libcom_err.so.2 from rpm e2fsprogs-1.47.2-3.fc42.x86_64
Module libk5crypto.so.3 from rpm krb5-1.21.3-5.fc42.x86_64
Module libkrb5.so.3 from rpm krb5-1.21.3-5.fc42.x86_64
Module libunistring.so.5 from rpm libunistring-1.1-9.fc42.x86_64
Module libpopt.so.0 from rpm popt-1.19-8.fc42.x86_64
Module libacl.so.1 from rpm acl-2.3.2-3.fc42.x86_64
Module libzck.so.1 from rpm zchunk-1.5.1-2.fc42.x86_64
Module libbrotlidec.so.1 from rpm brotli-1.1.0-6.fc42.x86_64
Module libgssapi_krb5.so.2 from rpm krb5-1.21.3-5.fc42.x86_64
Module libcrypto.so.3 from rpm openssl-3.2.4-3.fc42.x86_64
Module libssl.so.3 from rpm openssl-3.2.4-3.fc42.x86_64
Module libpsl.so.5 from rpm libpsl-0.21.5-5.fc42.x86_64
Module libssh.so.4 from rpm libssh-0.11.1-4.fc42.x86_64
Module libidn2.so.0 from rpm libidn2-2.3.8-1.fc42.x86_64
Module libnghttp2.so.14 from rpm nghttp2-1.64.0-3.fc42.x86_64
Module liblzma.so.5 from rpm xz-5.8.1-2.fc42.x86_64
Module liblua-5.4.so from rpm lua-5.4.7-3.fc42.x86_64
Module librpm_sequoia.so.1 from rpm rust-rpm-sequoia-1.7.0-5.fc42.x86_64
Module libbz2.so.1 from rpm bzip2-1.0.8-20.fc42.x86_64
Module libsmartcols.so.1 from rpm util-linux-2.40.4-7.fc42.x86_64
Module libmodulemd.so.2 from rpm libmodulemd-2.15.1-1.fc42.x86_64
Module libjson-c.so.5 from rpm json-c-0.18-2.fc42.x86_64
Module librpm.so.10 from rpm rpm-4.20.1-1.fc42.x86_64
Module libsolvext.so.1 from rpm libsolv-0.7.32-4.fc42.x86_64
Module libsolv.so.1 from rpm libsolv-0.7.32-4.fc42.x86_64
Module librepo.so.0 from rpm librepo-1.19.0-3.fc42.x86_64
Module libstemmer.so.0 from rpm snowball-2.2.0-15.fc42.x86_64
Module libzstd.so.1 from rpm zstd-1.5.7-1.fc42.x86_64
Module libyaml-0.so.2 from rpm libyaml-0.2.5-16.fc42.x86_64
Module libxml2.so.2 from rpm libxml2-2.12.10-1.fc42.x86_64
Module libxmlb.so.2 from rpm libxmlb-0.3.22-1.fc42.x86_64
Module libcurl.so.4 from rpm curl-8.11.1-4.fc42.x86_64
Module librpmio.so.10 from rpm rpm-4.20.1-1.fc42.x86_64
Module libdnf.so.2 from rpm libdnf-0.74.0-1.fc42.x86_64
Module libappstream.so.5 from rpm appstream-1.0.4-2.fc42.x86_64
Module libpk_backend_dnf.so from rpm PackageKit-1.2.8-9.fc42.x86_64
Module libblkid.so.1 from rpm util-linux-2.40.4-7.fc42.x86_64
Module libcap.so.2 from rpm libcap-2.73-2.fc42.x86_64
Module libselinux.so.1 from rpm libselinux-3.8-1.fc42.x86_64
Module libmount.so.1 from rpm util-linux-2.40.4-7.fc42.x86_64
Module libz.so.1 from rpm zlib-ng-2.2.4-3.fc42.x86_64
Module libffi.so.8 from rpm libffi-3.4.6-5.fc42.x86_64
Module libpcre2-8.so.0 from rpm pcre2-10.45-1.fc42.x86_64
Module libgmodule-2.0.so.0 from rpm glib2-2.84.2-1.fc42.x86_64
Module libpolkit-gobject-1.so.0 from rpm polkit-126-3.fc42.x86_64
Module libsystemd.so.0 from rpm systemd-257.5-6.fc42.x86_64
Module libgio-2.0.so.0 from rpm glib2-2.84.2-1.fc42.x86_64
Module libgobject-2.0.so.0 from rpm glib2-2.84.2-1.fc42.x86_64
Module libglib-2.0.so.0 from rpm glib2-2.84.2-1.fc42.x86_64
Module libpackagekit-glib2.so.18 from rpm PackageKit-1.2.8-9.fc42.x86_64
Stack trace of thread 15485:
#0  0x00007f79bbb5e11c __pthread_kill_implementation (libc.so.6 + 0x7311c)
#1  0x00007f79bbb04afe raise (libc.so.6 + 0x19afe)
#2  0x00007f79bbaec6d0 abort (libc.so.6 + 0x16d0)
#3  0x00007f79bc1fe442 g_assertion_message.cold (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x2442)
#4  0x00007f79bc270b27 g_assertion_message_expr (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x74b27)
#5  0x000055ef9bd704a2 n/a (/usr/libexec/packagekitd + 0xb4a2)
#6  0x000055ef9bd73730 n/a (/usr/libexec/packagekitd + 0xe730)
#7  0x00007f79bc037822 g_simple_async_result_complete (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0x68822)
#8  0x00007f79bbe92ca4 check_authorization_cb (libpolkit-gobject-1.so.0 + 0x7ca4)
#9  0x00007f79bc049e7c g_task_return_now (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0x7ae7c)
#10 0x00007f79bc04f590 g_task_return (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0x80590)
#11 0x00007f79bc0be567 reply_cb (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0xef567)
#12 0x00007f79bc049e7c g_task_return_now (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0x7ae7c)
#13 0x00007f79bc04f590 g_task_return (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0x80590)
#14 0x00007f79bc0b4932 g_dbus_connection_call_done (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0xe5932)
#15 0x00007f79bc049e7c g_task_return_now (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0x7ae7c)
#16 0x00007f79bc049eb5 complete_in_idle_cb (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0x7aeb5)
#17 0x00007f79bc242e0d g_idle_dispatch (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x46e0d)
#18 0x00007f79bc23c880 g_main_context_dispatch_unlocked.lto_priv.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x40880)
#19 0x00007f79bc2457a8 g_main_context_iterate_unlocked.isra.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x497a8)
#20 0x00007f79bc245a4f g_main_loop_run (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x49a4f)
#21 0x000055ef9bd6bddd main (/usr/libexec/packagekitd + 0x6ddd)
#22 0x00007f79bbaee5f5 __libc_start_call_main (libc.so.6 + 0x35f5)
#23 0x00007f79bbaee6a8 __libc_start_main@@GLIBC_2.34 (libc.so.6 + 0x36a8)
#24 0x000055ef9bd6c0a5 _start (/usr/libexec/packagekitd + 0x70a5)

Stack trace of thread 15489:
#0  0x00007f79bbbdca8d syscall (libc.so.6 + 0xf1a8d)
#1  0x00007f79bc2692ab g_cond_wait_until (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x6d2ab)
#2  0x00007f79bc205ded g_async_queue_pop_intern_unlocked (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x9ded)
#3  0x00007f79bc205f5d g_async_queue_timeout_pop (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x9f5d)
#4  0x00007f79bc2738ef g_thread_pool_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x778ef)
#5  0x00007f79bc272862 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x76862)
#6  0x00007f79bbb5c1d4 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x711d4)
#7  0x00007f79bbbdecec __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0xf3cec)

Stack trace of thread 15488:
#0  0x00007f79bbb646c2 __syscall_cancel_arch (libc.so.6 + 0x796c2)
#1  0x00007f79bbb589da __internal_syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0x6d9da)
#2  0x00007f79bbb58a24 __syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0x6da24)
#3  0x00007f79bbbd2176 ppoll (libc.so.6 + 0xe7176)
#4  0x00007f79bc245890 g_main_context_iterate_unlocked.isra.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x49890)
#5  0x00007f79bc245a4f g_main_loop_run (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x49a4f)
#6  0x00007f79bc0b6272 gdbus_shared_thread_func.lto_priv.0 (libgio-2.0.so.0 + 0xe7272)
#7  0x00007f79bc272862 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x76862)
#8  0x00007f79bbb5c1d4 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x711d4)
#9  0x00007f79bbbdecec __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0xf3cec)

Stack trace of thread 15486:
#0  0x00007f79bbbdca8d syscall (libc.so.6 + 0xf1a8d)
#1  0x00007f79bc2683eb g_cond_wait (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x6c3eb)
#2  0x00007f79bc205e2c g_async_queue_pop_intern_unlocked (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x9e2c)
#3  0x00007f79bc272d14 g_thread_pool_spawn_thread (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x76d14)
#4  0x00007f79bc272862 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x76862)
#5  0x00007f79bbb5c1d4 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x711d4)
#6  0x00007f79bbbdecec __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0xf3cec)

Stack trace of thread 15487:
#0  0x00007f79bbb646c2 __syscall_cancel_arch (libc.so.6 + 0x796c2)
#1  0x00007f79bbb589da __internal_syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0x6d9da)
#2  0x00007f79bbb58a24 __syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0x6da24)
#3  0x00007f79bbbd2176 ppoll (libc.so.6 + 0xe7176)
#4  0x00007f79bc245890 g_main_context_iterate_unlocked.isra.0 (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x49890)
#5  0x00007f79bc245953 g_main_context_iteration (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x49953)
#6  0x00007f79bc2459a1 glib_worker_main (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x499a1)
#7  0x00007f79bc272862 g_thread_proxy (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x76862)
#8  0x00007f79bbb5c1d4 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x711d4)
#9  0x00007f79bbbdecec __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0xf3cec)
ELF object binary architecture: AMD x86-64

Was it meant to be run as root?
Running with sudo seems to have worked.

grumpey · June 1, 2025, 2:38pm

sudo shouldn’t be needed for that.

can you take a look at the journal when it was run.
journalctl -b -u packagekit
or you can rerun with journalctl -f -u packagekit and see what the output is.

rusty-snake · June 1, 2025, 3:03pm

Actually, it prompted me for a pasword, but I got confused because the output was misaligned:

$ pkcon refresh force
Refreshing cache                        [=========================]
Waiting for authentication              [                         ] (0%)  ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-sources-refresh ====
Authentication is required to refresh the system repositories
Authenticating as: User (user)
                                        [          ==             ]         Password:
                                        [           ==            ]         ==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ====
                                        [=========================]
Loading cache                           [=========================]
Querying                                [=========================]
Loading cache                           [=========================]
Finished

rusty-snake · June 1, 2025, 3:05pm

Now the log looks like this:

PackageKit[15801]: uid 1000 is trying to obtain org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-sources-refresh auth (only_trusted:0)
PackageKit[15801]: uid 1000 obtained auth for org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-sources-refresh
PackageKit[15801]: refresh-cache transaction /1257_eabcaead from uid 1000 finished with success after 17700ms
PackageKit[15801]: get-updates transaction /1258_eaaccdbe from uid 1000 finished with success after 1134ms
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for kernel
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for kernel-core
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for kernel-modules
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for kernel-modules-core
PackageKit[15801]: get-details transaction /1259_daaeadbe from uid 1000 finished with success after 764ms
PackageKit[15801]: get-updates transaction /1260_deabebcc from uid 1000 finished with success after 159ms
PackageKit[15801]: get-updates transaction /1261_aadbbcac from uid 1000 finished with success after 159ms

rusty-snake · June 1, 2025, 3:07pm

And the previous entries are back:

PackageKit[15801]: get-updates transaction /1262_aeaaaade from uid 1000 finished with success after 235ms
PackageKit[15801]: resolve transaction /1263_abeaadae from uid 1000 finished with success after 5ms
PackageKit[15801]: resolve transaction /1264_acabebea from uid 1000 finished with success after 4ms
PackageKit[15801]: resolve transaction /1265_eceeadcc from uid 1000 finished with success after 5ms
PackageKit[15801]: get-updates transaction /1266_dcbbccab from uid 1000 finished with success after 287ms
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for kernel
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for kernel-core
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for kernel-modules
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for kernel-modules-core
PackageKit[15801]: get-details transaction /1267_bbaabaad from uid 1000 finished with success after 4ms
PackageKit[15801]: get-updates transaction /1268_ddbddbba from uid 1000 finished with success after 240ms
PackageKit[15801]: resolve transaction /1269_bceecdda from uid 1000 finished with success after 8ms
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for ptyxis
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for glib2
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for glibc
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for glibc
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for gtk4
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for libadwaita
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for libgcc
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for libportal
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for libportal-gtk4
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for vte291-gtk4
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for cairo
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for glib2
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for glibc
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for glibc
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for gtk4
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for hicolor-icon-theme
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for json-glib
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for libadwaita
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for libgcc
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for libportal
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for libportal-gtk4
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for pango
packagekitd[15801]: Failed to get cache filename for vte291-gtk4
PackageKit[15801]: get-details transaction /1270_adeccdcb from uid 1000 finished with success after 92ms
PackageKit[15801]: resolve transaction /1271_cdbaebec from uid 1000 finished with success after 5ms
PackageKit[15801]: resolve transaction /1272_ddeacace from uid 1000 finished with success after 10ms
PackageKit[15801]: resolve transaction /1273_aaebedab from uid 1000 finished with success after 4ms
PackageKit[15801]: resolve transaction /1274_ebdcbddc from uid 1000 finished with success after 5ms
PackageKit[15801]: resolve transaction /1275_abdedbea from uid 1000 finished with success after 3ms
PackageKit[15801]: resolve transaction /1276_cbccbbdc from uid 1000 finished with success after 10ms
PackageKit[15801]: resolve transaction /1277_addddecb from uid 1000 finished with success after 6ms
PackageKit[15801]: resolve transaction /1278_ddbadbeb from uid 1000 finished with success after 5ms
PackageKit[15801]: resolve transaction /1279_becaceec from uid 1000 finished with success after 5ms
PackageKit[15801]: resolve transaction /1280_bbbaecae from uid 1000 finished with success after 6ms
PackageKit[15801]: resolve transaction /1281_baabacda from uid 1000 finished with success after 5ms

rusty-snake · June 3, 2025, 12:18am

The issue seems to be gone after reboot.
It looks like pkcon refresh force did help.

josevillani · June 3, 2025, 2:40am

Hi,

Will try that too and report success / failure in a couple of days.

I’m plagued with this issue as far as my logs go back, apr 15, F41. Did

 9207  sudo rm -rfv /var/cache/PackageKit/*
 9210  sudo systemctl restart packagekit
 9211  systemctl status packagekit
 9216  sudo dnf reinstall PackageKit

after upgrading to F42 3 weeks ago. No amelioration.

josevillani · June 6, 2025, 11:46am

Yup, gone!

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