Hello, I upgraded from 42 to 43 and everything went smoothly, but now with pkconf I get this error (I use it occasionally to check for Discover updates when it fails, I run that and then flatpak update). I can’t figure out which repository is causing the problem; I have already disabled those of VirtualBox and Crashdummy (for the DisplayLink driver for the docking station) because they don’t have a repository for 43 yet.
❯ pkcon -vp update
11:55:03 PackageKit Verbose debugging enabled (on console 1)
11:55:03 PackageKit adding state 0x55f232df0ba0
11:55:03 PackageKit role now get-updates
Transazione: Recupero aggiornamenti
Stato: In attesa nella coda
Stato: Avvio
Stato: Interrogazione
Stato: Caricamento della cache
Percentuale: 10
Percentuale: 20
Percentuale: 30
Stato: Scaricamento informazioni sul repository
Stato: Completato
11:55:12 PackageKit remove state 0x55f232df0ba0
Comando non riuscito: Public key not found
augenauf
November 3, 2025, 1:04pm
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to figure out what packagekit (pkcon) is complaining about, run sudo dnf4 update --refresh. PackageKit is still using dnf version4.
If you want to update your system reliably or at least with a decent amount of feedback, run sudo dnf update (, which is using dnf version 5).
if you prefix any command with LANG=c <command>, you will get an English output.
LANG=c sudo dnf4 update --refresh
Failed to set locale, defaulting to C.UTF-8
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Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!
but the issue is the same result…
❯ LANG=c sudo pkcon -vp update
14:18:31 PackageKit Verbose debugging enabled (on console 1)
14:18:31 PackageKit adding state 0x555d0fa553c0
14:18:31 PackageKit role now get-updates
Transaction: Getting updates
Status: Waiting in queue
Status: Starting
Status: Querying
Status: Loading cache
Status: Downloading repository information
Status: Finished
14:18:33 PackageKit remove state 0x555d0fa553c0
Command failed: Public key not found