dom0 updater could use more informative progress indicator

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Neal Rauhauser

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May 10, 2017, 7:30:31 AM5/10/17
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I've recently come back to Qubes, having last used it three years ago. I have a Dell Precision M4600, a $500 used machine that has been flawless thus far. Qubes feels snappy with 16 gig of ram and a 240 gig SSD.


When I first launched the dom0 updater I let it run for several minutes, figured it was broken, and cancelled it. A couple days later I started it, got busy doing something else, and when I returned I was surprised to *finally* have a list of updates.


This particular dialog box with it's blue bar endlessly shuffling back and forth could maybe use a percentage of progress indicator or a warning giving some sense of how long it takes. I can see where a new user would be really confused by this.

Andrew Morgan

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May 10, 2017, 9:34:15 PM5/10/17
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I agree with this, and often instead will run `sudo qubes-dom0-update`
from dom0's terminal in order to get more information on what exactly is
going on. Perhaps some of this could be shown in the GUI client as well?

Andrew Morgan

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