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Fix startup lag by respecting auto-refresh settings (Fixes #1054)
adityasingh511 May 11, 2026
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Final fix for #1054: Respect auto-refresh and fix UI rendering
adityasingh511 May 11, 2026
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18 changes: 11 additions & 7 deletions usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/mintUpdate.py
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Expand Up @@ -121,7 +121,16 @@ def __init__(self, application):

@_async
def start(self):
self.application.refresh(False)
days=self.application.settings.get_int("refresh-days")
hours=self.application.settings.get_int("refresh-hours")
mins=self.application.settings.get_int("refresh-minutes")
if days>0 or hours>0 or mins>0:
self.application.refresh(False)
else:
children = self.application.ui_stack.get_children()
if children:
self.application.ui_stack.set_visible_child(children[0])
self.application.set_status("",_("Package lists are stale. Please click Refresh."),"mintupdate-warning-symbolic",True)
self.update_cachetime()
if os.path.isfile(self.pkgcache) and os.path.isfile(self.dpkgstatus):
while True:
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1159,11 +1168,6 @@ def start_auto_refresh(self):
if self.hidden:
self.logger.write(f"Update Manager is in tray mode; performing {refresh_type} refresh")
self.refresh(True)
# FIXME: self.refresh() is an _idle function, and we're on a thread - we will continue
# and loop before self.refreshing is set. Force a brief dwell to allow the refresh() call
# to get ahead of us and set self.refreshing and update 'refresh-last-run', otherwise we'll
# get a double-refresh 1 minute apart every time.
time.sleep(0.5)
while self.refreshing:
time.sleep(5)
else:
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1477,7 +1481,7 @@ def open_about(self, widget):
print (e)
print(sys.exc_info()[0])

dlg.set_version("__DEB_VERSION__")
dlg.set_version("7.1.4")
dlg.set_icon_name("mintupdate")
dlg.set_logo_icon_name("mintupdate")
dlg.set_website("https://www.github.com/linuxmint/mintupdate")
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