Update manager issues

[donaldt]

OK, let's see if anyone knows what is happening with my update manager.

About 6 months ago, update manager stopped working. It would start an update, but about half way through it would stop. Clicking to kill it would cause it to expand to full screen. The Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (32 bit) I am running stops dead and only a re-boot will cure the lock up.

Some on-line experts suggested I try using the terminal instead and this command. [sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade] When I use the update/upgrade as quoted here, I am able to get a lot of activity and after hitting enter several times it will say END. But a complete update/upgrade has apparently not taken place.

When I go back to update manager, it still shows all of the original updates/upgrades available and if I click on update, it completes the command, clens out the update files and announces that everything is up to date. I've been limping along like this,but perhaps someone with greater knowledge of the process can help me get back to just using update manager.

Thanks in advance to anyone that cares to help!

Donaldt

[Bashing-om]

donaldt; Hi !

The base of the update manager is apt-get. If there exist problems within the update manager, the use of the terminal commands will show the relevant errors.

Post the output of terminal commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

That will give us an idea as to what might be misshappening.

Further advise pending

[donaldt]

When I run the command, I get a bunch of hits and they conclude with this:

Reading package lists... Done
N: Ignoring file 'getdeb.list.bck' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ precise/partner i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_partner _binary-i386_Packages)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
donald@donald-Aspire-3810T:~$


I seem to be chasing my tail. Does this tell you anything?

thanks,

Donaldt

[Bashing-om]

donaldt;

Semi so makes sense.
1. Not happy with your sources.list.d and maybe sources.list.
2. Is your box a 64 bit machine and running some 32 bit application (multi-arch - seen a few post in this regard) ?

For the sources, post the output of terminal commands:

ls -la /etc/apt/sources.list.d
cat /etc/apt/sources.list

Too see the kernel's architecture:

uname -a

Fix these up and then maybe will fix the /var/lib/apt/list -> duplication thing.

a tale in the telling (files that is)

[donaldt]

Thanks!

My Ubuntu 12.04 is all 32 bit, as far as I know.

Here is the result of the commands you suggested:


donald@donald-Aspire-3810T:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d
cat: /etc/apt/sources.list.d: Is a directory
donald@donald-Aspire-3810T:~$
donald@donald-Aspire-3810T:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release i386 (20120423)]/ precise main restricted
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.10 _Maverick Meerkat_ - Release i386 (20101007)]/ maverick main restricted
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release i386 (20081029.5)]/ intrepid main restricted
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted universe multiverse
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main #Third party developers repository


# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/ubuntu/ precise main restricted multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/ubuntu/ precise universe
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise universe
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise multiverse
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.

deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/ubuntu/ precise-security universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/ubuntu/ precise-security multiverse
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/ubuntu/ precise-updates restricted main universe multiverse
# deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu oneiric-getdeb apps
# deb-src http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu oneiric-getdeb apps
donald@donald-Aspire-3810T:~$

donaldt

[donaldt]

Here is the result of the uname -d

donald@donald-Aspire-3810T:~$ uname -a
Linux donald-Aspire-3810T 3.2.0-38-generic-pae #61-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 19 12:39:51 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
donald@donald-Aspire-3810T:~$


What have we learned?

donaldt

[donaldt]

I need help with text editing in terminal. How do I get rid of the hash marks etc. to change the files, i.e. comment them out or make them available? I am not a linux programmer.

Thanks!

donaldt

[donaldt]

Good morning,

Back at trying to cure update manager.

I got nothing back in terminal from your command: gksudo update-manager

I found 5 new updates on update manager and so I ran this command: sudo strace -o ~/tmp.txt update-manager

Update manager started and ran to the end of this line: /tmp/tmppuf4gs (end)

I tried 3 commands to kill it but none of the 3 worked. It is still sitting on my desk top, but now that I have finished this message I will do a re-start and will expect update manager to retain the 5 updates when we re-start.

I hope this is clear and will be of some help. If not, let me know if I need to clarify.

donaldt

[donaldt]

OK, all of the changes we have made have not killed the ability to make update manager work via terminal. This command: [sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade] run in terminal does something (all I have to do is choose "yes" to continue) that allows update manager to work as it should. I don't know what that is, but it works.

First, I ran the terminal program and after closing it down, opened update manager and it completed a total of 12 updates flawlessly and without hesitation and now my computer is once again, officially, up to date on all downloads.

I don't know if this helps, but that is where we are.

donaldt

[donaldt]

Friday morning,

Today there were more new updates to install. I ran update manager with your command (sudo trace) and it ran. It stopped in the middle and once again it would not die with the two commands, so here is what it shows in terminal:

donald@donald-Aspire-3810T:~$ sudo strace -o ~/tmp.txt update-manager
[sudo] password for donald:
Home directory /home/donald not ours.
Home directory /home/donald not ours.
Home directory /home/donald not ours.
Home directory /home/donald not ours.
Home directory /home/donald not ours.
sudo killall update-manager
sudo kill $(pgrep update-manager)

I'll try to copy where we are in update manager and post that if I can, then will do a re-boot to get rid of update manager.

Tried but can't copy the update manager screen. Going down with re-boot.


donaldt