Red Warning triangle..

[bill23]

Red Warning triangle..
At the top of my monitor on the right side is a red triangle warning icon. I pass my cursor over it and a balloon appears telling me "The update date is out of date. This may be caused by network problems or by a repository that is no longer available. please update manually by clicking on this icon and then selecting 'Check for updates' and check if some of the listed repositories fail."

I have clicked on the icon opened Update manager to check on any updates. I get these error messages first;

Could not download all repository indexes

The repository may no longer be available or could not be contacted because of network problems. If available an older version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network connection and ensure the repository address in the preferences is correct.

I close it out and this one pops up;

An error occurred

The following details are provided:

E:Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock-open (11:Resource temporarily unavailable)
E:Unable to lock the list directory.

I went to the Update Manager using System > Administration > Update Manager it runs its little thing and indicates there are no updates. Now I did do an update which may be a reason behind this? I have Opera as one of my web browsers, there is a new version Opera 11.52. I downloaded the update and installed 'Opera_11.52.1100_i386.deb'

I may have seen something on the page announcing the update about using the systems update system or manager? I seem to recall trying it but it did not show any update in the Update Manager nor in the Systematic Package Manager. When the update window showed up today, I did as stated downloaded the update and installed the package.

I do not know if this may have in some way caused the system to detect an error or what repositories are not reporting in or exactly what is wrong? I am using Ubuntu 10.10 at the moment.

Any and all help would be appreciated very much, TIA

bill23

[dino99]

use synaptic instead of update-manager and check the tabs settings

sudo apt-get install synaptic
sudo synaptic

[bill23]

I had already checked the Synaptic Package Manager an it did not show any new upgrades. I used your code:
sudo apt-get install synaptic, it showed I had the latest version.

bill23

[plucky]

I had already checked the Synaptic Package Manager an it did not show any new upgrades. I used your code:
sudo apt-get install synaptic, it showed I had the latest version.

bill23

Post output from a terminal for
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Make sure all the other package managers are closed so you don't get the message
E:Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock-open (11:Resource temporarily unavailable)
E:Unable to lock the list directory.


Good Luck

[coffeecat]

@bill23, please use non-default font and colour sparingly and only for highlighting purposes.

[bill23]

Plucky,

How can you be certain beyond a shadow of a doubt that all your 'package managers' are closed? I have only used the 'Synaptic Package Manager' and 'Update Manager' If I have mistakenly used another 'package manager' I was not aware of doing so? Closing either of these two I usually go to the red 'X' at the top and click on it. Sometimes I will click the button at the lower left marked CLOSE. Is there one way which is sure to close the Package Manager completely so there is no chance it will be mistakenly thought to be still open?

Here is what happened after entering the command: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade.




bill48@bill48-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
[sudo] password for bill48:
Ign cdrom://Xubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release i386 (20110427) natty Release.gpg
Get:1 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main Translation-en_US
Get:2 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [198B]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.canonical.com maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release.gpg
Ign http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable/non-free Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com maverick Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/universe Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release
Ign http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable/non-free Translation-en_US
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/thunderbird-stable/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/thunderbird-stable/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/sun-java-community-team/sun-java6/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/sun-java-community-team/sun-java6/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-proposed Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-proposed/main Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com maverick/partner i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-proposed/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-proposed/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-proposed/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main Sources
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main Sources
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-proposed/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-proposed/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-proposed/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-proposed/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-backports/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-backports/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main Sources
Get:3 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1,347B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-backports/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-backports/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-backports/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-backports/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-proposed Release
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-backports Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-proposed/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-proposed/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-proposed/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-proposed/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-backports/main i386 Packages
Get:4 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1,347B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-backports/universe i386 Packages
Get:5 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [1,202B]
Get:6 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [779B]
Media change: please insert the disc labeled
'Xubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release i386 (20110427)'
in the drive '/cdrom/' and press enter

Ign cdrom://Xubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release i386 (20110427)/ natty/main Translation-en
Ign cdrom://Xubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release i386 (20110427)/ natty/main Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Xubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release i386 (20110427)/ natty/restricted Translation-en
Ign cdrom://Xubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release i386 (20110427)/ natty/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Xubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release i386 (20110427) natty/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign cdrom://Xubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release i386 (20110427) natty/restricted i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Fetched 5,071B in 40s (126B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

You may have noticed the Xubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal in there. A while back i had major difficulty upgrading from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04. My PC did not have the right equipment to handle Ubuntu 11.04. Someone suggested using either Xubuntu 11.04 or Lubuntu 11.04 as alternatives. I burned both iso unto CD's and tried to install the Xubuntu 11.04. I must have done something wrong because it did not install in the regular sense of the word. It did install in the sense that if i have an update to complete it i need to reinsert the Disc in my CD drive so the 'system' recognizes it and the update can be complete. Weird, right?

Now this comment is directed at all out there.
What is the point of having different fonts and colors if someone is going to smack you down because you used your own creativity and used a non default font or a non default color every so often? If the powers that be only want one font and or color then do not give us options. I understand some of the colors and fonts may not show up on everyones computers. If so then remove the ones most likely to not show up, don't leave them there because some one is sure to use them.

Okay, I'll get off my soapbox.

bill23

[plucky]

How can you be certain beyond a shadow of a doubt that all your 'package managers' are closed?

You cannot.The lock message tells you that there are two package managers running.It is only a warning.Sometimes Update Manager will run in the background just after you start up your system.


Media change: please insert the disc labeled
'Xubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release i386 (20110427)'
in the drive '/cdrom/' and press enter


Open Software Sources and un-tick (or delete) the Xubuntu CDrom as a source and hopefully your Red Triangle will disappear.

Good Luck

[lisati]

@bill23, some of us are getting older and have trouble with reading "loud" posts. Yes, I know there's a subjective part to this, but this forum is made up of people from a wide range of backgrounds and levels of tolerance. Using "code" tags (or similar) probably wouldn't hurt either when you're quoting log entries and error messages.

[coffeecat]

What is the point of having different fonts and colors if someone is going to smack you down because you used your own creativity and used a non default font or a non default color every so often?

Just to add to what lisati has said, there are also members with severe visual acuity problems who are regular contributors to this forum. They need to use assistive technologies to be able to read posts, but even with the use of these, non-standard fonts and colours can cause problems for them. Also, you agreed to the forum Code of Conduct (http://ubuntuforums.org/index.php?page=policy) when you registered, which includes:


...you agree that forum staff have the right to remove, edit, move or close any post, topic or thread at any time they see fit following the guidelines outlined below.

And


Use color and font properties for highlighting portions of your text, and not for all of the text in your post. Please use the default font color and properties unless you need to highlight or draw attention to a part of your post.

Staff routinely edit posts that fail to adhere to these guidelines.


Using "code" tags (or similar) probably wouldn't hurt either when you're quoting log entries and error messages.

Indeed. And since the use of code tags is a similar issue, I shall edit the relevant post forthwith.

@bill23, you might find this BBCode link useful:

http://ubuntuforums.org/misc.php?do=bbcode