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Update information outdated. Apt-get update shows no errors. Automatic updates disabled.

Asked by Hey!

Hi

Every 8 days i get a red triangle on the menu bar telling me that the update information is outdated.

I don't have any errors when i do a apt-get update or when i try to update using the software updater (gui). Automatic updates are turned off.

This is what happens:

    Red triangle appears.

    I click on the software updater, it checks for updates, it shows the updates available and i press cancel.

    After one minute the red triangle goes away.

    I click on the software updater and i do the the software updates.

    After 8 days or so the red triangle comes back again.

So far i tried:

    disabling and enabling everything on update options.

    Changing the update server.

    deleted everything in /var/lib/apt/periodic and created update-stamp and update-succsess-stamp

    deleted chrome 32-bit repository files from sources.list.d even though i had them disabled on update options.

Does anybody know why this keep happening? Even if i had any errors it shouldn't be looking for updates and telling me that i have update information outdated.

Thanks and sorry for my English.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the full output of:

sudo apt-get update

Thanks

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Hey! (press-1p-start) said : 		#2

Hi.

Thank you very much for your reply.

Here it is:

Hit http://repo.steampowered.com precise InRelease
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease [65,9 kB]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Ign http://archive.canonical.com trusty InRelease
Hit http://repo.steampowered.com precise/steam amd64 Packages
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease [65,9 kB]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com trusty Release.gpg
Get:3 http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg [72 B]
Hit http://repo.steampowered.com precise/steam i386 Packages
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com trusty Release
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe i386 Packages [129 kB]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com trusty/partner i386 Packages
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe i386 Packages [361 kB]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com trusty/partner Translation-en
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main i386 Packages [454 kB]
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main i386 Packages [736 kB]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse i386 Packages [5168 B]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted i386 Packages [12,7 kB]
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Translation-en [264 kB]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [13,6 kB]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted i386 Packages [15,6 kB]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Translation-en [384 kB]
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Translation-en [2570 B]
Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Translation-en [3206 B]
Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Translation-en [76,0 kB]
Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Translation-en [7227 B]
Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted Translation-en [3699 B]
Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Translation-en [188 kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://repo.steampowered.com precise/steam Translation-en_US
Ign http://repo.steampowered.com precise/steam Translation-en
Fetched 2788 kB in 9s (290 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Looks OK. Has the triangle gone now?

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Hey! (press-1p-start) said : 		#4

Hi.

Yes.

But in 8 days it will come back again like i said in "this is what happens" on the original post.

I have chrome (32-bit) installed even if i have removed the repositories. Does this matter?

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Unto Eskelinen (unto-eskelinen) said : 		#5

Hi

I have similar kind of issue with two computers running xubuntu 16.04 64-bit. Software updater works ok, but I have seen automatic updates to work only once in one of my computers (newer on the other one). And if I don't run software updater frequently, blinking icon (telling outdated update information) appears in notification area.

The issue started when I installed xubuntu 16.04 on these computers. Previously I used lubuntu 15.10 with no issues like this.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#6

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