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apt-get * wont work when ping is actually working!

Asked by Cazacu Bogdan

Ok...problem...

commands like: apt-get install (app), apt-get update && apt-get upgrade wont work. Updating synaptic lists wont update either. On the other hand ping to google replies positive (so...i do have a net connection working).

Cant get updates for ubuntu, for synaptic lists or install anything...

Any ideas?

thanks!

Edit: Links to screenshots...see below:

1- http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/8246/38878732.png
2- http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/2829/74356761.png
3- http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/787/27999627.png
4- http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/521/errorincodecdownloadinm.png

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

sudo fuser -vki /var/lib/dpkg/lock;sudo dpkg --configure -a

Should release the packages.

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Cazacu Bogdan (cazacub) said : 		#2

Update: http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/363/10505980.png
Doesnt work :(

same thing still is on...

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Why is your root account active? Its a MASSIVE security flaw.

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/95820

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Cazacu Bogdan (cazacub) said : 		#4

i've entered the commands via sudo at 1st, but didnt work, so i've tried to entered them via root...

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Its the same, hence why root is disabled and hence why it isn't needed. Disabling it improves security greatly and for these reasons it is disabled

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Cazacu Bogdan (cazacub) said : 		#6

trying the solution in the link... need to reboot first :D

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Cazacu Bogdan (cazacub) said : 		#7

still no good :(

here's the output from the terminal...

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bogo@Prometeus-U:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status

bogo@Prometeus-U:~$ ping google.com

PING google.com (74.125.43.99) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from bw-in-f99.1e100.net
(74.125.43.99): icmp_seq=1 ttl=54 time=37.8 ms
64 bytes from bw-in-f99.1e100.net
(74.125.43.99): icmp_seq=2 ttl=54 time=38.2 ms
64 bytes from bw-in-f99.1e100.net
(74.125.43.99): icmp_seq=3 ttl=54 time=38.0 ms
64 bytes from bw-in-f99.1e100.net
(74.125.43.99): icmp_seq=4 ttl=54 time=38.4 ms

^C
--- google.com ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3004ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 37.883/38.171/38.480/0.217 ms

bogo@Prometeus-U:~$ sudo apt-get install synaptic

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

synaptic is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

bogo@Prometeus-U:~$ sudo apt-get update --fix-missing

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)

E: Unable to lock the list directory

bogo@Prometeus-U:~$ sudo dpkg clear-avail
dpkg: need an action option

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;

Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;

Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;

Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) [*].

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !
bogo@Prometeus-U:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

bogo@Prometeus-U:~$ sudo apt-get -f install

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

bogo@Prometeus-U:~$ sudo apt-get --fix-missing install

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

bogo@Prometeus-U:~$ sudo apt-get clean

bogo@Prometeus-U:~$ sudo apt-get update

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)

E: Unable to lock the list directory

bogo@Prometeus-U:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

bogo@Prometeus-U:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

Calculating upgrade... Done

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

bogo@Prometeus-U:~$ sudo apt-get clean

bogo@Prometeus-U:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

bogo@Prometeus-U:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-old

bogo@Prometeus-U:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status-old
cp: `/var/lib/dpkg/status-old' and `/var/lib/dpkg/status-old' are the same file
bogo@Prometeus-U:~$ sudo apt-get update

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)

E: Unable to lock the list directory

bogo@Prometeus-U:~$
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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#8

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=972814

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Cazacu Bogdan (cazacub) said : 		#9

trying now the solution...rebooting...

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Cazacu Bogdan (cazacub) said : 		#10

still no go :(

here's the output:

bogo@Prometeus-U:~$ sudo killall synaptic
[sudo] password for bogo:
synaptic: no process found
bogo@Prometeus-U:~$ ps aux
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
root 1 0.2 0.0 23700 1960 ? Ss 04:16 0:00 /sbin/init
root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [kthreadd]
root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [migration/0]
root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [watchdog/0]
root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [migration/1]
root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [ksoftirqd/1]
root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [watchdog/1]
root 9 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [events/0]
root 10 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [events/1]
root 11 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [cpuset]
root 12 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [khelper]
root 13 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [netns]
root 14 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [async/mgr]
root 15 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [pm]
root 17 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [sync_supers]
root 18 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [bdi-default]
root 19 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [kintegrityd/0]
root 20 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [kintegrityd/1]
root 21 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [kblockd/0]
root 22 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [kblockd/1]
root 23 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [kacpid]
root 24 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [kacpi_notify]
root 25 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [kacpi_hotplug]
root 26 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [ata/0]
root 27 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [ata/1]
root 28 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [ata_aux]
root 29 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [ksuspend_usbd]
root 30 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [khubd]
root 31 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [kseriod]
root 32 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [kmmcd]
root 35 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [khungtaskd]
root 36 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [kswapd0]
root 37 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 04:16 0:00 [ksmd]
root 38 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [aio/0]
root 39 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [aio/1]
root 40 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [ecryptfs-kthrea]
root 41 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [crypto/0]
root 42 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [crypto/1]
root 54 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [scsi_eh_0]
root 55 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [scsi_eh_1]
root 58 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [kstriped]
root 59 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [kmpathd/0]
root 60 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [kmpathd/1]
root 61 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [kmpath_handlerd]
root 62 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [ksnapd]
root 63 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [kondemand/0]
root 64 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [kondemand/1]
root 65 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [kconservative/0]
root 66 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [kconservative/1]
root 178 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [scsi_eh_2]
root 212 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [scsi_eh_3]
root 260 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [usbhid_resumer]
root 263 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [jbd2/sda4-8]
root 264 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
root 265 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
root 280 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [flush-1:0]
root 281 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [flush-1:1]
root 282 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [flush-1:2]
root 283 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [flush-1:3]
root 284 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [flush-1:4]
root 285 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [flush-1:5]
root 286 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [flush-1:6]
root 287 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [flush-1:7]
root 288 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [flush-1:8]
root 289 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [flush-1:9]
root 290 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [flush-1:10]
root 291 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [flush-1:11]
root 292 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [flush-1:12]
root 293 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [flush-1:13]
root 294 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [flush-1:14]
root 295 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [flush-1:15]
root 296 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [flush-8:0]
root 324 0.0 0.0 17028 976 ? S 04:16 0:00 upstart-udev-bridge --daemon
root 327 0.0 0.0 17336 1140 ? S<s 04:16 0:00 udevd --daemon
syslog 393 0.0 0.0 126344 2012 ? Sl 04:16 0:00 rsyslogd -c4
102 398 0.1 0.0 24244 1816 ? Ss 04:16 0:00 dbus-daemon --system --fork
avahi 411 0.0 0.0 34044 1592 ? S 04:16 0:00 avahi-daemon: running [Prometeus-U.local]
avahi 412 0.0 0.0 33920 568 ? Ss 04:16 0:00 avahi-daemon: chroot helper
root 418 0.0 0.1 94088 4336 ? Ssl 04:16 0:00 NetworkManager
root 420 0.0 0.0 57856 2524 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/sbin/modem-manager
root 423 0.0 0.0 28344 2256 ? S 04:16 0:00 /sbin/wpa_supplicant -u -s
root 619 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [kpsmoused]
root 622 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [bluetooth]
root 627 0.0 0.0 27344 1988 ? S<s 04:16 0:00 /usr/sbin/bluetoothd --udev
root 640 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [radeon/0]
root 645 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [radeon/1]
root 649 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [ttm_swap]
root 666 0.0 0.0 17332 1120 ? S< 04:16 0:00 udevd --daemon
root 675 0.0 0.0 17332 1032 ? S< 04:16 0:00 udevd --daemon
root 766 0.0 0.0 83076 3648 ? Ssl 04:16 0:00 gdm-binary
root 773 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 04:16 0:00 [krfcommd]
root 801 0.0 0.0 122592 3736 ? Sl 04:16 0:00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
root 817 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 04:16 0:00 [hd-audio0]
root 842 0.0 0.0 6072 648 tty4 Ss+ 04:16 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty4
root 896 0.0 0.0 6072 652 tty5 Ss+ 04:16 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty5
root 903 0.0 0.0 6072 652 tty2 Ss+ 04:16 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty2
root 905 0.0 0.0 6072 652 tty3 Ss+ 04:16 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty3
root 907 0.0 0.0 6072 652 tty6 Ss+ 04:16 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty6
root 910 0.0 0.0 4420 1116 ? Ss 04:16 0:00 acpid -c /etc/acpi/events -s /var/run/acpid.socket
root 957 0.0 0.1 93484 4240 ? Sl 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/gdm/gdm-simple-slave --display-id /org/gnome/DisplayManager/Display1
root 959 0.0 0.0 21068 1020 ? Ss 04:16 0:00 cron
daemon 960 0.0 0.0 18876 456 ? Ss 04:16 0:00 atd
root 980 0.0 0.0 75284 2836 ? Ss 04:16 0:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd -C /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
root 982 3.4 0.5 114036 21908 tty7 Ss+ 04:16 0:06 /usr/bin/X :0 -nr -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-a6QNUo/database -nolisten
root 1084 0.0 0.0 6072 652 tty1 Ss+ 04:16 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty1
gdm 1103 0.0 0.0 26252 824 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session
root 1118 0.0 0.0 97300 3436 ? Sl 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/gdm/gdm-session-worker
root 1120 0.0 0.0 53596 3152 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/upower/upowerd
rtkit 1126 0.0 0.0 43632 1280 ? SNl 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/rtkit/rtkit-daemon
root 1130 0.0 0.1 58324 4280 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/policykit-1/polkitd
108 1165 0.0 0.1 46680 4908 ? Ssl 04:16 0:00 /usr/sbin/hald
root 1167 0.0 0.0 22308 1364 ? S 04:16 0:00 hald-runner
root 1204 0.0 0.0 24428 1296 ? S 04:16 0:00 hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event4 /dev/input/event6 /dev/input/event1
root 1206 0.0 0.0 24420 1272 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-rfkill-killswitch
root 1214 0.0 0.0 24420 1308 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-generic-backlight
root 1224 0.0 0.0 24436 1280 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-cpufreq
108 1225 0.0 0.0 26260 1252 ? S 04:16 0:00 hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket
root 1226 0.0 0.0 24424 1312 ? S 04:16 0:00 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sr0 (every 2 sec)
root 1228 0.0 0.0 6548 1104 ? S 04:16 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action -pf /var/run/dhcl
bogo 1239 0.0 0.0 69620 2648 ? Sl 04:16 0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --daemonize --login
bogo 1299 0.0 0.1 169660 8088 ? Ssl 04:16 0:00 gnome-session
bogo 1333 0.0 0.0 11928 408 ? Ss 04:16 0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session
bogo 1336 0.0 0.0 26252 820 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session
bogo 1337 0.0 0.0 24076 1556 ? Ss 04:16 0:00 /bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
bogo 1340 0.1 0.1 45892 5452 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconfd-2
bogo 1347 0.1 0.2 311800 10652 ? Ss 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
bogo 1349 0.0 0.0 47984 2512 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd
bogo 1354 0.0 0.0 80152 2920 ? Ssl 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs//gvfs-fuse-daemon /home/bogo/.gvfs
bogo 1360 0.0 0.3 224696 12320 ? S 04:16 0:00 nm-applet --sm-disable
bogo 1362 0.0 0.2 178300 9412 ? S 04:16 0:00 gnome-power-manager
bogo 1363 0.0 0.1 212968 5016 ? S<sl 04:16 0:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog
bogo 1364 0.0 0.1 164124 7348 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
bogo 1365 0.2 0.3 246724 16220 ? S 04:16 0:00 gnome-panel
bogo 1366 1.1 0.8 282916 35076 ? S 04:16 0:01 /usr/bin/compiz
bogo 1367 0.1 0.5 535948 21452 ? S 04:16 0:00 nautilus
bogo 1369 0.0 0.2 191672 10572 ? S 04:16 0:00 bluetooth-applet
bogo 1388 0.0 0.0 96640 3496 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper
bogo 1391 0.0 0.0 54592 3260 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-trash --spawner :1.6 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/0
bogo 1393 0.0 0.0 88336 3832 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-gdu-volume-monitor
bogo 1395 0.0 0.0 29096 1236 ? S 04:16 0:00 syndaemon -i 0.5 -k
root 1397 0.0 0.0 65720 3620 ? Sl 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/udisks/udisks-daemon
root 1399 0.0 0.0 46684 956 ? S 04:16 0:00 udisks-daemon: polling /dev/sr0
bogo 1400 0.0 0.1 152728 4100 ? Ssl 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/bonobo-activation/bonobo-activation-server --ac-activate --ior-output-fd=19
bogo 1411 0.1 0.3 246736 14084 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-panel/wnck-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Wncklet_Factory --oa
bogo 1412 0.0 0.2 230544 11708 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-applets/trashapplet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Panel_TrashApplet_
bogo 1413 0.0 0.0 4088 584 ? Ss 04:16 0:00 /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/compiz-decorator
bogo 1414 0.0 0.2 178876 11548 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/bin/gtk-window-decorator
bogo 1417 0.0 0.0 55236 2652 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor
bogo 1419 0.0 0.0 69204 2724 ? Sl 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-afc-volume-monitor
bogo 1425 0.0 0.2 210480 10860 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-panel/notification-area-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Notific
bogo 1426 0.0 0.4 323080 16764 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-panel/clock-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_ClockApplet_Factory
bogo 1427 0.0 0.3 261136 14156 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/indicator-applet/indicator-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_IndicatorA
bogo 1428 0.0 0.3 335628 14984 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/indicator-applet/indicator-applet-session --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Fa
bogo 1436 0.0 0.0 41548 2148 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-metadata
bogo 1437 0.0 0.1 219008 5352 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/indicator-sound/indicator-sound-service
bogo 1439 0.0 0.1 140228 5028 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/indicator-messages/indicator-messages-service
bogo 1441 0.0 0.0 47852 2596 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-burn --spawner :1.6 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/1
bogo 1443 0.0 0.1 149056 5004 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/indicator-application/indicator-application-service
bogo 1446 0.0 0.1 146096 5780 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/indicator-me/indicator-me-service
bogo 1448 0.0 0.1 142988 5648 ? S 04:16 0:00 /usr/lib/indicator-session/indicator-session-service
bogo 1453 0.0 0.0 173760 3360 ? Ss 04:16 0:00 gnome-screensaver
bogo 1455 0.0 0.0 4088 628 ? S 04:16 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/lib/firefox-3.6.3/firefox
bogo 1460 0.0 0.0 4088 652 ? S 04:16 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/lib/firefox-3.6.3/run-mozilla.sh /usr/lib/firefox-3.6.3/firefox-bin
bogo 1464 4.1 1.5 585304 64220 ? Sl 04:16 0:07 /usr/lib/firefox-3.6.3/firefox-bin
bogo 1479 0.0 0.2 180996 8684 ? S 04:17 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-disk-utility/gdu-notification-daemon
bogo 1489 0.0 0.3 333976 13688 ? Sl 04:17 0:00 /usr/lib/evolution/2.28/evolution-alarm-notify
bogo 1492 0.1 0.5 231136 20968 ? S 04:17 0:00 python /usr/share/system-config-printer/applet.py
root 1503 0.0 0.0 15504 1456 ? Ss 04:17 0:00 /sbin/mount.ntfs /dev/sda2 /media/System 7 -o rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000
bogo 1519 0.1 0.3 206872 13264 ? S 04:17 0:00 update-notifier
root 1524 0.0 0.3 83052 13352 ? S 04:17 0:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/share/jockey/jockey-backend --debug -l /var/log/jockey.log
root 1531 0.2 0.3 95668 15764 ? S 04:17 0:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/aptd
bogo 1556 0.3 0.3 217164 14880 ? Rl 04:18 0:00 gnome-terminal
bogo 1557 0.0 0.0 14480 812 ? S 04:18 0:00 gnome-pty-helper
bogo 1558 0.3 0.0 20916 3728 pts/0 Ss 04:18 0:00 -bash
bogo 1582 0.0 0.0 15248 1208 pts/0 R+ 04:19 0:00 ps aux
bogo@Prometeus-U:~$ sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://ro.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg [189B]
Get:2 http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release.gpg [198B]
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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#11

Try:

sudo kill -9 1524

Then retry

May help

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Cazacu Bogdan (cazacub) said : 		#12

still no go, but i noticed a applet error in my upper left side of the display...

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/9772/98322590.png

:(

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Cazacu Bogdan (cazacub) said : 		#13

anyone? :(

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James Banogon (jamesbanogon) said : 		#14

please reboot, then run this in the terminal:

gksu --desktop /usr/share/applications/software-properties-gtk.desktop /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk

under the ubuntu software tab there is a drop down box labeled "download from:", please select "main server" or try another server except the one you're currently using - ro? when you close the window, let it update the package list.

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James Banogon (jamesbanogon) said : 		#15

btw, that command is just one line... if it fails, try this:

gksu /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk

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Cazacu Bogdan (cazacub) said : 		#16

tried your solution James, but failed... :(

see the screenshots for more details...
after 1st solution: http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/4125/after1stsolution.png
after 2nd solution: http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/5127/after2ndsolution.png

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#17

open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal

**Tip: right click with mouse on the top terminal windows title caption and select the menu item "Always on Top"
doing this you will force the terminal window to stay on top of the other windows and you will find very easy
to copy single row from this web page into the terminal...
Something more about using the terminal https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal

Then type or better copy and paste a row a time then press enter:
(Tip: select the single row to copy from this page then right click and select copy then click into the terminal window
and to quick paste click with middle button of mouse )

Copy and paste the rows below, copy and paste one row a time (see the **Tip) then press enter:

sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*; sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists; sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean; LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
LANG=C;sudo apt-get update
sudo dpkg --clear-avail; sudo dpkg --configure -a
LANG=C;sudo apt-get install -f
LANG=C;sudo apt-get update
LANG=C;sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Hope this helps

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Cazacu Bogdan (cazacub) said : 		#18

IT Worked! THANKS! :)

what was the problem? :-/ (trying to understand myself what went wrong and when...) :D

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Cazacu Bogdan (cazacub) said : 		#19

Thanks marcobra (Marco Braida), that solved my question.