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Software updates: I keep getting a red icon warning triangle next to the mail icon at the top...

Asked by janfe

I keep getting a red icon warning triangle next to the mail icon at the top, informing me that there was a problem with the last update. The warning triangle keeps returning despite having downloaded and installed a whole host of updates yesterday without any problems. It also states that the last update was 40 days ago which is clearly wrong.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

sudo apt-get update; lsb_release -a

Thanks.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure

Please post full Terminal output here:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/205037

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janfe (janfellstrom) said : 		#3

jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ sudo grep -R proxy /etc/apt/*
[sudo] password for jan:
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04 LTS"
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ uname -a
Linux jan-S7110-MP 3.2.0-27-generic-pae #43-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 6 15:06:05 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-bad
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-bad
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (1.6.2-1ubuntu1~precise1) ...
Setting up xkb-data (2.5-1ubuntu1.3) ...
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
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Fetched 17.5 MB in 1min 46s (165 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ LANG=C;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.
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ LANG=C;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.
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease
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Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security InRelease
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
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Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources
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Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages
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Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
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Reading package lists... Done
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Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$

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janfe (janfellstrom) said : 		#4

jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ sudo apt-get update; lsb_release -a
[sudo] password for jan:
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security InRelease
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Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release [49.6 kB]
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Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release [49.6 kB]
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Reading package lists... Done
LSB Version: core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Ok if you run:

sudo apt-get -y upgrade

Does it upgrade ok?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

ok, run:

sudo apt-get --reinstall install nano

Is it ok?

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janfe (janfellstrom) said : 		#7

Hi
In answer to your first question, it did not upgrade..

> To: <email address hidden>
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> Subject: Re: [Question #205037]: Software updates: I keep getting a red icon warning triangle next to the mail icon at the top...
> Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 14:26:04 +0000
>
> Your question #205037 on update-manager in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/205037
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Ok if you run:
>
> sudo apt-get -y upgrade
>
> Does it upgrade ok?
>
> --
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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#8

It won't, the package is already installed. Did it install ok?

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janfe (janfellstrom) said : 		#9

This was the last output. It seems OK and today and there is no red warning triangle so far...

jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$ sudo apt-get --reinstall install nano
[sudo] password for jan:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for jan:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/180 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 214560 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace nano 2.2.6-1 (using .../archives/nano_2.2.6-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement nano ...
Processing triggers for install-info ...
Processing triggers for doc-base ...
Processing 2 changed doc-base files...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up nano (2.2.6-1) ...
jan@jan-S7110-MP:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#10

Ok then there is no package issue. Does a reboot make it go away?

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janfe (janfellstrom) said : 		#11

The warning triangle has not appeared today so I assume it is fixed.