little problem with update manager -- any ideas?

[demonet]

Hi! First, I want to say thank you to all involved (including the community at large) for this great distro. I have been using Linux Mint for almost a year. It makes me feel as if I had a good sense of what makes a quality distro considering Mint is ranked as the #4 OS (and that is still unvbelieveable! Deserved, but unbelievable...).

Anyway, since I installed LM8, I seem to have a little problem with update-manager. First, I want to mention that I do have additional repositories in my sources.list. Also, I had this same problem (described below) a few days ago, but I am pretty sure it was because I was doing rather reckless dist-upgrades instead of using the update manager.

Before my last install, I had tried to go to the update manager as I noticed there were items available. However, I was informed that there were broken packages and that I needed to fix them first. I went into both synaptic and aptitude and I could not see nor find any broken packages. For good measure I did both a dpkg --configure -a and apt-get -f install...the later installed a few packages, but when I checked again with the update manager, I get the same warning and am prevented from updating. [When I was on my last install, after doing the dpkg --configure -a and apt-get, I did a apt-get dist-upgrade because I did not know what else to do. Well... whatever was cued for updating completely destroyed my system. I could not even get into a bash shell from the recovery mode. Nor did any repairs with the LiveCD mounted using chroot do any good. That is when I decided to reinstall and be very careful about runing apt-get dist-upgrade.]

No matter where I look I cannot seem to locate the broken packages which the update manager insists I have. So I was wondering if anyone has any other possible suggestions.... I have researched this around the web a bit, but thought that the update manager might be configured for Mint, so I am posting here in the hope that perhaps someone has encountered this problem.

Lastly, as I said, I do have other repositories, and I now know not to run any dist-upgrades. Upon this last clean install of Helena, I immediately updated and upgraded... Then yesterday I installed Wine and a few other packages through synaptic. Today I see that their are updates available from the update manager, but as I describe above, I cannot update. I am assuming that the update-manager (as opposed to using apt-get dist-upgrade) strictly concerns itself with the Mint Distro and related repositories and not any additional repositories/packages I might have in my /apt/sources.list.... if this presumption is true, my additional repositories should not really be any cause for alarm.. Am I correct in thinking this?

Any thoughts would be immensely appreciated...!

Thank you,
P

[vrkalak]

The Update Manager will read and see "all" updates/upgrades from all repositories in the sources.list

Are these other repositories compatible with Mint/Ubuntu, then, no problem. Otherwise?
You added these after you installed and updated Mint? Are these other repositories necessary?

Of course, you can look at each upgrade/update ... and select which you want to install and which to ignore.

I know I b0rked my system before ... added all the repositories, on the interwebs, to Debian 'testing' ... I thought my computer was gonna explode!!

[demonet]

The Update Manager will read and see "all" updates/upgrades from all repositories in the sources.list

OK...Well I didn't know that. Thank you. I guess I should pay a bit more attention to the items highlighted for download in the update manager... But... why then do so many people (in books I have read and also over at the ubuntuforums), strongly advise everyone not to use apt-get dist-upgrade? I think I just made the assumption that dist-upgrade compared to an update manager would be more precise and and perhaps would check for compatibilities or something like that. Because when I did the last dist-upgrade (the one that disintegrated my system, I think I got the some of the beta components of the next ubuntu version...or the new kernel or something (I remember that when I restarted my system for the first time it said "ureadahead failed to spawn"... and I do not even recognize that application/process.

In any event, thank you for the information. When I first did the update from the update-manager after my fresh install, I may have had the repositories already added. But they do not seem (to me) to me to be to risky... I think I have Google Linux application repositories, Mozilla, debian, and backtrack repositories. Also, when I did this first update/upgrade after the install, I had not yet installed anything from these repositories...would packages still have been updated (or, I guess upgraded) and thereby added/installed even if I had not installed an earlier version previously?

Anyway, beyond all of that... the weird issue is that the update manager says I have broken packages and try as I might... I cannot find any. So I am stuck. I would happily remove the broken packages, but I do not know what they are.

P

[emorrp1]

well, I don't know about the broken packages without your Update Manager logfile: View > Information which should say which package is the problem. The update manager will classify all the other repos' updates as level 3 (untested, presumed safe). The reason a dist-upgrade is not recommended is that it installs updates that change dependencies, so e.g. installing a new version of gnome calculator will install a new version of gnome, which will install a new version of X which might require a new version of the kernel, all of which might cause your computer to bork (p.s. this is a contrived example, assuming you somehow got the necessary repos for all those packages etc.)

[mint-tea]

I think that I am having the same issue, however I have not added anything to my system...here is a screenshot

[demonet]

Merry Christmas!

OK.... I have posted the update manager log file below (It was extremely long so I only pasted the portion below as it this group of entries were duplicated several times--probably from my earlier attempts to update..... and even after doing this it is still long... sorry :

• ++ Starting refresh
  ++ Auto-refresh timer is going to sleep for 15 minutes, 0 hours and 0 days
  ++ Connection to the Internet successful (tried to read http://www.google.com)
  ++ Successfully downloaded new safety rules using proxy: None
  ++ Found 315 recommended software updates
  ++ Refresh finished
  ++ Install requested by user
  ++ Will install usplash-theme-mint
  ++ Will install mint-meta-gnome
  ++ Will install mintmenu
  ++ Will install mint-meta-main
  ++ Will install mint-artwork-gnome
  ++ Will install firefox-3.5
  ++ Will install xulrunner-1.9.1-gnome-support
  ++ Will install firefox
  ++ Will install firefox-gnome-support
  ++ Will install xulrunner-1.9.1
  ++ Will install firefox-3.5-branding
  ++ Will install pidgin
  ++ Will install firefox-3.5-gnome-support
  ++ Will install pm-utils
  ++ Will install xchat-common
  ++ Will install gnome-terminal
  ++ Will install ubuntu-system-service
  ++ Will install splix
  ++ Will install konqueror-nsplugins
  ++ Will install ntfsprogs
  ++ Will install libgnomemm-2.6-1c2
  ++ Will install ubuntu-standard
  ++ Will install cryptsetup
  ++ Will install gparted
  ++ Will install libgnome-vfs2.0-cil
  ++ Will install gnome-applets
  ++ Will install dmraid
  ++ Will install libgksu2-0
  ++ Will install totem
  ++ Will install python-aptdaemon
  ++ Will install indicator-messages
  ++ Will install pulseaudio-module-gconf
  ++ Will install xfconf
  ++ Will install gnome-media
  ++ Will install libpci3
  ++ Will install metacity-themes
  ++ Will install kde-kdm-themes
  ++ Will install brltty
  ++ Will install compiz
  ++ Will install libgnome2-0
  ++ Will install fglrx-kernel-source
  ++ Will install bluetooth
  ++ Will install bluez-utils
  ++ Will install wireless-crda
  ++ Will install nautilus-open-terminal
  ++ Will install xfwm4-themes
  ++ Will install gnome-system-monitor
  ++ Will install libtext-charwidth-perl
  ++ Will install libgnome2.24-cil
  ++ Will install gnome-terminal-data
  ++ Will install kdebase
  ++ Will install kdebase-bin
  ++ Will install ifupdown
  ++ Will install hpijs
  ++ Will install shiki-colors-xfwm-theme
  ++ Will install libkwineffects1
  ++ Will install gnome-panel-data
  ++ Will install libxfcegui4-4
  ++ Will install gnome-applets-data
  ++ Will install libpolkit-gtk-1-0
  ++ Will install fontconfig
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  ++ Will install libmetacity0
  ++ Will install shiki-human-theme
  ++ Will install shiki-illustrious-theme
  ++ Will install nautilus-sendto
  ++ Will install xfwm4
  ++ Will install telepathy-salut
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  ++ Will install evolution-documentation-en
  ++ Will install ureadahead
  ++ Will install indicator-applet
  ++ Will install dolphin
  ++ Will install libpurple0
  ++ Will install cups-driver-gutenprint
  ++ Will install nautilus-share
  ++ Will install ppp
  ++ Will install gnome-user-guide
  ++ Will install gecko-mediaplayer
  ++ Will install gnome-pilot
  ++ Will install shiki-colors
  ++ Will install openoffice.org-emailmerge
  ++ Will install seahorse
  ++ Will install libgnomepanel2.24-cil
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  ++ Will install pulseaudio-module-udev
  ++ Will install desktopcouch
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  ++ Will install dkms
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  ++ Will install libgnome-media0
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  ++ Will install libxml-twig-perl
  ++ Will install gnome-art
  ++ Will install media-player-info
  ++ Will install aptdaemon
  ++ Will install at
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  ++ Will install initramfs-tools
  ++ Will install shiki-noble-theme
  ++ Will install gnome-codec-install
  ++ Will install gcalctool
  ++ Will install shiki-brave-theme
  ++ Will install konqueror
  ++ Will install network-manager
  ++ Will install acpi-support
  ++ Will install erlang-syntax-tools
  ++ Will install jockey-gtk
  ++ Will install gnome-session-bin
  ++ Will install system-config-printer-gnome
  ++ Will install gdm-themes
  ++ Will install kde-icons-kneu
  ++ Will install libgweather-common
  ++ Will install pulseaudio
  ++ Will install libraw1394-8
  ++ Will install gedit
  ++ Will install libxml-parser-perl
  ++ Will install kdebase-runtime
  ++ Will install alsa-utils
  ++ Will install acpid
  ++ Will install libgnomekbdui4
  ++ Will install totem-plugins
  ++ Will install libkonqsidebarplugin4
  ++ Will install brltty-x11
  ++ Will install libgnomekbd-common
  ++ Will install gvfs-fuse
  ++ Will install python-gnome2-desktop
  ++ Will install wallpaper-tray
  ++ Will install nautilus-actions
  ++ Will install gnome-control-center
  ++ Will install pxljr
  ++ Will install pidgin-facebookchat
  ++ Will install libgnomekbd4
  ++ Will install libplasma3
  ++ Will install gcursor
  ++ Will install gnome-panel
  ++ Will install libgail-gnome-module
  ++ Will install cron
  ++ Will install at-spi
  ++ Will install xchat
  ++ Will install xfce4-theme-brushedchrome
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  ++ Will install gufw
  ++ Will install kdelibs5
  ++ Will install couchdb-bin
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  ++ Will install netbase
  ++ Will install paprefs
  ++ Will install libknotificationitem1
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  ++ Will install kdepasswd
  ++ Will install libwww-perl
  ++ Will install picasa
  ++ Will install khelpcenter4
  ++ Will install libtext-iconv-perl
  ++ Will install casper
  ++ Will install fuse-utils
  ++ Will install kwrite
  ++ Will install kbd
  ++ Will install aptoncd
  ++ Will install erlang-crypto
  ++ Will install libgnome2-vfs-perl
  ++ Will install libgstfarsight0.10-0
  ++ Will install shiki-wine-theme
  ++ Will install pcmciautils
  ++ Will install libkdecorations4
  ++ Will install kappfinder
  ++ Will install foomatic-db
  ++ Will install compiz-fusion-plugins-extra
  ++ Will install kfind
  ++ Will install cups-pdf
  ++ Will install pulseaudio-module-x11
  ++ Will install libgnome2-perl
  ++ Will install pppoe
  ++ Will install erlang-public-key
  ++ Will install libavc1394-0
  ++ Will install python-gnome2
  ++ Will install gconf2
  ++ Will install software-properties-gtk
  ++ Will install konsole
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  ++ Will install libgnome-vfsmm-2.6-1c2a
  ++ Will install capplets-data
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  ++ Will install wine-doors
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  ++ Will install erlang-mnesia
  ++ Will install libgnome2-common
  ++ Will install shiki-colors-metacity-theme
  ++ Will install alsa-base
  ++ Will install ubuntu-minimal
  ++ Will install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
  ++ Will install syslinux
  ++ Will install gksu
  ++ Will install liboobs-1-4
  ++ Will install ntfs-3g
  ++ Will install brasero
  ++ Will install kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4
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  ++ Will install gnome-settings-daemon
  ++ Will install metacity-common
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  ++ Will install pulseaudio-esound-compat
  ++ Will install drapes
  ++ Will install ufw
  ++ Will install compiz-fusion-plugins-main
  ++ Will install python-desktopcouch-records
  ++ Will install jockey-common
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  ++ Will install shiki-dust-theme
  ++ Will install gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
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  ++ Will install python-desktopcouch
  ++ Will install openoffice.org-gnome
  ++ Will install fontconfig-config
  ++ Will install giver
  ++ Will install pppconfig
  ++ Will install gnome-keyring
  ++ Will install rhythmbox
  ++ Will install samba
  ++ Will install erlang-inets
  ++ Will install pidgin-libnotify
  ++ Will install gddccontrol
  ++ Will install erlang-runtime-tools
  ++ Will install gucharmap
  ++ Will install libxfconf-0-2
  ++ Will install tomboy
  ++ Will install libgnome-pilot2
  ++ Will install ubiquity
  ++ Will install python-metacity
  ++ Will install padevchooser
  ++ Will install w3m
  ++ Will install erlang-base
  ++ Will install mousetweaks
  ++ Will install kdm
  ++ Will install libxml-xpath-perl
  ++ Will install lupin-casper
  ++ Will install gnome-power-manager
  ++ Will install telnet
  ++ Will install gnome-about
  ++ Will install tasksel-data
  ++ Will install gdm
  ++ Will install gnome-mplayer
  ++ Will install system-tools-backends
  ++ Will install bluez
  ++ Will install ftp
  ++ Will install metacity
  ++ Will install bluez-cups
  ++ Will install file-roller
  ++ Will install nautilus-data
  ++ Will install ghostscript-cups
  ++ Will install eog
  ++ Will install rsyslog
  ++ Will install kdebase-workspace-kgreet-plugins
  ++ Will install onboard
  ++ Will install usplash
  ++ Will install tasksel
  ++ Will install libcanberra-pulse
  ++ Will install evolution-data-server
  ++ Will install dmsetup
  ++ Will install libgnomeuimm-2.6-1c2a
  ++ Will install kdelibs-bin
  ++ Will install pulseaudio-module-zeroconf
  ++ Will install libgweather1
  ++ Will install kwin-style-aurorae
  ++ Will install python-pyatspi
  ++ Will install gconf-editor
  ++ Will install gnome-media-common
  ++ Will install libbonoboui2-0
  ++ Will install gdebi
  ++ Will install sreadahead
  ++ Will install fglrx-amdcccle
  ++ Will install python-aptdaemon-gtk
  ++ Will install python-mediaprofiles
  ++ Will install avahi-daemon
  ++ Will install erlang-xmerl
  ++ Will install ubiquity-frontend-debconf
  ++ Will install libgnome2-ruby1.8
  ++ Will install python-gnomeapplet
  ++ Will install gnome-bluetooth
  ++ Will install cups
  ++ Will install powermgmt-base
  ++ Will install mktemp
  ++ Will install gnome-pilot-conduits
  ++ Will install vino
  ++ Will install libnss-mdns
  ++ Will install lftp
  ++ Will install network-manager-gnome
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  ++ Will install evince
  ++ Will install erlang-ssl
  ++ Will install foo2zjs
  ++ Will install pppoeconf
  ++ Will install yelp
  ++ Will install openprinting-ppds
  ++ Will install ntpdate
  ++ Will install liblpint-bonobo0
  ++ Will install libpanel-applet2-0
  ++ Will install kdebase-workspace-libs4+5
  ++ Will install libgnomeui-0
  ++ Will install kde-window-manager
  ++ Will install friendly-recovery
  ++ Will install kpartx
  ++ Will install deskbar-applet
  ++ Will install screen-resolution-extra
  ++ Will install foomatic-db-engine
  ++ Will install libsexy2
  ++ Will install python-notify
  ++ Ready to launch synaptic
  
  (synaptic:15249): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Read Markings...'
  
  (synaptic:15249): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Save Markings'
  
  (synaptic:15249): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id 'Save Markings _As...'
  
  (synaptic:15249): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Quit'
  
  (synaptic:15249): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Undo'
  
  (synaptic:15249): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Redo'
  
  (synaptic:15249): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Search...'
  
  (synaptic:15249): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Reload Package Information'
  
  (synaptic:15249): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Add CD-ROM...'
  
  (synaptic:15249): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Mark All Upgrades...'
  
  (synaptic:15249): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id 'A_pply Marked Changes'
  
  (synaptic:15249): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id 'U_nmark'
  
  (synaptic:15249): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id 'Mark for _Installation'
  
  (synaptic:15249): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id 'Mark for R_einstallation'
  
  (synaptic:15249): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id 'Mark for _Upgrade'
  
  (synaptic:15249): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id 'Mark for _Removal'
  
  (synaptic:15249): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id 'Mark for Co_mplete Removal'
  
  (synaptic:15249): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Properties'
  
  (synaptic:15249): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Filters'
  
  (synaptic:15249): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Contents'
  
  (synaptic:15249): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_About'
  ++ Return code:0
  ++ Install finished
  ++ Starting refresh
  ++ Connection to the Internet successful (tried to read http://www.google.com)
  ++ Successfully downloaded new safety rules using proxy: None
  ++ Found 315 recommended software updates
  ++ Refresh finished

[demonet]

Oh... and mint-tea, since you are getting 404 errors, I would venture to guess that those repository links are old.

Try this one... the first one is repository, second is the gpg key.

Code: Select all

echo deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ karmic free non-free | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

[mint-tea]

demonet...this error is coming from a fresh (3 day old) install of Mint 8 so i'm even more confused now

[teemac]

I am also getting the same group of errors of the 'libglade-warning' on Mint8 x64 as 'mint-tea'.

I have only added the wine repo for Ubuntu Karmic as per instructions at WinHQ - then refresh Update Manager and it show 6 files (all Wine related) to be updated.

An error comes up unable to update, fix broken packages first - tried to fix in synaptic - it says broken packages fixed.

Still get the same 'libglade-warning' batch of errors as above in Update Manager Information View.

EDIT: ** Just did a quick remove repo for Wine - refresh list - all 6 updates vanished from Update Manager and no more 'libglade-warning' errors - looks like something to do with Wine repo or it's updates ?

[Jehol]

Hello all,
I have a similar issue with Mint Update (Helena). The updater says 'Cannot update; Fix broken packages first'.
The log is:

----------------------------------------------------------------------

++ Launching mintUpdate in root mode
++ Starting refresh
++ Auto-refresh timer is going to sleep for 15 minutes, 0 hours and 0 days
++ Connection to the Internet successful (tried to read http://www.google.com)
++ Successfully downloaded new safety rules using proxy: None
++ Found 824 recommended software updates
++ Refresh finished
++ Install requested by user
++ Will install firefox-3.5

...many other "Will install" stuff

++ Will install libxdmcp6
++ Ready to launch synaptic

(synaptic:7517): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Read Markings...'

(synaptic:7517): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Save Markings'

(synaptic:7517): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id 'Save Markings _As...'

(synaptic:7517): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Quit'

(synaptic:7517): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Undo'

(synaptic:7517): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Redo'

(synaptic:7517): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Search...'

(synaptic:7517): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Reload Package Information'

(synaptic:7517): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Add CD-ROM...'

(synaptic:7517): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Mark All Upgrades...'

(synaptic:7517): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id 'A_pply Marked Changes'

(synaptic:7517): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id 'U_nmark'

(synaptic:7517): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id 'Mark for _Installation'

(synaptic:7517): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id 'Mark for R_einstallation'

(synaptic:7517): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id 'Mark for _Upgrade'

(synaptic:7517): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id 'Mark for _Removal'

(synaptic:7517): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id 'Mark for Co_mplete Removal'

(synaptic:7517): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Properties'

(synaptic:7517): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Filters'

(synaptic:7517): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_Contents'

(synaptic:7517): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id '_About'
++ Return code:0
++ Install finished
++ Starting refresh
++ Connection to the Internet successful (tried to read http://www.google.com)
++ Successfully downloaded new safety rules using proxy: None
++ Found 824 recommended software updates
++ Refresh finished

----------------------------------------------------------------------

I also add the Wine repo added. However, removing it did not solve the problem (contrary to teemac).

Any suggestions ? Many thanks in advance.
Jehol

PS additional query: Is there any way of doing a "Unselect all" in the updater, to ease the update of only SOME packages ?

[Jehol]

PS self-answer by dumb poster: 'Clear' button...
sigh...