update error

[Biciclettapc]

I'm getting a error on updates and need some code direction to repair.

Here is the error message displayed at the end of sudo apt-update

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W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 584BD6410AAFAD78 Launchpad merlwiz79
W: GPG error: http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>
W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>


[zerozero]

please post the output of

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inxi -Sr

[Biciclettapc]

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paul@paul-K53E ~ $ inxi -Sr
System:    Host paul-K53E Kernel 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop Gnome Distro Linux Mint 12 Lisa
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
           deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ lisa main upstream import
           deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-security main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ oneiric partner
           deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ oneiric free non-free
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth.list
           deb http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-musicmanager.list
           deb http://dl.google.com/linux/musicmanager/deb/ stable main
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/merlwiz79-cinnamon-ppa-oneiric.list
           deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/merlwiz79/cinnamon-ppa/ubuntu oneiric main
           deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/merlwiz79/cinnamon-ppa/ubuntu oneiric main
paul@paul-K53E ~ $


[zerozero]

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Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/merlwiz79-cinnamon-ppa-oneiric.list
           deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/merlwiz79/cinnamon-ppa/ubuntu oneiric main
           deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/merlwiz79/cinnamon-ppa/ubuntu oneiric main

this ppa is not maintained at the moment, remove it and rerun

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apt update

[Biciclettapc]

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Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/merlwiz79-cinnamon-ppa-oneiric.list
           deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/merlwiz79/cinnamon-ppa/ubuntu oneiric main
           deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/merlwiz79/cinnamon-ppa/ubuntu oneiric main

this ppa is not maintained at the moment, remove it and rerun

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apt update

If you would please provide the code to remove those. I'm a bash noob.

Thanks
Paul

[zerozero]

sorry for the delay,
mintupdate > edit > software sources > other software tab > look for those 2 lines and untick them > close the window > let mintupdate run and finish the job > open a terminal and run apt update > post the output here

[Biciclettapc]

Still error messages.

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Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>
W: GPG error: http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>
paul@paul-K53E ~ $


Thanks for your help!
Paul

[zerozero]

open terminal and try this (one after the other)

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sudo apt-get clean

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sudo cd /var/lib/apt

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sudo mv lists lists.old

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sudo mkdir -p lists/partial

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sudo apt-get clean

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sudo apt-get update

if you encounter any problem this forum topic might help http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.p ... 16007.html

[Biciclettapc]

Thanks!

That seemed to work

[zerozero]

if you do now

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apt update

you're not getting the errors you had before? very good.

[Biciclettapc]

if you do now

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apt update

you're not getting the errors you had before? very good.

No problems

Thanks!
Paul