Maybe I spoke to soon. I found a number of messages at the bottom of the update manager screen. Then doing a refresh I had these errors listed:
Failed to fetch
http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/nad ... tion-en_US Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http:
Failed to fetch
http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/nad ... slation-en Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http:
Failed to fetch
http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/nad ... tion-en_US Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http:
Failed to fetch
http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/nad ... slation-en Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http:
Failed to fetch
http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/nad ... tion-en_US Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http:
Failed to fetch
http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/nad ... slation-en Unable to connect to packages.linuxmint.com:http:
Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Then doing another Refresh the screen reported the System is Up to Date.
I don't understand how it can be up to date when it failed on so many packages.
UPDATE###base-files###6.5ubuntu12###6.5ubuntu11###65016###base-files###This package contains the basic filesystem hierarchy of a Debian system, and several important miscellaneous files, such as /etc/debian_version, /etc/host.conf, /etc/issue, /etc/motd, /etc/profile, /etc/nsswitch.conf, and others, and the text of several common licenses in use on Debian systems.
UPDATE###linux-headers-generic###3.5.0.21.27###3.5.0.17.19###2608###linux-meta###This package will always depend on the latest generic kernel headers available.
UPDATE###linux-image-generic###3.5.0.21.27###3.5.0.17.19###2628###linux-meta###This package will always depend on the latest generic kernel image available.
UPDATE###python-dbus-dev###1.1.1-1ubuntu0.1###1.1.1-1###5500###dbus-python###D-Bus is a message bus, used for sending messages between applications. Conceptually, it fits somewhere in between raw sockets and CORBA in terms of complexity.
This package provides development files required to compile main-loop integration modules for python-dbus, such as dbus.mainloop.qt provided by PyQt. It is Python-version-independent: you must also depend on either python-dbus or python3-dbus, if required.
UPDATE###xserver-xorg-core###2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6.1###2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6###1551184###xorg-server###The Xorg X server is an X server for several architectures and operating systems, which is derived from the XFree86 4.x series of X servers.
The Xorg server supports most modern graphics hardware from most vendors, and supersedes all XFree86 X servers.
More information about X.Org can be found at: <URL:
http://www.X.org>
This package is built from the X.org xserver module.
UPDATE###python-dbus###1.1.1-1ubuntu0.1###1.1.1-1###101120###dbus-python###D-Bus is a message bus, used for sending messages between applications. Conceptually, it fits somewhere in between raw sockets and CORBA in terms of complexity.
This package provides a Python interface to D-Bus.
See the dbus description for more information about D-Bus in general.
UPDATE###mountall###2.42ubuntu0.3###2.42###65322###mountall###mountall mounts filesystems when the underlying block devices are ready, or when network interfaces come up, checking the filesystems first.
UPDATE###python3-dbus###1.1.1-1ubuntu0.1###1.1.1-1###100360###dbus-python###D-Bus is a message bus, used for sending messages between applications. Conceptually, it fits somewhere in between raw sockets and CORBA in terms of complexity.
This package provides a Python 3 interface to D-Bus.
See the dbus description for more information about D-Bus in general.
UPDATE###linux-generic###3.5.0.21.27###3.5.0.17.19###1716###linux-meta###This package will always depend on the latest complete generic Linux kernel and headers.