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av8tor

Big trouble with updates

Post by av8tor »

I am new to Linux 14 Mint and was up and runnig in no time and loving it...until...I tried to check for updates and got all this "stuff". I am by no means an expert on this so any help with these errors will be greatfully appriecated....keep it simple please :wink:

W: GPG error: http://mirror.umd.edu nadia Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 3EE67F3D0FF405B2
W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5 NO_PUBKEY 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32

W: GPG error: http://archive.canonical.com quantal Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5 NO_PUBKEY 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32
W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5 NO_PUBKEY 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32
W: GPG error: http://packages.medibuntu.org quantal Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 2EBC26B60C5A2783
W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5 NO_PUBKEY 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists ... ty/Release

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/ ... es/Release

W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
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viking777

Re: Big trouble with updates

Post by viking777 »

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sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyring.ubuntu.com --recv-keys XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Where xxxxxxxxxxxx is substituted for the numbers in your error messages, so, for example the first one would be:

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sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyring.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 3EE67F3D0FF405B2
Do it for every error message you received.
av8tor

Re: Big trouble with updates

Post by av8tor »

Thank you Viking777 for your quick reply. I shall give a try and see what happens.
av8tor

Re: Big trouble with updates

Post by av8tor »

opps did not work? got message...
Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /tmp/tmp.7fFlVz9etf --trustdb-name /etc/apt//trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver keyring.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 3EE67F3D0FF405B2
gpg: requesting key 0FF405B2 from hkp server keyring.ubuntu.com
?: keyring.ubuntu.com: Host not found
gpgkeys: HTTP fetch error 7: couldn't connect: No such file or directory
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
gpg: Total number processed: 0

All I did was copy and paste the link you gave me. shall I try another one??

ok just tried the second one and got the same error msg. Now what?
av8tor

Re: Big trouble with updates

Post by av8tor »

Ok I got around this by changing the commands structure. I elimated the "keyserver keyring.ubuntu.com --recv-keys XXXXXXXXXXXXX" and just use
sudo apt-key update -(entered the key #'s), but I still get a error on a couple of requests. Got a few updates...will try somthing else. This is fun trying to figure all this stuff out. It helps me understand the program better.
viking777

Re: Big trouble with updates

Post by viking777 »

Sorree :oops:

Looks like I typed it wrong, try this instead:

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sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 3EE67F3D0FF405B2
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