mintUpdate cannot connect

[Husse]

It could be this problem
http://www.linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php ... e_programs
But I have not heard of this for Elyssa

[67GTA]

Try updating via the terminal with

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sudo apt-get update

to see if you can connect to the repo servers.

[67GTA]

At least we can narrow it down to mintupdate. Try running it from the terminal to see what errors it spits out. Open a terminal and run

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sudo mintupdate

Make sure to close it from the panel before trying that.

[67GTA]

Sorry, old Debian habit trying to call apps by their name. I forgot the Mint tools have to be called in place. Try this:

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gksu /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/mintUpdate.py

[67GTA]

That will do it. Most apps connect through the network manager. If you make a manual connection outside of the network manager it usually won't be recognized. We need to get your wired connection going. Post the output of

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lspci

from a terminal.

[67GTA]

That should work. Have you tried running

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pppoeconf

in a terminal?

[67GTA]

Here is a page from the Ubuntu wiki: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ADSLPPPoE Once you get it set up, you should be able to configure it with the network manager so other apps will use the connection. Then you should be able to click on the panel icon and select your connection.

[Husse]

Just noted this is not posted in the support section.
Please post support questions there - topic moved

[Husse]

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gksu mintUpdate

That starts mintUpdate - but if you use a minor u it will not work
The problem may be here

Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.

Double error....

[67GTA]

Capitol U! Thanks Husse. I missed that.

Have you tried to set the connection up with DHCP through the network manager?

[Husse]

So mintUpdate can't work through a proxy - this is something we have to work on

[tonyapp]

I have asked about the failure of mintUpdate to connect to the internet when all other services seem to be working OK, in several other posts, but without response. It is not an urgent problem as the package manager will do the job. However I thought it worth saying here that my network proxy setting is set to direct connection so that isn't the problem in my case. Don't know if that helps or not, just my three penny worth.
Tony

[Husse]

mintUpdate gives you better control over things....