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macwales

Unable to run update manager

Post by macwales »

I have just installed linuxmint 17. The update manager was in the system tray and I activated it. It ran but when apparently finished the update manager icon disappeared. When I put in "mintupdate" in terminal I get

[Errno 5] Input/output error: '/home/xxxx/.config/linuxmint/mintUpdate.conf'

The update manager is in the menu but when I click on it nothing happens. I have uninstalled it and re-installed it but still nothing happens and it does not reappear in the system tray.

Please help
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WharfRat

Re: Unable to run update manager

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Try deleting the file mintUpdate.conf. I don't have any files in that folder.
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Re: Unable to run update manager

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Open package manager from the Menu, find the mintupdate in it and install the newest version.

or

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sudo apt-get install mintupdate
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macwales

Re: Unable to run update manager

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Hi

Thanks for the replies. I have now done all the things suggested in the avove two posts. Still nothing happens. I think I have done these operations before.

I have now completely removed mintupdate and its acssociated other files using the packet manager and reinstalled it via the software manager and rebooted. Both the deleted and newly installed versions of mintupdate are the latest vesrions.

Any further help will be much appreciated.

Cheers

Mac
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Re: Unable to run update manager

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Start it in the terminal and paste back the messages.
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Re: Unable to run update manager

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He may need to do a remove purge on it and completely new install.

How well are other things working? Any other problems come up?
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Re: Unable to run update manager

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Hi to Both of you. Thanks for the replies

I typed su in terminal then my password then mintupdate not sure if this is the correct way to run it from within terminal. Results were:-

It ran on a greyed out screen, then reported everything up to date and the screen print blacked up. Terminal messages were

(mintUpdate.py:3722): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(mintUpdate.py:3722): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(mintUpdate.py:3722): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

(mintUpdate.py:3722): libglade-WARNING **: unknown attribute `swapped' for <signal>.

Still will not run from menu icon and does not appear in system tray.

Still learning and I find all the commands baffling!!

Thought I had a Firefox still running fault but eventually realised it was due to me double clicking.
Other worries - Google maps latest version does not work in street view I have to revert to classic maps - that work around solution found on this forum so thanks everyone.

Still need to find a backup using my widows home server and can I use skype? So OK so far but I may have to also install windows 7 on my new ssd - I did not want to have to do that!!
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Re: Unable to run update manager

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macwales,

This time run mintupdate as you, not root. Just open the terminal and enter

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mintupdate
Also does this return anything :?:

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for a in $(apt content mintupdate);do if ! [ -e ${a} ];then echo ${a};fi;done
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Re: Unable to run update manager

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instead, try

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sudo mintupdate
then give password when prompted.

Let's check a couple things too;

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id

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 aptitude show mint-meta-core -Vvs

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aptitude show mintupdate -Vvs

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aptitude why-not mintupdate -Vvs
post results. This is just to look, won't install anything.
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Re: Unable to run update manager

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@Spearmint2,

sudo should not be required, please see

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sudo cat /etc/sudoers.d/mintupdate
This could be part of the problem here.
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Re: Unable to run update manager

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I know it shouldn't be, but wanted to give every chance possible, and maybe he's not running the user ID 1000 which is why I requested feedback for that too.
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Re: Unable to run update manager

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Hi

Thanks again for looking into this.

mintupdate gives :-

[Errno 5] Input/output error: '/home/charles/.config/linuxmint/mintUpdate.conf'

putting in next bit returns nothing


putting in

sudoo mintupdate gives same error response as above

Putting in 'id' gives:

uid=1000(xxxxx) gid=1000(xxxxx) groups=1000(xxxxx),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),108(lpadmin),110(sambashare)

putting in

aptitude show mint-meta-core -Vvs

gives:-

Package: mint-meta-core
State: not installed
Version: 2014.05.20
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Maintainer: Clement Lefebvre <root@linuxmint.com>
Architecture: all
Uncompressed Size: 27.6 k
Compressed Size: 3,536
Filename: pool/main/m/mint-meta/mint-meta-core_2014.05.20_all.deb
MD5sum: f02cfbaa5150f6fd91ce9e3c4581b216
Archive: qiana
Depends: linuxmint-keyring, mint-info, mintsystem, ubuntu-system-adjustments,
add-apt-key, cowsay, inxi, xdg-user-dirs, p7zip, pppoe,
plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text, grub2-theme-mint, mint-search-addon,
mint-stylish-addon, ndiswrapper-common, ndiswrapper-utils-1.9,
uno-libs3, ure, xdg-user-dirs-gtk, gdebi-core, mintbackup, mintinstall,
mintnanny, mintupdate, mintupload, mintwelcome, mintwifi, mintsources,
mintdrivers, fonts-droid, fonts-liberation, mintstick,
mintinstall-icons, ttf-dejavu, ttf-dejavu-extra, ttf-wqy-microhei
Description: Core Linux Mint packages
Core Linux Mint packages

putting in

aptitude show mintupdate -Vvs

gives

Package: mintupdate
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 4.6.7
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Maintainer: Clement Lefebvre <root@linuxmint.com>
Architecture: all
Uncompressed Size: 825 k
Compressed Size: 96.8 k
Filename: pool/main/m/mintupdate/mintupdate_4.6.7_all.deb
MD5sum: 52f8cabcc83be0ba32fdeb8b7ff2363b
Archive: qiana, now
Depends: python (>= 2.4), python (< 3), python-gtk2, python-glade2, synaptic,
mint-common, mint-mirrors
Conflicts: mintupdate-gnome, mintupdate-kde, mintupdate-xfce
Replaces: mintupdate-gnome, mintupdate-kde, mintupdate-xfce
Description: Update Manager
Helps installing security updates and new versions of packages.


putting in

aptitude why-not mintupdate -Vvs

gives:-

Unable to find a reason to remove mintupdate.

putting in

sudo cat /etc/sudoers.d/mintupdate

gives:-

ALL ALL = NOPASSWD:UPDATE

All indecipherable to me.

While browsing on the forum for a possible solution (before starting this post) I got up what seemed to be permission errors when I entered a command in one post I found. I then looked for the mintupdate permissions on my system and they seemed fine. However I was not able to recall where I saw the permissions errors as I lost the post it was in. I hope this makes sense. Could it be a simple permissions error?

I have now got Skype running so now favouring keeping to Linux Mint!
Cheers

Mac
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Re: Unable to run update manager

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I don't know how or why you don't already have this installed.

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sudo apt-get install mint-meta-core
your ID is 1000 so there shouldn't be any permissions problems.

Are you running MATE or Cinnamon?

copy/paste into terminal, get results and post.

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cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg |grep "menuentry '" |cut -c -45
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macwales

Re: Unable to run update manager

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Hi Again

Did what you suggested put in 'cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg |grep "menuentry '" |cut -c -45' and got

menuentry 'Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon 32-bit, 3.1
menuentry 'Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon 32-bit, 3.1
menuentry 'Memory test (memtest86+)' {
menuentry 'Memory test (memtest86+, serial co

putting in 'sudo apt-get install mint-meta-core' installed it - now on latest version
WharfRat

Re: Unable to run update manager

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macwales,

I'm assuming that it's still not working. I don't understand why it's complaining about the file in your /home so what does this return

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stat /home/$USER/.config/linuxmint/mintUpdate.conf
macwales

Re: Unable to run update manager

Post by macwales »

Hi

I have been able to make it work by using 'su' then my password then 'mintupdate' straight into terminal. It then runs and updates and says its up to date but I am unable to get it to run from the menu or by entering 'mintupdate'.

Petting in what you asked delivers :-

File: ‘/home/xxxx/.config/linuxmint/mintUpdate.conf’
Size: 8192 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 regular file
Device: 19h/25d Inode: 6175833 Links: 1
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: ( 1000/ xxxx) Gid: ( 1000/ xxxx)
Access: 2014-08-26 16:36:29.255841991 +0100
Modify: 2014-08-21 10:19:20.611969296 +0100
Change: 2014-08-21 10:19:20.611969296 +0100

Thanks again for looking at this mystery


Cheers

Mac
WharfRat

Re: Unable to run update manager

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Nothing wrong there :?

What about

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ls -lhd /home/$USER/{.,.config,.config/linuxmint}
macwales

Re: Unable to run update manager

Post by macwales »

Hi
That gives


drwx------ 35 XXX XXX 12K Aug 27 16:13 /home/XXXX/.
drwxr-xr-x 24 XXX XXXX 4.0K Aug 25 16:04 /home/XXXX/.config
drwxr-xr-x 2 XXXX XXXX 4.0K Aug 21 10:19 /home/XXXX/.config/linuxmint
WharfRat

Re: Unable to run update manager

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chmod -v 0755 /home/$USER
Then try mintupdate as user.
macwales

Re: Unable to run update manager

Post by macwales »

put in

chmod -v 0755 /home/$mintupdate

got

chmod: changing permissions of ‘/home/’: Operation not permitted
failed to change mode of ‘/home/’ from 0755 (rwxr-xr-x) to 0755 (rwxr-xr-x)

cheers

Mac
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