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PC brought back into use: Lubuntu issue

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  • 12-05-2017 10:42pm
    #1
    funkey_monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 8,075 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I've got an old Dell 5150 which I had installed Lubuntu on a few years ago. I think from recollection that it is 14.04, but I can't be sure.

    Anyhow, I brought it out and got it started up. I had forgot the admin password, but found a website which showed me how to reset it - job done.

    I then got the machine connected to the wifi - and it was painfully slow. So, as I now knew the admin password I decided to get all the updates for the system.

    However, since I've tried to do this it has failed to connect to the internet - I'm not close enough to try a wired connection.

    I'm getting the following error message:
    E:Encountered a section with no Package:header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-security_universe_i18n_Translation-en, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

    How do I get around this issue?


    Thanks.


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    #2
    funkey_monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 8,075 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    Note: I tried doing the update via the console using:
    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

    However, there were numerous failures.


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    gearoid!
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭gearoid!


    Try this:
    sudo rm -vf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

    The above code should remove the problematic or malformed file.

    then...
    sudo apt-get update

    Will do an update and should fix things up.


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    Keplar240B
    Registered Users Posts: 883 ✭✭✭Keplar240B


    Enter the "lsb_release -a" command in a terminal to get what version you have
    it should be in one of the GUIS as well under system settings details.


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    #5
    funkey_monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 8,075 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    Thanks - will try these tomorrow and let you know how I get along.

    Thanks.


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    #6
    funkey_monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 8,075 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    The removal seemed to work - it threw up no observable issues on the console.


    Going through the updates now and noticed a problem with the same file:

    Err http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
    Connection failed [IP: 91.189.88.162.80]
    17% [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers]

    It has been stalled at this stage for quite a while now.


    For the release info:
    No LSB modules are available.
    Distributor ID: Ubuntu
    Description: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
    Release 14.04
    Codename: trusty


    Any suggestions?


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    funkey_monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 8,075 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    Err http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main i386 packages
    404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.162.80]

    And likewise for trusty-security/restricted, trusty-security/universe and trusty-security/multiverse


    Possibly will be more coming along too.


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    Keplar240B
    Registered Users Posts: 883 ✭✭✭Keplar240B


    You have 14.04 all right and tha'st still supported
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
    I asked to check that just in case you where using 14.10 to 12.04 or something that was out of date.

    now the problem at hand.
    Its possible your original mirror has gone offline or had its speed degraded
    Have you tried changing your download server in Software Sources?
    Go to software & updates app in dash and on the first page it says Download from: set the server here


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    #9
    funkey_monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 8,075 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    I ran the commands provided by gearoid! a few times and then i tried

    sudo apt-get upgrade


    So, I'm now on 14.04.5 and it is downloading a whole raft of software updates. Will know later in the week how it went as I'm out of town for a few days now.

    I'm hoping that this will now resolve things including the poor internet speed - is this hope likely? What speed would i be expecting from a wired connection from the internet hub?


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    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    funkey_monkey wrote: »
    ...I'm hoping that this will now resolve things including the poor internet speed - is this hope likely? What speed would i be expecting from a wired connection from the internet hub?

    Can't be sure. How old is the machine? You could always set up SSH on your machine with pass through in your hub, so you can do a few bits on your machine, when you're away next time.


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    #11
    funkey_monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 8,075 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    The machine is approx 2005 - originally bundled with WinXP.

    I've managed to now get it up and working and software updates working - managed to get upgraded to Lubuntu 16.04 over the weekend. Not sure why it didn't go to 16.10 or 17.04 - probably got a setting somewhere that means I only upgrade to LTS releases, but I'm fine with that.

    Trialled a few YouTube videos and it seems to be working, if a bit slow.


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