[aklug] Re: Ubuntu issues

It doesn't. It just freezes the box.
I think the problem is, is that for some reason he ended up with a
separate /var partition and it is too small to hold the packages being
downloaded.

Mike B. offered to talk to him about talking him through some
troubleshooting, but I think he's going wait until the next release and
just do a clean install of (just) 1 version. He must have 4 or 5
variants of Ubuntu installed along with Windows Vista and a Japanese
Windows XP. All on one, multiboot, box..

On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 12:06 -0700, William Attwood wrote:

> Tell him to open a Terminal and:
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get upgrade
>
> If there are errors, it will prompt him with what to do to clean them up.
>
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Jim MacDonald <jim@macdonald.org> wrote:
>
> > I also think he is talking about the update manager. which is nothing =
> > but a GUI for APT. and it's quite possible that his apt files are =
> > corrupt. He should be able to run "apt-get update" from the command line =
> > and that will tell him what the issue is and probably recommend a way to =
> > correct it.
> >
> > Jim MacDonald
> > jim@macdonald.org
> >
> >
> >
> > On Feb 17, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Jim Gribbin wrote:
> >
> > > I have an acquaintance using Ubuntu 9.10, so he tells me.
> > > He tells me he is having difficulty updating the box using something
> > > called the "download manager". Apparently it causes everything to =
> > freeze
> > > when he's attempting updates and he ends up power cycling his laptop =
> > as
> > > everything is unresponsive.
> > >=20
> > > I am not an Ubuntu or Debian user and am unfamiliar with the supplied
> > > tools. Would anybody have some pointers I can pass on?
> > >=20
> > > I've been trying to encourage him to show up at a Friday night =
> > session.
> > > So far he's a no-show.
> > >=20
> > > Jim G
> > >=20
> > >=20
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