Software update

Hi,
Why can't my software update at the moment?

Phil

 

I hate to ask the obvious, but are you connected to the internet?

If so, it may be that there are simply no updates for you. We can't know without some more information.

 

Yes, I am on line.
Here's the error message.




Something to do with gnome-menus.

I didn't know that the Aspire one used Gnome.

Phil

 

Is this easier to see?

 

Well, blah... Though I am not the most experienced in Linux, it seems that you will have to do without one or the other here - Gnome or the XFCE... guessing that you're using XFCE since XF Desktop is part of that.

Did you previously install gnome-menus?

 

Only thing I've ever done with a gnome is put one in my garden under a tree.

Should I try going to add/remove and remove that gnome entry?
Phil

 

Hi Phil

Just done a search on my file system and found 3961 entries related to gnome. I know gnome is present on the Acer and like you I have not deliberately installed anything gnome that I am aware of.
I have also searched in the Add/Remove software and the thing called gnome-menus-2.20.1-1 is there as available but is not ticked, i.e. I have not downloaded it.
When I go to Live Update it is not waiting in mine to be down loaded.

I am at a loss to know why the conflict particularly as I understand you have the standard Acer desktop and you are trying to update via Acer Live Updates.

Can you select the updates you want to install?

Here is a copy/paste from macles blog about being able to select the updates you want to install. If you are going to use it open terminal and copy/paste the line in. Avoids typo errors.

Deselecting updates in Live Update
Acer is still updating the system via Live Update, which is good. Not so good is that updates are mandatory and cannot be deselected. If you removed some applications they will be re-downloaded and re-installed whenever a patch is available for them. It is actually possible to untick updates, but only if they are marked as optional, and those are rare. Almost all of them are marked as critical. Fortunately the line below makes all updates optional. Alternatively you can also use a hex editor and edit offset 0xa950 instead.

sudo sed 's/Critical/00000AA1/;s/Optional/00000AA1/' -i.bak /usr/bin/onlineupdate

Full acknowledgment to macles

 

Tried deselecting each item one at a time, but I had problems still. Then I read your item and realised that no matter how many I deselected, it would have no effect.

sudo sed 's/Critical/00000AA1/;s/Optional/00000AA1/' -i.bak /usr/bin/onlineupdate

Tried this code. Is it correct.......... looking at sudo sed's

Phil

 

Hi Phil

Good question.
I know sudu sed is a linux command but what it and the rest of the line does well your guess is as good as mine. I used it before and I have just tried it again. It just so happens that there are 2 updates now available to me, I rejected one and the other has been downloaded.
The code is straight from macles blog, far to clever for me.

 

Here's that code again.


sudo sed 's/\w*.linpus.com/linpuscdn.040services.net/g' -i /etc/online-updater/*
sudo sed 's_ /ACER_ /cdn/ACER_' -i /etc/online-updater/*

But on Macles it looks like there is a space between sed and 's

If this is an Acer problem, where would you report that problem?

Phil

 

You have me confused Phil.
The code I gave you was to allow you to select from the inbuilt Live Update the updates you wanted to install.

The code you are showing is from his blog in January 09 when there was a problem with acer's site. I do not think it is relevant now. I have certainly used the inbuilt sytem today and also about 2 weeks ago when there was several updates including getting the mic working with the webcam.

Where have you been trying to update from?

 

Right click, system, software updater.
When the code that you gave me didn't work I took a look on Macles site myslef and thought that I saw the same code with different spelling. Evidently it was the wrong code completely.
I really should stop messing.
I've sentan e mail to Acer.
Phil

 

Your error messages look similar to those on following link (#3 gnome-menus):-
http://macles.blogspot.com/2008/08/depe ... e-one.html
Instructions to remove the problem is supplied.