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I followed your directions exactly as stated. You will see the text below. After following the directions, I used the command line to update. As you can see, it appears to have worked. Even though I used the command line, the package manager popped up. It loaded, or updated, several programs.
(gedit:11876): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create file '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.U3BG1V': No such file or directory
(gedit:11876): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or directory
(gedit:11876): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create file '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.8ODP1V': No such file or directory
(gedit:11876): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or directory
(gedit:11876): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create file '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.22NG1V': No such file or directory
(gedit:11876): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or directory
I won't know, right away, if this solved the problem or not. Since the system would randomly freeze, it will take a day or two to know for sure. (I've never gone longer than a day without it freezing.) If it doesn't freeze in several days, I'll know it was a success. If it is a success, I'll post it as "solved." If it freezes, I'll create a fresh thread and try again.
If you don't mind me asking, how did you come upon this solution? Was my computer not downloading from appropriate sources? Was my system missing a critical file? Is there a link, or tutorial, that you could send me to so I could learn more about what transpired?
Once again, thanks for your help. If I could, I'd send you a Guiness, if you were inclined to indulge in such things.
I followed your directions exactly as stated. You will see the text below. After following the directions, I used the command line to update. As you can see, it appears to have worked. Even though I used the command line, the package manager popped up. It loaded, or updated, several programs.
Good, I'm glad we finally got it working again.
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I won't know, right away, if this solved the problem or not. Since the system would randomly freeze, it will take a day or two to know for sure. (I've never gone longer than a day without it freezing.) If it doesn't freeze in several days, I'll know it was a success.
You say you've had this freezing problem with other distros. I'm leaning more towards a hardware problem at the moment. However it would be better if you made a fresh thread and gave more detailed information on your hardware.
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If it is a success, I'll post it as "solved." If it freezes, I'll create a fresh thread and try again.
I would still encourage you to mark this thread as solved.
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If you don't mind me asking, how did you come upon this solution?
It was when andrewthomas posted the repo links, they didn't look right.
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Was my computer not downloading from appropriate sources?
Because the repo links were not completely correct nothing was being downloaded. I'm surprised that no error messages appeared though.
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Was my system missing a critical file?
No, it was just a matter of correcting the links.
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Is there a link, or tutorial, that you could send me to so I could learn more about what transpired?
Not that will deal specifically in this problem. LQ, is a good resource. The Ubuntu forum. Google, naturally If you have the room and horsepower, setup a distro of your choice as a virtual machine in virtualbox (or some other virtualisation software) and use that to practice with. You can break/repair it, practice commandline skills. If it all goes pearshaped no matter, get rid and start over. The best learning resource is time & patience. When you feel like throwing the towel in dig deep and carry on.
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Once again, thanks for your help. If I could, I'd send you a Guiness, if you were inclined to indulge in such things.
You're Welcome. You did well to hang in there besides, i'm not a guiness drinker
Last edited by {BBI}Nexus{BBI}; 09-07-2011 at 11:47 AM.
I'm afraid that 11.04 froze up after a few hours of use.
I will be posting again with the assumption that it is a hardware problem.
Thanks, Nexus and Andrewthomas for your help.
I think that we have eliminated software as the source of the problem. (Or did we???)
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If you have the room and horsepower, setup a distro of your choice as a virtual machine in virtualbox (or some other virtualisation software) and use that to practice with. You can break/repair it, practice commandline skills. If it all goes pearshaped no matter, get rid and start over. The best learning resource is time & patience. When you feel like throwing the towel in dig deep and carry on.
