ubuntu trusty software updater problem.
 

Hi,

I am using ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) on my desktop. Usually I always keep the software upto date with the in built software updater. However this time when I tried to update, the software updater itself closes (probably crahes).

this is the error from the syslog.

pingu@zi0n$ tail -f /var/log/syslog

Sep 18 04:36:39 zi0n AptDaemon: INFO: UpdateCache() was called
Sep 18 04:36:39 zi0n AptDaemon.Trans: INFO: Queuing transaction /org/debian/apt/transaction/47afb705544647c9876089063cdd31db
Sep 18 04:36:39 zi0n AptDaemon.Worker: INFO: Simulating trans: /org/debian/apt/transaction/47afb705544647c9876089063cdd31db
Sep 18 04:36:39 zi0n AptDaemon.Worker: INFO: Processing transaction /org/debian/apt/transaction/47afb705544647c9876089063cdd31db
Sep 18 04:36:40 zi0n AptDaemon.Worker: INFO: Updating cache
Sep 18 04:37:10 zi0n AptDaemon.Worker: INFO: Finished transaction /org/debian/apt/transaction/47afb705544647c9876089063cdd31db
Sep 18 04:37:16 zi0n AptDaemon: INFO: CommitPackages() was called: dbus.Array([dbus.String('linux-headers-3.13.0-63'), dbus.String('linux-headers-3.13.0-63-generic')], signature=dbus.Signature('s')), dbus.Array([dbus.String('')], signature=dbus.Signature('s')), dbus.Array([dbus.String('')], signature=dbus.Signature('s')), dbus.Array([dbus.String('')], signature=dbus.Signature('s')), dbus.Array([dbus.String('apport'), dbus.String('apport-gtk'), dbus.String('bsdutils'), dbus.String('e2fslibs'), dbus.String('e2fsprogs'), dbus.String('google-chrome-stable'), dbus.String('gvfs'), dbus.String('gvfs-backends'), dbus.String('gvfs-bin'), dbus.String('gvfs-common'), dbus.String('gvfs-daemons'), dbus.String('gvfs-fuse'), dbus.String('gvfs-libs'), dbus.String('irqbalance'), dbus.String('libblkid1'), dbus.String('libcomerr2'), dbus.String('libcomerr2:i386'), dbus.String('libfreetype6'), dbus.String('libfreetype6:i386'), dbus.String('libicu52'), dbus.String('libldap-2.4-2'), dbus.String('libldap-2.4-2:i386'), dbus.String('libmount1'), dbus.String('liboxideqt-qmlplugin'), dbus.String('liboxideqtcore0'), dbus.String('liboxideqtquick0'), dbus.String('libspice-server1'), dbus.String('libss2'), dbus.String('libuuid1'), dbus.String('libuuid1:i386'), dbus.String('linux-headers-generic'), dbus.String('linux-libc-dev'), dbus.String('mount'), dbus.String('onboard'), dbus.String('onboard-data'), dbus.String('oxideqt-codecs'), dbus.String('python3-apport'), dbus.String('python3-problem-report'), dbus.String('sudo'), dbus.String('unity-settings-daemon'), dbus.String('util-linux'), dbus.String('uuid-runtime')], signature=dbus.Signature('s')), dbus.Array([dbus.String('')], signature=dbus.Signature('s'))
Sep 18 04:37:16 zi0n AptDaemon.Trans: INFO: Queuing transaction /org/debian/apt/transaction/62d7d9ca077a40d3bad0ec5ed3681019
Sep 18 04:37:16 zi0n AptDaemon.Worker: INFO: Simulating trans: /org/debian/apt/transaction/62d7d9ca077a40d3bad0ec5ed3681019
Sep 18 04:37:17 zi0n AptDaemon.Worker: INFO: Committing packages: dbus.Array([dbus.String('linux-headers-3.13.0-63'), dbus.String('linux-headers-3.13.0-63-generic')], signature=dbus.Signature('s')), dbus.Array([], signature=dbus.Signature('s')), dbus.Array([], signature=dbus.Signature('s')), dbus.Array([], signature=dbus.Signature('s')), dbus.Array([dbus.String('apport'), dbus.String('apport-gtk'), dbus.String('bsdutils'), dbus.String('e2fslibs'), dbus.String('e2fsprogs'), dbus.String('google-chrome-stable'), dbus.String('gvfs'), dbus.String('gvfs-backends'), dbus.String('gvfs-bin'), dbus.String('gvfs-common'), dbus.String('gvfs-daemons'), dbus.String('gvfs-fuse'), dbus.String('gvfs-libs'), dbus.String('irqbalance'), dbus.String('libblkid1'), dbus.String('libcomerr2'), dbus.String('libcomerr2:i386'), dbus.String('libfreetype6'), dbus.String('libfreetype6:i386'), dbus.String('libicu52'), dbus.String('libldap-2.4-2'), dbus.String('libldap-2.4-2:i386'), dbus.String('libmount1'), dbus.String('liboxideqt-qmlplugin'), dbus.String('liboxideqtcore0'), dbus.String('liboxideqtquick0'), dbus.String('libspice-server1'), dbus.String('libss2'), dbus.String('libuuid1'), dbus.String('libuuid1:i386'), dbus.String('linux-headers-generic'), dbus.String('linux-libc-dev'), dbus.String('mount'), dbus.String('onboard'), dbus.String('onboard-data'), dbus.String('oxideqt-codecs'), dbus.String('python3-apport'), dbus.String('python3-problem-report'), dbus.String('sudo'), dbus.String('unity-settings-daemon'), dbus.String('util-linux'), dbus.String('uuid-runtime')], signature=dbus.Signature('s')), dbus.Array([], signature=dbus.Signature('s'))


Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Hi...

I'm wondering if it would help if you tried opening the update manager via the terminal and posted whatever error messages came up there...

Thanks! :)

Hi,

When I run update-manager from a terminal/console window ,it simply closes, no output.
Also I think, because of the last update, the network connections are slow and take a bit longer to connect/initialize.
Im sure this is an ubuntu issue since this does not happen when I boot from Slackware (dual-boot machine).

Just to confirm the problem, is it possible to rollback the last update(s) ?

Hi,

When I run update-manager from a terminal/console window ,it simply closes, no output.
Also I think, because of the last update, the network connections are slow and take a bit longer to connect/initialize.
Im sure this is an ubuntu issue since this does not happen when I boot from Slackware (dual-boot machine).

Just to confirm the problem, is it possible to rollback the last update(s) ?

This is why I prefer to use apt-get or aptitude rather than an update manager. I'd suggest you open a terminal and type these two commands:
If things go wrong at least you should get some messages about what the problem is.
jdk

Hi,

Thanks.
Yes, "sudo apt-get upgrade" solved the problem.

After I updated the system it gave me a message :
The following packages have been kept back:
linux-headers-generic
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

So I ran "sudo apt-get upgrade linux-headers-generic"
and that solved the issue completely.
All said and done, your suggestion is better , check for updates via gui and update your system via cli.

so thanks a lot again.

Cheers.