I am running Squeeze i386 on a 2.4 ghz intel chip on an Asus desktop type main board, nothing odd.
I tried installing GoogleEarth. both from the .bin file downloaded from there site as I have done in Lenny. I was unsusessfull and then tried smxi. smixi reported that it failed to build. It also reported google earth was only working on sid at this time. I may not be entirely accurate in the text but this is what I understood.
My largest concern at this time is that something is messed up as synaptic, software sources and Software center will not let me even get to the window to enable or disable repositories. All 3 programs obviously use the same reasource that is disfuntioning.
I have "#" out all items in /etc/apt/sources.list that smxi put in plus the install DVD and only left the 2 original repositories the OS instal put in.
The message I get whan I run Synaptic as follows. Opened synaptic, went to "settings" then "repositories" and this is where it would normaly show all avalable sources in /etc/apt/sources.list but instead it reports "repositories have changed and I must reload". So I reload and I get the following.
Code:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the list directory
I only asssume this is a result that "#" out the install DVD.
At times I get good information in the terminal whan I run a utility from it, here is what I get when I start synaptic, go to settings, repositories.
Code:
jon@DebSid:~$ su-to-root -X -c /usr/sbin/synaptic
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py:34: DeprecationWarning: the md5 module is deprecated; use hashlib instead
import md5
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 100, in <module>
app = SoftwarePropertiesGtk(datadir=data_dir, options=options, file=file)
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py", line 75, in __init__
SoftwareProperties.__init__(self, options=options, datadir=datadir)
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 55, in __init__
self.reload_sourceslist()
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 450, in reload_sourceslist
self.distro.get_sources(self.sourceslist)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptsources/distro.py", line 90, in get_sources
raise NoDistroTemplateException("Error: could not find a "
aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template
Ther following windows than show up
The repository may no longer be available or could not be contacted because of network problems. If available an older version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network connection and ensure the repository address in the preferences is correct.
Code:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the list directory
Internet connection is good, can start browser no problem
Going forward, When I was in smxi I snooped around to see what was there. All sorts of things. Best I recall I paged through various menus and 1 was kennel upgrade. I did not think I allowed it to do it as I backed out. Aparently some stuff was written as I have Liquorix in my repository, (I "#" it out).
Here is sources.list
I followed the path that the error in synaptic showed "/var/lib/apt/lists/lock ". when I got there to lists, I see3 file relitive to Liquorix.
I had to have unknowinly allowed this to happen in smixi, as I only assume liquorix is a kernel upgrade. If this is my problem can I use smxi to downgrade back to original Squeeze default or is it a 1 way road?
I figure I deserve a speeding ticket about now. Jon
