Adept not working

[fcookvt]

New to Linux/Kubuntu. Kubuntu7.1 AMD/64 Installed on AMD A64x2 ASus M2NBP-VM. Internet works but Adept appears to not connect. Installed programs show up but all others grayed out. Also unable to update Nvidia driver. All softwear sources are enabled. ? tweak configuration?

[dibl]

Re: Adept not working

Wow, I think maybe we need to adopt a "One Problem Per Post" rule or something.

(kidding, of course)


OK, let's try some answers:

1. Stop using "Add/Remove Programs" and start using System>Adept Manager. Then, when you have Adept open, click "Adept>Manage Repositories", choose the "Third Party" tab, highlight the CD ROM, and click the "Remove" button. I hope you actually do have an Internet connection!

2. To install the Nvidia driver, follow this marvelous guidance:

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3086232.0


Let us know if there are further issues .... 8)

[fcookvt]

Re: Adept not working

Greetings, I removed the CD reference. It showed "waiting for headers"0%. I'm not sure if Adept manager is working but add/remove programs continues to show grayed out options (i.e. Firefox Web Browser). I mentioned the video driver because it seems that the programs are not accessing things through the internet.

[dibl]

Re: Adept not working

The only "greyed out options" are going to be in that "Add/Remove" programs, which I suggest is not the most useful interface to deal with package installation.

If you will open the Adept Package Manager found in the System menu (after giving your password), it will list all 22,800+ packages available for installation on your Kubuntu system. Scroll down that list to Firefox, click the "mark for installation" button, then click "Apply" on the top menu. If that does not appear to result in the installation of Firefox, then open the Konsole, and type in

sudo apt-get install firefox

and post the resulting error message here.

[Snowhog]

Re: Adept not working

Listen to the dibl. Dibls are known for leaving good things for Forum members.

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3087643.0

[fcookvt]

Re: Adept not working

Adept Manager only shows installed packages (907 installed, 907 available).
Using the konsole gives : Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavail able)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another proc ess using it?

[Snowhog]

Re: Adept not working

That's another consequence of having used Automatix. :P
See dibl's good advise here.

[fcookvt]

Re: Adept not working

followed last past;returned:
fran@fran-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
fran@fran-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update
Err http://archive.canonical.com gutsy Release.gpg
Could not connect to archive.canonical.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg
Could not connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://archive.canonical.com gutsy/partner Translation-en_US
Could not connect to archive.canonical.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Translation-en_US
Could not connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Translation-en_US
Could not connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Translation-en_US
Could not connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Translation-en_US
Could not connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/...sy/Release.gpg Could not connect to archive.canonical.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/...tion-en_US.bz2 Could not connect to archive.canonical.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...sy/Release.gpg Could not connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...tion-en_US.bz2 Could not connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...tion-en_US.bz2 Could not connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...tion-en_US.bz2 Could not connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...tion-en_US.bz2 Could not connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Reading package lists... Done
W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
fran@fran-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install
[sudo] password for fran:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
fran@fran-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
fran@fran-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

[Snowhog]

Re: Adept not working

followed last past;returned:
...
fran@fran-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

And what happened after this last command? As to the Errors reported on running sudo apt-get update, some we can probably ignore, But, it would be a good idea to see what your /etc/apt/sources.list looks like. Copy and paste it in a reply. We can see what needs to be removed and/or changed in it.

[dibl]

Re: Adept not working

Those "connection timed out" errors indicate a problem with Internet connectivity, or possibly with the servers at the Canonical repositories. Probably it's time to post your /etc/apt/sources.list file here, and let's have a look to see if there's any reason to be concerned about it.

For example, the URLs of this form appear to be bogus, at least on my browser:

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...tion-en_US.bz2

[fcookvt]

Re: Adept not working

hi, here is the info: fran@fran-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove
[sudo] password for fran:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
fran@fran-desktop:~$

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security multiverse
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main universe restricted multiverse
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security multiverse
Thanks

[fcookvt]

Re: Adept not working(fixed)

Reviewing the sources.list file above I decided to "uncomment" the lines noted. I was then able to access and load the available programs in Adept manager and they also show up in the add/remove program window. so now all seems to be working fine. Should i do anything else? Thanks

[dibl]

Re: Adept not working

Excellent -- yep, those look better! Since you're running Gutsy, I'll post my source.list here -- you can compare them.

# deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release Candidate amd64 (20071009.1)]/ gutsy main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security multiverse

[fcookvt]

Re: Adept not working

After trying different incarnations of the source.list file I was able to download headers but was still unable to install new programs. Following a thread in the software section I downloaded the Polish version and installed it in English. It works fine! I could download and install updates, Firefox and Thunderbird. It also came with MP3 support in Amarok already installed. It can be found at http://ubuntu.pl/pobierz.php

[gilf]

Re: Adept not working

I would have guessed that you were in Vermont, but are you located in Europe?