Could not commit changes - Adept Updater

[tim042849]

I have started getting this dialogue box during automatic updates. Header:

Could not commit changes -Adept Updater

Text in box:

There was an error commiting changes. Possibly there was a problem downloading
some packages or the commit would break packages.

After close the dialogue, apt updater tells me

Update Complete

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this has happened on the last three occasions.
On the first occasion it was a group of samba packages.
After the completion, I looked at /usr/bin and binaries beginning
with 'smb' had mtimes of November 15.
On the third occasion (today, nov 17), was also samba-related packages. Now I see mtimes of November 16.
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How do I trouble-shoot this?
Where can I find more information on the error?
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Thanks
Tim

[Snowhog]

Re: Could not commit changes - Adept Updater

Ensure that Adept Manager is closed. Open a console shell and type:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

What this does:

dpkg --configure package ... | -a | --pending
Reconfigure an unpacked package. If -a or --pending is given
instead of package, all unpacked but unconfigured packages are
configured.

I answered another post a few minutes ago. Same basic problem. I believe that what is happening is that Adept is having a problem 'updating it self' as the updates contained packages to update Adept packages.

[tim042849]

Re: Could not commit changes - Adept Updater

Here's the output I got:

Setting up libqt3-mt (3:3.3.8really3.3.7-0ubuntu11.1) ...

Configuration file `/etc/qt3/qt_plugins_3.3rc'
==> File on system created by you or by a script.
==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : background this process to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** qt_plugins_3.3rc (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? y
Installing new version of config file /etc/qt3/qt_plugins_3.3rc ...

Setting up kdesudo (1.1-0ubuntu2.2) ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

How does that look to you?
Thanks
Tim
(who has 50 gallons of homebrew in his basement at all times)

[Snowhog]

Re: Could not commit changes - Adept Updater

Did everything finish? Looks like it did. You should be good to go.

Mmmm. Home brew. Do you brew well??

[tim042849]

Re: Could not commit changes - Adept Updater

Mmmm. Home brew. Do you brew well??

Mostly I brew well. Sometimes I brew
very well, sometimes not so well. Even the
not so well is satisfying.
Thanks very much.
tj