Apper problem

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 18 October 2012 18:20:22 Bill vance did opine:

> Howdy folks;
> 
> The notifier button in the panel told me I had a bunch of updates
> waiting, so I clicked it, and the apper window opened.  I looked them
> over, clicked on, "apply", and it down loaded them.  When it was done,
> it locked itself into this mode that required me to check for new
> updates, not allowing or doing anything else.  So I clicked on the
> check button, and it displayed a list of software, and said something
> to the effect that it couldn't deal with setting them up, and
> completely locked up.  Now it won't do anything at all, and won't allow
> anything else, (apt-get et al), to do anything either.
> 
> So now I apparently have a bunch of updates frozen up somewhere on my
> machine, and have no idea what to do about them, or the latchup.
> 
> Anyone got a clue?
> 
> Bill

I believe I would do a front panel reset button reboot, wait for it to get 
back to usable, then pulldown the system menu, find synaptic, and see if it 
thinks it can fix it.  Its pretty smart.


Cheers, Gene
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up!
A woman can look both moral and exciting -- if she also looks as if it
were quite a struggle.
		-- Edna Ferber