Software repository failure

[David Fletcher]

On Sat, 2019-07-13 at 15:58 -0500, Jim wrote:
> I was trying to update Ubuntu 18.04 on a laptop I seldom use and got
> a 
> message saying it could not connect to a repository check your
> internet 
> connection.

My desktop was showing a red 'X' earlier this evening. It does it from
time to time probably while repositories are being updated.

It now shows a green tick. All appears to be well.

Dave