(SOLVED) System Keeps Crashing

Hi Guys
Since my recent applied fixes in my earlier post - in relation to continued install problems
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2791#p12747

I have today incurred my first sysem crash :-
nautilus 1:3.42-Obuntu (origin Ubuntu)

any insight as to why this may still be an ongoing problem of system crashing or should i be heading the advise of the Graphics card as being a major player in this os.
Thanks

Hi A1,

have you tried running "fsck" and "dpkg" from the recovery mode, I would say that with so many errors it has something to do with the hard drive and/or a corrupt original install!!.

If you don't have too much already on the drive, I would do a new install and see if things get better or worse!!.

Regards Wolfman

Wolfman wrote:Hi A1,

have you tried running "fsck" and "dpkg" from the recovery mode, I would say that with so many errors it has something to do with the hard drive and/or a corrupt original install!!.

If you don't have too much already on the drive, I would do a new install and see if things get better or worse!!.

Regards Wolfman

Thanks for the reply Wolfman.
I have ran this sequence of events again "dpkg" and "fsck" from the recovery menu

I am a little reluctant to try a new install, as it may not allow me - and in addition this is the most stable the system has been since casrring out your suggestions.
If the system fails any more i will have to take this root, in the mean time i will have to wait and see if thhings inprove any.

swarfendor437 wrote:I also notice in that screenshot of a reference to a package that is not an official Zorin one! Could that be the culprit?

Hi swarfendor437 thank you for your reply
In regards to the "reference to a package that is not an official Zorin one!" what was the package you notice?

As the only thing that i have implemented is the Rootkits install namley:-
[STICKY] Keeping your system free of 'Rootkits'

Other installs were
Playonlinux update
and installed Quicken - (however i notice the date format in Quicken is not Correct MM/DD/YY - Instead of DD/MM/YY)
MS Office 2007

However i found that chkrootkit was not instaled by default and i had to install it along with Rkhunter.

"and installed Quicken - (however i notice the date format in Quicken is not Correct MM/DD/YY - Instead of DD/MM/YY)"

Hi A1,

its using the American ****** system!!!!!!!. (I'm sure you knew that but I thought I would point it out to you!!)

Regards Wolfman

Wolfman wrote:"and installed Quicken - (however i notice the date format in Quicken is not Correct MM/DD/YY - Instead of DD/MM/YY)"

Hi A1,

its using the American eating system!!!!!!!. (I'm sure you knew that but I thought I would point it out to you!!)

Regards Wolfman

Thanks for the reply Wolfman
Well i would not mind if i was in the staes - but you us brits we like it real.

swarfendor437 wrote:Hi alpha1, I don't know what the screenshot was referring to when it states "not an official Zorin package" - that is all that shows up on your screenshot. I certainly don't think that either of those rootkit programs are likely to be the cause of the problem as I have both installed and not had any crashes. I was surprised to read that chrootkit was not installed by default as I am pretty certain that it was present in earlier incarnations of Zorin. With regards to Wolfman's comments on the date format - does Quicken have a 'locale' setting at point of install? Also, are your locales up-to-date in respect of language packs installed and that you have applied the settings 'system-wide' and rebooted?

Thanks swarfendor437 for the reply
Points noted.

Not to my understanding - but i was of the impression Quicken date was from the system date and time i may be mistaken here.
In addition i have applied system wide the language packs and rebooted but to no avail i have tried this on several occasions.

Will try again.

Nevertheless i have now noticed the following errors on the updating of the system:-
Not sure how this affects the system?
However in the mean time a new update has be notified - and acted upon no problem so far.

Wolfman wrote:"and installed Quicken - (however i notice the date format in Quicken is not Correct MM/DD/YY - Instead of DD/MM/YY)"

Hi A1,

its using the American eating system!!!!!!!. (I'm sure you knew that but I thought I would point it out to you!!)

Regards Wolfman

Hi Guys
Ok i have once again re ran the Lang Pk - to see if this will affect the date format - this was already install and all is as was the same.

Hi,

change your download location for your software sources and try updating again!!.

See also:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3009

Regards Wolfman

This is your problem> Intel Graphics 128MB Go the store and buy you a real graphics card=Geforce-210. Small graphics card with a lot of gusto for it's price. You just have to make sure your power supply meets the minimum specs. for your system or what ever you decide to purchase. My 9 year old son rebuilt a Dell OPTIPLEX Pent-4 cpu 2gb Ram Geforce-210 with the original power supply. Zorin Os 6 core x32 and it works fine. The only thing he had to disable in Compiz was the Animations. And low and behold this 9 year old has a working computer. The only thing I helped him with was Compiz. Before he put the new graphics card in the PC it was the exact or close to same setup your running. It was crashing freezing locking up what ever could happen. Don't take my word for it. Take my 9 year olds word for it,he's the one that actually proved that it would actually work.

As regards the google problem in the updates:

Go to update manager>settings>other software tab
Scroll down and untick the following repository:
http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/stable main

Then do again a

Code:

sudo apt-get update

madvinegar wrote:As regards the google problem in the updates:

Go to update manager>settings>other software tab
Scroll down and untick the following repository:
http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/stable main

Then do again a

Code:

sudo apt-get update

Thanks for that madvinegar.

This is the end result:-

Fetched 1,727 kB in 6s (286 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/restricted i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_restricted_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_main_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/universe i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_universe_binary-i386_Packages)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

swarfendor437 wrote:Hi Alpha1, Going back to that Google package - I have had similar prompt - did you uninstall Chrome by any chance? I have my suspicions that when you uninstall Chrome there is still some reference to it in the system as I have had a similar message when running update manager. Also of interest is that if no other browser is installed and you remove Chrome via the Terminal using bash commands, it then downloads and installs Firefox, and if you uninstall that it downloads Chromium! All weird stuff! Is the machine still crashing or is it running more stable now?

Hi swarfendor437

Yes you are right there, i have uninstalled Chrome and i use Firefox.
Itis more stabe but i still get the crash reports generated, normaley after login in and have to logou and back again.

datek1 wrote:This is your problem> Intel Graphics 128MB Go the store and buy you a real graphics card=Geforce-210. Small graphics card with a lot of gusto for it's price. You just have to make sure your power supply meets the minimum specs. for your system or what ever you decide to purchase. My 9 year old son rebuilt a Dell OPTIPLEX Pent-4 cpu 2gb Ram Geforce-210 with the original power supply. Zorin Os 6 core x32 and it works fine. The only thing he had to disable in Compiz was the Animations. And low and behold this 9 year old has a working computer. The only thing I helped him with was Compiz. Before he put the new graphics card in the PC it was the exact or close to same setup your running. It was crashing freezing locking up what ever could happen. Don't take my word for it. Take my 9 year olds word for it,he's the one that actually proved that it would actually work.

Ok datek thank you for the reply
I hear you i will be putting it to the test soon i will let you know the outcome.
Thanks

Hi A1,

what DE are you using??, if you don't want the Win 7 look you can remove Compiz and run Gnome 2 look but you will also lose Ubuntu Tweak!!. (You can install "gnome-tweak-tool" AKA: "Advanced Settings")

Compiz may be biting into your system resources and if you don't want fancy flashy things happening to your desktop, try it out!!., make sure you switch to G2 before removing Compiz!!.

Regards Wolfman

alpha1 wrote:Thanks for that madvinegar.

This is the end result:-

Fetched 1,727 kB in 6s (286 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/restricted i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_restricted_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_main_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/universe i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_universe_binary-i386_Packages)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

In terminal try

Code:

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
sudo apt-get update

madvinegar wrote:

alpha1 wrote:Thanks for that madvinegar.

This is the end result:-

Fetched 1,727 kB in 6s (286 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/restricted i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_restricted_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_main_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/universe i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_universe_binary-i386_Packages)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

In terminal try

Code:

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
sudo apt-get update

Hi again madvinegar.

Carrid out your request but this is the current full result:-

$ sudo apt-get update
**************
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise InRelease
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise InRelease
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise InRelease
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Get:1 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release
Get:2 http://dl.google.com stable Release
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg
Get:3 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [1,233 B]
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main i386 Packages
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free TranslationIndex
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Sources
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Sources
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Translation-en
Fetched 2,778 B in 4s (670 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done

Fetched 2,778 B in 4s (670 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/restricted i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_restricted_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_main_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/universe i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_universe_binary-i386_Packages)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

Found updates to carry out these were implemented.
However there seems to be 1 outstanding update:-
Not sure if relevent.

Wolfman wrote:Hi A1,

what DE are you using??, if you don't want the Win 7 look you can remove Compiz and run Gnome 2 look but you will also lose Ubuntu Tweak!!. (You can install "gnome-tweak-tool" AKA: "Advanced Settings")

Compiz may be biting into your system resources and if you don't want fancy flashy things happening to your desktop, try it out!!., make sure you switch to G2 before removing Compiz!!.

Regards Wolfman

Hi Wolfman
I like the setup of W7 and the Compiz although i have not been able to rotate the cube as yet not too keen on the Gnome L & Feell
So i will stay the same thanks.

Could you please post here the contents of

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Hi,

someone has posted that they removed Compiz and installed Emerald and their problems have gone away, I have noticed myself that VLC and Compiz don't get along!!.

Regards Wolfman

madvinegar wrote:Could you please post here the contents of

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Hi madvinegar, as requested pls see below:-

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release i386 (20120423)]/ precise main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties

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

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-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://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse

## 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/ precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security 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 precise partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security restricted main multiverse universe

Wolfman wrote:Hi,

someone has posted that they removed Compiz and installed Emerald and their problems have gone away, I have noticed myself that VLC and Compiz don't get along!!.

Regards Wolfman

Hi Wolfman thanks for the reply

However i am not too sure about Emerald, the little i know is, it is not a w manager, plus i will have to look into this further
I too have notice VLC is not working quite right it was fine in 5.2 along with Compiz was it worked fine. but thats progress for you.
Regards

alpha1 I think I found the 4 duplicate entries in your sources.list.

They are the following (located almost towards the end of the file):

Code:

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

and

Code:

deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main

Open terminal and write:

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

In the file that will open locate the above lines and put a "#" key before every second line (thus leaving operational only the one line and commenting out the duplicate).
The lines should become like this:

Code:

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

and

Code:

deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
#deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main

Save, exit, and then in terminal write again

Code:

sudo apt-get update

and see if you get any errors.

madvinegar wrote:alpha1 I think I found the 4 duplicate entries in your sources.list.

They are the following (located almost towards the end of the file):

Code:

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

and

Code:

deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main

Open terminal and write:

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

In the file that will open locate the above lines and put a "#" key before every second line (thus leaving operational only the one line and commenting out the duplicate).
The lines should become like this:

Code:

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

and

Code:

deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
#deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main

Save, exit, and then in terminal write again

Code:

sudo apt-get update

and see if you get any errors.

Hi there madvinegar many thanks for that.
Sorry still geting errors
Result:-
$ sudo apt-get update
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise InRelease
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W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/restricted i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_restricted_binary-i386_Packages)
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W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

Hi A1,

have you tried my update thread??:

"Error messages about "Duplicate Sources":

If you get error messages about duplicate source lists or similar, you can enter the following commands in a terminal to solve this problem:

sudo rm -r /var/lib/apt/lists/*

Then:

sudo apt-get update

The other option is to simply ignore them which won't make them go away, but it still works for me!!."

See also:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2247

Regards Wolfman

@WM I have already asked Alpha1 to do that. (see page 2 of this topic).

@Alpha1 please post back the result of

Code:

find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

@MV,

sorry, I didn't notice it somehow!!.

Regards Wolfman

madvinegar wrote:@WM I have already asked Alpha1 to do that. (see page 2 of this topic).

@Alpha1 please post back the result of

Code:

find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

Hi Guys
In responce to madvinigers request pleaase see below:-

$ find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

/etc/apt/sources.list

1 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release i386 (20120423)]/ precise main restricted
2
3 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
4 # newer versions of the distribution.
5 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main restricted
6 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties
7
8 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
9 ## distribution.
10 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted
11 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted
12
13 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
14 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
15 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
16 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise universe
17 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe
18 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe
19
20 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
21 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
22 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
23 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
24 ## security team.
25 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise multiverse
26 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse
27 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse
28
29 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
30 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
31 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
32 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
33 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
34 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
35 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
36
37 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
38 #deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
39 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
40 #deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
41 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security multiverse
42 #deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security multiverse
43
44 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
45 ## 'partner' repository.
46 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
47 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
48 # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
49 # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
50
51 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
52 ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
53 deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
54 #deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
55 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security restricted main multiverse universe
56 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates restricted main multiverse universe

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera.list

1 deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list

1 # deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable main
2 deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/zorin-os-packages-precise.list

1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/zorin-os/packages/ubuntu precise main
2 deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/zorin-os/packages/ubuntu precise main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/shnatsel-zram-precise.list

1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/shnatsel/zram/ubuntu precise main
2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/shnatsel/zram/ubuntu precise main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/otto-kesselgulasch-gimp-precise.list

1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/otto-kesselgulasch/gimp/ubuntu precise main
2 deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/otto-kesselgulasch/gimp/ubuntu precise main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/jonoomph-openshot-edge-precise.list

1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonoomph/openshot-edge/ubuntu precise main
2 deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonoomph/openshot-edge/ubuntu precise main

Thanks

Ok. Do again a

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

and put a "#" sign before these two lines

Code:

deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security restricted main multiverse universe


so it become

Code:

#deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties
#deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security restricted main multiverse universe


then do again a

Code:

sudo apt-get update

and see if you get any errors.

madvinegar wrote:Ok. Do again a

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

and put a "#" sign before these two lines

Code:

deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security restricted main multiverse universe


so it become

Code:

#deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties
#deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security restricted main multiverse universe


then do again a

Code:

sudo apt-get update

and see if you get any errors.

Thanks madvinegar for the reply
I have acted upon your instructions and there are no errors reported.

swarfendor437 wrote:Hi alpha1 - is the machine still crashing though?

Thank you for your reply swarfendor437
My thanks to you Guys for your efforts
I have not had any system crashes since carrying out madvinegar instructions i am very grateful.
Thank you once again