[xubuntu-users] Resolved: Filezilla & SFTP Problem

2017-10-01 Thread Rog
I posted sometime ago about loosing the ability to make SFTP connections using Filezilla, running Xubuntu 14.04. Installation of Xubuntu 16.04 resolved the issue. One wise list user suggested that I needed to upgrade to a later version of Filezilla to overcome a change in the manner that my ho

[xubuntu-users] Error running Software Updated

2017-10-01 Thread John R. Sowden
getting an error running software updater.  cannot download repositories, the 'software is up to date' ran synaptic pkg mgr, ubuntu in search box, ran 'reload package information', got 'could not download all repository indexes' and the following text: Failed to fetch http://archive/getdeb.

[xubuntu-users] Error running Software Updater

2017-10-01 Thread John R. Sowden
getting an error running software updater.  cannot download repositories, the 'software is up to date' ran synaptic pkg mgr, ubuntu in search box, ran 'reload package information', got 'could not download all repository indexes' and the following text: Failed to fetch http://archive/getdeb.

Re: [xubuntu-users] Error running Software Updater

2017-10-01 Thread Luke Van Dervoort
I got that the other day. Instead of update, do upgrade instead and let it a do what it can. That resolved it for me. Then do the update. On Oct 1, 2017 8:28 PM, "John R. Sowden" wrote: > getting an error running software updater. cannot download repositories, > the 'software is up to date' > >

Re: [xubuntu-users] Error running Software Updater

2017-10-01 Thread John R. Sowden
no reference to upgrade. I am also concerned that I will loose my lts status john On 10/01/2017 08:36 PM, Luke Van Dervoort wrote: I got that the other day. Instead of update, do upgrade instead and let it a do what it can. That resolved it for me. Then do the update. On Oct 1, 2017 8:28 PM,

Re: [xubuntu-users] Error running Software Updater

2017-10-01 Thread John R. Sowden
I tried sudo apt upgrade.  It loaded 388k of fiels, but when I ran the software updater, I got the same error message:   "failed to download repository information" John On 10/01/2017 08:36 PM, Luke Van Dervoort wrote: I got that the other day. Instead of update, do upgrade instead and let it

Re: [xubuntu-users] Error running Software Updater

2017-10-01 Thread flocculant
On 02/10/17 04:28, John R. Sowden wrote: getting an error running software updater. cannot download repositories, the 'software is up to date' ran synaptic pkg mgr, ubuntu in search box, ran 'reload package information', got 'could not download all repository indexes' and the following text: