Ubuntu: Update Manager Issue?
Ubuntu: Update Manager Issue?
Ubuntu 12.04.01 Update Manager (ver.?) issue:
• In recent days, I've been getting a warning via the notifier in the upper right-hand corner saying the update package is out of date. I've updated the software repeatedly over the last four days, and presently, the warning is gone.
However: This coincides with a /tmp mount failure after an update, and the system presently suffers a known issue (trying to find that page) in which Recovery Mode (partially) freezes during the read/write mounting process. Moving on, it turns out, is easy enough, insofar as you hit CTRL-C and the system resumes booting. Then, of course, you have to reboot regularly, and the system runs fine, except for the updater warning.
• Aside from the warning (red triangle exclamation in notifier, with drop-down explanation), which is not present at the moment, the Update Manager is not changing its last update timestamp.
It's been counting, starting at thirteen days, ever since the /tmp mount failure. And, yes, I finally managed to update the system until the Update Manager coughed out no more results.
Is this unique to my system, or has anyone else encountered it?
Additionally, no matter how stupid I feel asking, well ... I didn't pay close enough attention until the mount failure caused me to think about it. The command line
df gives me use statistics for:
— /dev/sda6 (primary drive, mount point /)
— udev (mount point /dev)
— tmpfs (mount point /run)
— none (mount point /run/lock)
— none (mount point /run/shm)
— /dev/sda1 (a storage partition, Ext3 format, mount point /media/[drivename])
So here's the stupid question:
Didn't I previously have something mounted at /tmp, thus implying that the mount failure is still in effect?
Like I said, I hadn't thought about that one way or another until after the /tmp mount failure.
I know, I know, I know. Call me a moron if you must. After all, I have now managed to lose track of my own tech issue.
I'm not worried in the long run because the system
seems to be operating just fine. And I can certainly imagine that the /tmp mount failure is connected to, and possibly the source of the Update Manager issue. But, of course ... I can no longer determine the status of that issue.
Time for a cold reboot, and see how fast I can read the information blazing by.
Meanwhile, if you happen to have some input
other than side-splitting laughter, I'm happy to hear it.
Thanks.