Update manager not working (Solved)

Fancy playing in the terminal, try
sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get upgrade -f
followed by
sudo apt-get autoclean
 


KGIII said:
Family, especially grandchildren, come first. We're a patient bunch and generally not in any rush.

Also, I just noticed this:

"It will not allow me to change mirrors."

Maybe open that program (I don't know what it's called on Mint) from the terminal with sudo - and then try to change the mirrors in accordance with @Condobloke's suggestion?
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Yeah tried that, it won't allow me to change mirrors, I just get the error message I posted above about can't download repository indexes
 
What I don't get is my mirrors were pointed to university of Kent for main and ukfast for base, it was all working perfectly until recently and I've not changed anything myself
 
I'm still leaning to network issue of some type - but you're able to ping the servers.

Hmm... I don't suppose you've been using the firewall?

After you try updating from the terminal, as per @Brickwizard's suggestion, can you run this in the terminal:

Code: 
sudo ufw status

And, for how long has this been a problem?
 
I've been told to report to the kitchen by the little one's to assist in making cakes so I might not be around for a while again :D
 
If sudo apt-get update ect. Fails we could then try

sudo apt update --fix-missing
 
Try this in the terminal
Code: 
echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" | sudo tee /etc/resolv.conf > /dev/null
then run
Code: 
sudo apt update
This is only a temporary solution if it works we will move to a more permanent one - I am thinking it may be a DNS issue
 
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Fujitsu Lifebooks can be problematic for some Linux distros, if I remember correctly. Other have had problems with them,

But yours was running, so it should do so, again.
 
Lord Boltar said:
Try this in the terminal
Code: 
echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" | sudo tee /etc/resolv.conf > /dev/null
then run
Code: 
sudo apt update
This is only a temporary solution if it works we will move to a more permanent one

If the above does not work then I would try -
all your Ubuntu repos has "InRelease" at the end of line -
InRelease-Path determines the path to the InRelease file, relative to the normal position of an InRelease file. By default, this option is unset and APT will try to fetch an InRelease or, if that fails, a Release file and its associated Release.gpg file. By setting this option, the specified path will be tried instead of the InRelease file, and the fallback to Release files will be disabled

I would remove "InRelease" from all those lines re-save the file and try updating again
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No use I'm afraid
Hit:1 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable InRelease
Hit:2 https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease
Get:3 https://mega.nz/linux/repo/xUbuntu_20.04 ./ InRelease [2,961 B]
Err:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com una InRelease
Connection failed [IP: 68.235.39.11 80]
Err:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Connection failed [IP: 91.189.91.38 80]
Err:6 http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease
Connection failed [IP: 108.156.32.122 80]
Err:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
Connection failed [IP: 185.125.190.39 80]
Err:8 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Connection failed [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Err:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/qbittorrent-team/qbittorrent-stable/ubuntu focal InRelease
Connection failed [IP: 91.189.95.85 80]
Err:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Connection failed [IP: 185.125.190.36 80]
Err:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
Connection failed [IP: 91.189.91.38 80]
Fetched 2,961 B in 3min 0s (16 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
2 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
W: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/una/InRelease Connection failed [IP: 68.235.39.11 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/focal/InRelease Connection failed [IP: 91.189.91.38 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/focal-updates/InRelease Connection failed [IP: 185.125.190.36 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/focal-backports/InRelease Connection failed [IP: 91.189.91.38 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/focal-security/InRelease Connection failed [IP: 185.125.190.39 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/focal/InRelease Connection failed [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/qbittorrent-team/qbittorrent-stable/ubuntu/dists/focal/InRelease Connection failed [IP: 91.189.95.85 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://repository.spotify.com/dists/stable/InRelease Connection failed [IP: 108.156.32.122 80]
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
rick@rick-LIFEBOOK-AH530-HD6:~$

I'm sorry but the next bit about repo inrelease I don't even understand, sorry to be thick but could you make it a little clearer what I have to do please
Thanks
 
forester said:
Fujitsu Lifebooks can be problematic for some Linux distros, if I remember correctly. Other have had problems with them,

But yours was running, so it should do so, again.
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Yeah I have been using this laptop with Linux on for about four years without any issues, I only do fairly straight forward stuff mostly browsing & emails so I'm not very up with using the terminal or editing files so some of the things being suggested are a bit beyond me, maybe I will have to try re installing the system again.
 
I tried exiting the update manager & launching it again, when it opened it said "Your apt configuration is corrupt"
 
FWIW, I picked a random IP address from their output and decided to ping it:

Code: 
kgiii@kgiii-msi:~$  ping 91.189.91.38
PING 91.189.91.38 (91.189.91.38) 56(84) bytes of data.
^C
--- 91.189.91.38 ping statistics ---
11 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 10218ms

Hmm...
 
Remove or disable it from the update manager, it should be in the additional repositories
 
gillsman said:
Do I type this into a terminal and which bit from Get to 2,961 ?
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you should be able to remove that repository through the Update Manager as @Brickwizard has stated
or you can edit the sources.list directly
Code: 
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
where nano is the text editor for Linux Mint it use to be Xed now I think it is Nano - then find the repo and delete it and save the file
Do you use Mega Cloud storage service?
 
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Do you or you ISP have any kind of firewall enabled? If so and if you can disable it see if it will let you change mirrors then.
 
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kc1di said:
Do you or you ISP have any kind of firewall enabled? If so and if you can disable it see it will let you change mirrors then.
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I asked 'em to check UFW earlier, but no answer was forthcoming. It may have been lost in the shuffle as tons of people are trying to help.

I also tried to ping one of the addresses from their terminal output, and it was a no-go. So, something weird is going on. But, I agree with you - check the firewall(s).
 
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