Muon update manager bug

[joe at actionline.com]

Problem on my system, also.

I haven't had any update alerts for quite a while,
and when I checked today, it said there were 2 updates to do,
but when I tried to do them, I got these error messages.

I hate updates.  Almost always a problem for me.


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Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/precise/Release.gpg 
Something wicked happened resolving 'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5 -
No address associated with hostname)
Failed to fetch
http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/precise/free/binary-i386/Packages 
Something wicked happened resolving 'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5 -
No address associated with hostname)
Failed to fetch
http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/precise/non-free/binary-i386/Packages
 Something wicked happened resolving 'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5 -
No address associated with hostname)
Failed to fetch
http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/precise/free/i18n/Translation-en_US 
Something wicked happened resolving 'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5 -
No address associated with hostname)
Failed to fetch
http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/precise/free/i18n/Translation-en 
Something wicked happened resolving 'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5 -
No address associated with hostname)
Failed to fetch
http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/precise/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US
 Something wicked happened resolving 'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5 -
No address associated with hostname)
Failed to fetch
http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/precise/non-free/i18n/Translation-en 
Something wicked happened resolving 'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5 -
No address associated with hostname)
Failed to fetch
http://ppa.launchpad.net/stebbins/handbrake-releases/ubuntu/dists/precise/Release.gpg
 Unable to connect to ppa.launchpad.net:http:
Failed to fetch
http://ppa.launchpad.net/stebbins/handbrake-releases/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/source/Sources
 Unable to connect to ppa.launchpad.net:http:
Failed to fetch
http://ppa.launchpad.net/stebbins/handbrake-releases/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-i386/Packages
 Unable to connect to ppa.launchpad.net:http:
Failed to fetch
http://ppa.launchpad.net/stebbins/handbrake-releases/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/i18n/Translation-en_US
 Unable to connect to ppa.launchpad.net:http:
Failed to fetch
http://ppa.launchpad.net/stebbins/handbrake-releases/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/i18n/Translation-en
 Unable to connect to ppa.launchpad.net:http:
Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones
used instead.

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== Derek:
> I don't believe it's updating itself.  This has been happening for
> several days.   Today I opened a terminal and entered apt-get upgrade
> and it listed stuff it was upgrading, then did it.

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> On 11/08/2013 03:36 PM, Brian Cluff wrote:
>> I wonder if your system is auto updating, but muon is also triggering
>> the message that it needs an update just before the system updates
>> itself.

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>> On 11/08/2013 03:16 PM, Derek Trotter wrote:
>>> I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed this.  I have Kubuntu 13.10
>>> 64bit installed.  The Muon update manger will tell me there are
>>> updates available.  I choose the option to install them and in a minute
>>> or so it tells me the system is up to date.  However it does not show
the usual
>>> indications that it's downloading or installing anything.  It doesn't
>>> even show me what these updates are.  At some point it will again
>>> advise me I have upgrades available and will say the system is up to
date
>>> when I try to install, or even find out what they are.  I can try
aptitude
>>> and it will install them.