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Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating?

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On 11/06/12 23:42, Snit wrote:
> On 6/11/12 8:10 AM, in article a3mg3uFvpU1@mid.individual.net, "Ian
> Hilliard"<nospam@nospam.org>  wrote:
>
>> On 06/11/2012 06:51 AM, Snit wrote:
>>> <http://tmp.gallopinginsanity.com/UbuntuUpdate.mov>
>>>
>>> Clearly I have a working Internet connection... but updates fail telling me
>>> to check my Internet connection.
>>>
>>> Well, I checked.  It is fine.
>>>
>>> Will play with the system tomorrow... but things like this should "just
>>> work".  Sorta absurd that they do not.
>>
>> The answer is really simple. He is behind a Windows firewall.
>
> Incorrect.  There was not even a single Windows machines running on the
> network at the tme.
>
>> The browser uses the proxy broadcasts on the network.
>>
>> For the update service to work properly, it is necessary to set the
>> proxy manually. There would be a huge security risk is permitting the
>> update services to take updates from some random proxy.
>
> Who said anything about "some random proxy".  It was a bug in Ubuntu... as I
> showed already:
>
> And I also showed the answer:
>      -----
>      Got it.  To get the GUI update program to work you need to
>      use the command update program and update the GUI updater:
>      <http://goo.gl/DcXj2>
>
>      Really... not that hard for a techie, but for a general
>      user... that is just absurd.
>      -----
>
>
>
No, you set the proxy in the proxy setting in the configuration panel. 
It is very similar to the way that it is done in OSX, except that you 
don't have to go searching under network settings.

Ian

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Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-10 21:51 -0700
  Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-10 22:19 -0700
    Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating for snit? Hardon <hardon.quirk@gmail.com> - 2012-06-11 08:33 +0000
      Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating for snit? TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2012-06-11 11:42 +0000
        Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating for snit? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-11 07:52 -0700
          Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating for snit? TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2012-06-11 17:15 +0000
            Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating for snit? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-11 14:46 -0700
              Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating for snit? TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2012-06-11 21:53 +0000
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating for snit? William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2012-06-11 22:59 +0100
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating for snit? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-11 15:04 -0700
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating for snit? Torre Starnes <torre.starnes@gmail.org> - 2012-06-11 18:12 -0400
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating for snit? Torre Starnes <torre.starnes@gmail.org> - 2012-06-11 18:07 -0400
      Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating for snit? Foster <frankfoster50@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-11 08:58 -0400
      Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating for snit? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-11 07:45 -0700
    Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Foster <frankfoster50@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-11 08:57 -0400
      Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2012-06-11 11:58 -0600
        Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Foster <frankfoster50@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-11 15:51 -0400
          Flounder flails the only number he's (sort of) got left. Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2012-06-11 17:16 -0400
            Re: Flounder flails the only number he's (sort of) got left. Foster <frankfoster50@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-11 17:52 -0400
            Re: Flounder flails the only number he's (sort of) got left. William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2012-06-11 22:58 +0100
              Re: Flounder flails the only number he's (sort of) got left. Foster <frankfoster50@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-11 18:11 -0400
  Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Ian Hilliard <nospam@nospam.org> - 2012-06-11 17:10 +0200
    Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? "Henk & Ingrid" <Henk_Ingrid@nospam.eu> - 2012-06-11 22:25 +0200
      Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Foster <frankfoster50@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-11 16:41 -0400
      Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Ian Hilliard <nospam@nospam.com> - 2012-06-12 08:05 +0200
        Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-11 23:18 -0700
    Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-11 14:42 -0700
      Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Ian Hilliard <nospam@nospam.com> - 2012-06-12 08:08 +0200
        Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-11 23:17 -0700
          Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Ian Hilliard <nospam@nospam.com> - 2012-06-12 08:34 +0200
            Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-11 23:59 -0700
              Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Ian Hilliard <nospam@nospam.org> - 2012-06-12 19:57 +0200
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2012-06-12 14:05 -0400
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? MelissA <melis@a.com> - 2012-06-12 20:34 +0200
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2012-06-12 11:37 -0700
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2012-06-12 14:31 -0500
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2012-06-12 14:34 -0600
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2012-06-12 16:19 -0700
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2012-06-13 00:48 -0600
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2012-06-13 11:40 -0500
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2012-06-13 12:24 -0500
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-13 10:25 -0700
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2012-06-13 12:09 -0600
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2012-06-12 15:57 -0400
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Foster <frankfoster50@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-12 16:11 -0400
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2012-06-12 22:54 +0100
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Ian Hilliard <nospam@nospam.org> - 2012-06-13 17:24 +0200
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-13 08:51 -0700
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2012-06-13 11:42 -0500
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2012-06-13 19:02 +0200
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2012-06-13 22:31 -0400
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2012-06-14 05:14 +0200
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-12 15:50 -0700
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Ian Hilliard <nospam@nospam.org> - 2012-06-13 17:19 +0200
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2012-06-13 10:39 -0500
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-13 08:47 -0700
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2012-06-13 17:49 +0200
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-13 09:10 -0700
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2012-06-13 18:30 +0200
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-13 09:48 -0700
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Ian Hilliard <nospam@nospam.org> - 2012-06-13 20:56 +0200
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Ian Hilliard <nospam@nospam.org> - 2012-06-13 19:04 +0200
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2012-06-13 23:21 +0100
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2012-06-13 19:07 +0200
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2012-06-13 23:29 +0100
                Re: Ok, why is Ubuntu not updating? none of your buisiness <none@none.com> - 2012-06-13 16:06 -0400

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