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  • Re: Update problems

    From Paul@nospam@needed.invalid to alt.os.linux.mint on Mon May 4 15:47:44 2026
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    On Mon, 5/4/2026 3:06 PM, Jeff Layman wrote:
    Anyone else finding a problem trying to download the latest curl and sed? The Update Manager progress bar stops after a few kB have downloaded.


    What mirror are you using ?

    I use a local university that happens to be a mirror.

    https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/ubuntu-infrastructure-has-been-down-for-more-than-a-day/

    It's possible the main LM server is somehow related to Canonical,
    and the main-everything is likely down.

    But if you switch to a carefully-chosen mirror, you can
    pick up where you left off.

    Paul
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  • From Jeff Layman@Jeff@invalid.invalid to alt.os.linux.mint on Mon May 4 20:06:52 2026
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    Anyone else finding a problem trying to download the latest curl and
    sed? The Update Manager progress bar stops after a few kB have downloaded.
    --
    Jeff

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  • From Jeff Layman@Jeff@invalid.invalid to alt.os.linux.mint on Mon May 4 21:32:05 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux.mint

    On 04/05/2026 20:06, Jeff Layman wrote:
    Anyone else finding a problem trying to download the latest curl and
    sed? The Update Manager progress bar stops after a few kB have downloaded.

    Finally got sed to download (curl came through an hour ago).

    I use a UK mirror all the time which has been fine, but changing to the default and a mirror in Belgium made no difference. There were a lot of
    "APT install failed" entries in the log.

    I've no idea what was going on as updating is usually very reliable and
    fast.
    --
    Jeff
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  • From Mike Easter@MikeE@ster.invalid to alt.os.linux.mint on Mon May 4 12:49:48 2026
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    Jeff Layman wrote:
    Anyone else finding a problem trying to download the latest curl and
    sed? The Update Manager progress bar stops after a few kB have downloaded.

    Why not switch your mirror and see what happens. I can do that
    graphically by using my update manager section official repo/s and
    clicking on the selection in the Main or Base and let it run a speed
    test and give me options.
    --
    Mike Easter
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  • From Alan K.@alan@invalid.com to alt.os.linux.mint on Mon May 4 16:11:02 2026
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    On 5/4/26 3:06 PM, Jeff Layman wrote:
    Anyone else finding a problem trying to download the latest curl and
    sed? The Update Manager progress bar stops after a few kB have downloaded.

    It took a lot longer than I've ever seen, but it did go through. Maybe 2 minutes.
    --
    Mint 22.3, Thunderbird 140.10.0esr, Firefox 150.0.1
    Alan K.
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  • From Alan K.@alan@invalid.com to alt.os.linux.mint on Mon May 4 19:00:48 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux.mint

    On 5/4/26 4:32 PM, Jeff Layman wrote:
    On 04/05/2026 20:06, Jeff Layman wrote:
    Anyone else finding a problem trying to download the latest curl and
    sed? The Update Manager progress bar stops after a few kB have downloaded.

    Finally got sed to download (curl came through an hour ago).

    I use a UK mirror all the time which has been fine, but changing to the default and a mirror in Belgium made no difference. There were a lot of
    "APT install failed" entries in the log.

    I've no idea what was going on as updating is usually very reliable and
    fast.

    Well at least we can all say that it's not just a 'me' issue.
    --
    Mint 22.3, Thunderbird 140.10.0esr, Firefox 150.0.1
    Alan K.
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  • From Axel@none@not.here to alt.os.linux.mint on Tue May 5 09:37:30 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux.mint

    Jeff Layman wrote:
    On 04/05/2026 20:06, Jeff Layman wrote:
    Anyone else finding a problem trying to download the latest curl and
    sed? The Update Manager progress bar stops after a few kB have
    downloaded.

    Finally got sed to download (curl came through an hour ago).

    I use a UK mirror all the time which has been fine, but changing to
    the default and a mirror in Belgium made no difference. There were a
    lot of "APT install failed" entries in the log.

    I've no idea what was going on as updating is usually very reliable
    and fast.


    maybe a temporary internet issue
    --
    Linux Mint 22.3

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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to alt.os.linux.mint on Tue May 5 03:53:32 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux.mint

    On Mon, 4 May 2026 20:06:52 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote:

    Anyone else finding a problem trying to download the latest curl and
    sed? The Update Manager progress bar stops after a few kB have
    downloaded.

    Just a note that each mirror is just a regular HTTP server. So you can
    point your web browser at it and try manually downloading the .deb
    file, just to confirm that works.
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  • From Paul@nospam@needed.invalid to alt.os.linux.mint on Tue May 5 01:18:57 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux.mint

    On Mon, 5/4/2026 11:53 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:
    On Mon, 4 May 2026 20:06:52 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote:

    Anyone else finding a problem trying to download the latest curl and
    sed? The Update Manager progress bar stops after a few kB have
    downloaded.

    Just a note that each mirror is just a regular HTTP server. So you can
    point your web browser at it and try manually downloading the .deb
    file, just to confirm that works.


    The status page at Ubuntu, says that a number of their servers are re-connected. But secure.ubuntu.com is still a problem, and even if
    you use mirrors for the two repository links, it still seems to make
    references to secure.ubuntu.com .

    I was attempting to do a LM223 install, and I set the mirrors,
    the install did finish, but it was quite quite slow in sections.
    And the installation did boot, about five minutes ago, so it appears
    to be intact.

    Paul

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  • From Monsieur@Monsieur@notreal.invalid to alt.os.linux.mint on Tue May 5 07:23:02 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux.mint

    Jeff Layman wrote:
    Anyone else finding a problem trying to download the latest curl and
    sed? The Update Manager progress bar stops after a few kB have downloaded.


    Same here, the process got stuck here:

    https://i.postimg.cc/fRDTfV6c/sedcurl.png

    ... but after about 7 minutes it went through.
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  • From Jeff Layman@Jeff@invalid.invalid to alt.os.linux.mint on Tue May 5 12:41:09 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux.mint

    On 05/05/2026 00:37, Axel wrote:
    Jeff Layman wrote:
    On 04/05/2026 20:06, Jeff Layman wrote:
    Anyone else finding a problem trying to download the latest curl and
    sed? The Update Manager progress bar stops after a few kB have
    downloaded.

    Finally got sed to download (curl came through an hour ago).

    I use a UK mirror all the time which has been fine, but changing to
    the default and a mirror in Belgium made no difference. There were a
    lot of "APT install failed" entries in the log.

    I've no idea what was going on as updating is usually very reliable
    and fast.


    maybe a temporary internet issue

    Other sites weren't affected. I could view YouTube videos and other
    sites without problem.

    See this thread in the Mint forum: <https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=468394>
    --
    Jeff
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