Dear Sir/Madam,

I am facing error in updates towards Linuxlite 5.8, for your convenience I am displaying the error log below:
"===========================
Install Updates Error log
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Install Updates could not fetch the package cache information lists.
Go to https://www.868212.xyz/forums/ and paste the log below into a new or existing thread for assistance.

============ Log ===========

Hit:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:3 http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite emerald InRelease
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [114 kB]
Hit:5 https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease [114 kB]
Hit:7 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease [108 kB]
Reading package lists...
E: Release file for http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/.../InRelease is not valid yet (invalid for another 6h 37min 4s). Updates for this repository will not be applied.
E: Release file for http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dist.../InRelease is not valid yet (invalid for another 5h 21min 44s). Updates for this repository will not be applied.
E: Release file for http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dist.../InRelease is not valid yet (invalid for another 3h 31min 46s). Updates for this repository will not be applied.
I will be very thankful if someone can resolve my problem in updating, thanks and regards,
Muhammad Umar Farooq

Google Gmail attachment containing simple text message &  Iphone "motion" photo.3gp.
Clicking the photo invokes VLC which causes the entire screen to go black. Power OFF works fine !


Removed crash-prone VLC, added Mplayer, problem solved.


This is F.Y.I.    However, I'm curious, [size=78%]whenever this happens, I question the sender about the ".3GP".  [/size]
The answer is always the same "What 3GP ?".
Is this something generated from the cell_fone ?  from Google ?


ALSO, please notice "whenever this happens---" has reduced font size to 78%.
I did not do that.  When I previewed this post, the size=78% was added. :046: [size=78%] [/size]

============ Log ===========

Reading package lists...
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock. It is held by process 21234 (apt-get)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/

hi! im not sure if im posting in the right place , but hoping i am. i know you guys are busy & not trying to waste anyones time . I recently was able to install linux lite on this old dell 11 3120 chromebook . it had reached "end of life " according to google . This is an older chromebook & came out before you could get the google play store on them and before they started including the ability to install linux on chromebooks , so the capabilities were severely limited in using the chromeOS . anyway the laptop itself was still in great shape , so i decided to try linux on it . i bricked it twice , by following other forums & trying the recommended linux operating systems, so by the 2nd time , i had a useless laptop & decided to try linux lite , since this is the one that ive always used & had success with . i apologize if my post is duplicate , ive tried searching , but cant find anything & all other forums related to chromebooks , all seem to still have the chromeOS or the "crostini" terminal , so i want to emphasize that this laptop no longer has any part of chrome OS , its all been wiped . its strictly linux terminal , which is great with me . ive only ran into 1 issue & reaching out because im sure you guys will know the commands to use in the terminal to get sound on this laptop . i even have the speaker icon in the tray , everything works beautifully , except that i have no sound ,ive clicked on the "audio mixer" & tried everything there . i have tried many other versions of linux trying to convert from windows , linuxlite has always been the only one thats ever worked out well . thank you for reading / responding or any help you can send

I see both my 2.4g and 5g networks available.  When i hit enter, it keeps asking for credentials.

ls -al /lib/firmware | grep 3945
came back with
rw-r--r-- l root root 150100 apr 25 iwlwifi - 3945-2.uncode

laptop: Gateway MT3423, 1.8ghz x2, 1gb Ram, wifi(ARIMA RTL8185L)

What could be the issue?

I am fresh to Linux, installed Linux lite 6.4. The PC connects to the internet over wifi dongle, TP-Link WN-821n v5. During system installation there were no problems. After installation dongle could not connect to WiFi, however it did connect if i unplugged & plugged it back. I had to do that after every reboot. Today after a reboot system claims that there are no network devices. I can see the wifi dongle at USB devices tab in system information. However it does not show up when i run lsusb command. I downloaded official TP-link drivers on other computer and transfer it with USB flash drive and ran make command. It gives me back a freaking syntax error "/bin/sh: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected" I download some other drivers for this chipset (rtl8188eu), tried to run make command. Told me off for downloading zip file instead of using git clone. How can I use git clone if i have no internet?!

Please help ?

Hi everyone.

My PC keeps waking itself up from sleep mode, is there any chance someone can take a look at the log and understand the problem ?




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May 16 01:45:45 linuxlite systemd[1]: Starting System Suspend...
May 16 01:45:45 linuxlite systemd-sleep[31551]: Entering sleep state 'suspend'...
May 16 01:45:45 linuxlite kernel: [45808.887424] PM: suspend entry (deep)
May 16 01:45:45 linuxlite systemd[1]: grub-common.service: Deactivated successfully.
May 16 01:45:45 linuxlite systemd[1]: Finished Record successful boot for GRUB.
May 16 01:45:45 linuxlite kernel: [45808.895073] Filesystems sync: 0.007 seconds
May 16 01:45:45 linuxlite systemd[1]: Starting GRUB failed boot detection...
May 16 01:45:45 linuxlite systemd[1]: grub-initrd-fallback.service: Deactivated successfully.
May 16 01:45:45 linuxlite systemd[1]: Finished GRUB failed boot detection.
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.009975] Freezing user space processes ... (elapsed 0.003 seconds) done.
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.013918] OOM killer disabled.
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.013921] Freezing remaining freezable tasks ... (elapsed 0.001 seconds) done.
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.015739] printk: Suspending console(s) (use no_console_suspend to debug)
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.135446] ite-cir 00:01: disabled
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.155496] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Synchronizing SCSI cache
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.156730] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Stopping disk
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.263328] ACPI: EC: interrupt blocked
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.323773] ACPI: PM: Preparing to enter system sleep state S3
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.324875] ACPI: EC: event blocked
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.324876] ACPI: EC: EC stopped
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.324877] ACPI: PM: Saving platform NVS memory
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.324887] Disabling non-boot CPUs ...
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.326286] smpboot: CPU 1 is now offline
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.329091] smpboot: CPU 2 is now offline
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.331480] smpboot: CPU 3 is now offline
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.335446] ACPI: PM: Low-level resume complete
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.335509] ACPI: EC: EC started
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.335509] ACPI: PM: Restoring platform NVS memory
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.336376] Enabling non-boot CPUs ...
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.336435] x86: Booting SMP configuration:
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.336436] smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 1 APIC 0x2
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.337251] CPU1 is up
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.337286] smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 2 APIC 0x4
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.338124] CPU2 is up
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.338155] smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 3 APIC 0x6
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.339052] CPU3 is up
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.339411] ACPI: PM: Waking up from system sleep state S3
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.345084] ACPI: EC: interrupt unblocked
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.388668] ACPI: EC: event unblocked
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.388994] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Starting disk
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.392829] ite-cir 00:01: activated
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.591709] usb 1-8: reset full-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.704042] ata1: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.705185] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.744558] mei_hdcp 0000:00:16.0-b638ab7e-94e2-4ea2-a552-d1c54b627f04: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_hdcp_component_ops [i915])
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.746312] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: examining hci_ver=08 hci_rev=000c lmp_ver=08 lmp_subver=8821
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.747103] OOM killer enabled.
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.747108] Restarting tasks ...
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.747259] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: rom_version status=0 version=1
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.747270] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: loading rtl_bt/rtl8821c_fw.bin
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.747486] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: loading rtl_bt/rtl8821c_config.bin
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.747590] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: cfg_sz 10, total sz 34926
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite systemd-resolved[628]: Clock change detected. Flushing caches.
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.771249] done.
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite bluetoothd[650]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.39 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/sbc
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite bluetoothd[650]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.39 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/sbc
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite bluetoothd[650]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.39 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/sbc_xq_453
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite bluetoothd[650]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.39 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/sbc_xq_453
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite bluetoothd[650]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.39 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/sbc_xq_512
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite bluetoothd[650]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.39 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/sbc_xq_512
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite bluetoothd[650]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.39 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/sbc_xq_552
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite bluetoothd[650]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.39 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/sbc_xq_552
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite nmbd[1631]: [2023/05/16 05:25:18.421975,  0] ../../source3/libsmb/nmblib.c:923(send_udp)
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite nmbd[1631]:  Packet send failed to 192.168.7.255(138) ERRNO=Network is unreachable
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite nmbd[1631]: [2023/05/16 05:25:18.422328,  0] ../../source3/libsmb/nmblib.c:923(send_udp)
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite nmbd[1631]:  Packet send failed to 192.168.7.255(137) ERRNO=Network is unreachable
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite nmbd[1631]: [2023/05/16 05:25:18.422409,  0] ../../source3/nmbd/nmbd_packets.c:180(send_netbios_packet)
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite nmbd[1631]:  send_netbios_packet: send_packet() to IP 192.168.7.255 port 137 failed
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite nmbd[1631]: [2023/05/16 05:25:18.422497,  0] ../../source3/nmbd/nmbd_namequery.c:245(query_name)
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite nmbd[1631]:  query_name: Failed to send packet trying to query name WORKGROUP<1d>
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite nmbd[1631]: [2023/05/16 05:25:18.427093,  0] ../../source3/nmbd/nmbd.c:359(reload_interfaces)
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite nmbd[1631]:  reload_interfaces: No subnets to listen to. Waiting..
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite ntpd[31548]: error resolving pool ntp.ubuntu.com: Temporary failure in name resolution (-3)
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite systemd[1700]: Stopped target Bluetooth.
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite systemd[1700]: Reached target Bluetooth.
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite systemd[1]: Starting Update the plocate database...
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite systemd-sleep[31551]: System returned from sleep state.
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.831099] video LNXVIDEO:00: Restoring backlight state
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.831116] PM: suspend exit
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite systemd[1]: Starting Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status...
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite systemd[1]: Stopped target Bluetooth Support.
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite systemd[1]: Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status.
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite systemd[1]: systemd-suspend.service: Deactivated successfully.
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite systemd[1]: Finished System Suspend.
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite systemd[1]: Stopped target Sleep.
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite systemd[1]: Reached target Suspend.
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite systemd[1]: Stopped target Suspend.
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite systemd-networkd[602]: lo: Reset carrier
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite ModemManager[760]: <info>  [sleep-monitor-systemd] system is resuming
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite NetworkManager[653]: <info>  [1684229118.5613] manager: sleep: wake requested (sleeping: yes  enabled: yes)
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite NetworkManager[653]: <info>  [1684229118.5614] device (enp2s0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', sys-iface-state: 'external')
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45809.926984] Generic FE-GE Realtek PHY r8169-0-200:00: attached PHY driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=r8169-0-200:00, irq=MAC)
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite systemd-networkd[602]: enp2s0: Link UP
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite NetworkManager[653]: <info>  [1684229118.8012] device (wlp1s0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', sys-iface-state: 'external')
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45810.139422] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: Link is Down
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite kernel: [45810.226269] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: fw version 0x75b8f098
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite pulseaudio[1708]: Could not find org.bluez.BatteryProviderManager1.RegisterBatteryProvider(), is bluetoothd started with experimental features enabled (-E flag)?
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite bluetoothd[650]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.39 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/sbc
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite bluetoothd[650]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.39 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/sbc
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite bluetoothd[650]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.39 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/sbc_xq_453
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite bluetoothd[650]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.39 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/sbc_xq_453
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite bluetoothd[650]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.39 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/sbc_xq_512
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite bluetoothd[650]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.39 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/sbc_xq_512
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite bluetoothd[650]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.39 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/sbc_xq_552
May 16 05:25:18 linuxlite bluetoothd[650]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.39 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/sbc_xq_552
May 16 05:25:19 linuxlite systemd-networkd[602]: wlp1s0: Link UP
May 16 05:25:19 linuxlite kernel: [45810.656369] rtw_8821ce 0000:01:00.0: start vif 14:f5:f9:3f:82:a9 on port 0
May 16 05:25:19 linuxlite NetworkManager[653]: <info>  [1684229119.3228] manager: NetworkManager state is now DISCONNECTED
May 16 05:25:19 linuxlite wpa_supplicant[702]: dbus: fill_dict_with_properties dbus_interface=fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.Interface.P2PDevice dbus_property=P2PDeviceConfig getter failed
May 16 05:25:19 linuxlite NetworkManager[653]: <info>  [1684229119.3504] device (wlp1s0): supplicant interface state: internal-starting -> disconnected
May 16 05:25:19 linuxlite NetworkManager[653]: <info>  [1684229119.3504] device (wlp1s0): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'supplicant-available', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
May 16 05:25:20 linuxlite systemd[1]:


P.s. I think I understand the problem: ACPI: EC: EC started - it is a microprocessor that gets signal from keyboard. Turns out my new low-end wireless keyboard sends a signal or checks connection once in a while and wakes up the PC. I powered it off tonight and there was no more awakening.

I installed a version of linux lite 3.8 and had to deactivate numLock every time.
To solve the problem I used this instruction : sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove numlockx ,and now the system no longer reboots.
I have tried using restore but nothing,
I can see the initial screen with the yellow feather and then nothing.
What can I try to restore without losing the installed software?

Thank you.

That's what the Icon says.   
But tomorrow, after a power-off, re-boot, the whole auto-update process repeats.
I see the same names on the status report.


How do I verify this ?
Tonight, I'll NOT power-off, and we'll see tomorrow.

My BigMac (no relation to the cheeseburger) boots with the 27" 4000x2000 screen.
At that resolution, a simple one-line message ??? is nothing but a dirty white line.
Followed by; GRUB displays it's horror in a screen about the same size as a playing card.
Completely un-readable jumble of Grub-speak.
When it times-out; we are in the Ubuntu deep space quadrant[size=78%] , with a tiny spinning propeller.[/size]

[size=78%]Then comes the crazy light show while LITE fumbles thru its video parts.  My cat runs out of the room.[/size]
[size=78%]Finally, my mal-adjusted Xfce screen appears.  ( that is another problem,,, for later.)[/size]

[size=78%]I remember old-school GRUB had video-codes which set the screen-size for DOS, TinyCore, etc.[/size]
[size=78%]Where & how does that work in 2023 ?[/size]

[size=78%]I think my font size...is shrinking...as I type...  [/size][size=0.7em]I welcome your response [/size] :wave