I finely found that what I needed to do was to uninstall the program or
portion of the program that was fowling things up. It has been so long now
that I do not know what I really did. But now my up dates are working and
alls wright with the world. Thank you for responding. Shall be using this
version untill it runs out. Dan Purdy

On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 8:53 PM, Christopher M. Penalver <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> dan purdy, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.
>
> Given the issue you have was correlated to a failed upgrade, your best
> bet is simply to reinstall via http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-
> live/current/ .
>
> However, if you cannot reinstall, then you would need to provide the
> missing information following
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingUpdateManager .
>
> Could you please advise?
>
> ** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) => update-manager (Ubuntu)
>
> ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
>    Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
>        Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1732546
>
> Title:
>   updates will not install
>
> Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>   Updates will not install. I removed firefox  and it will not
>   reinstall. I am not very knowledgeable I rely could not do any repair
>   work. the ms is roughly that old programs will not uninstall and new
>   programs will not install. ubuntu 16.04.3lts oh yes, my up dates told
>   me that a new OS system was available and I thought I would install it
>   but I found later on it was not finished and that it was not a long
>   term system any way opps I think that is where I stubed my tow. Any
>   way I have a mess. I am tempted to just reinstall this system. Dan
>   Purdy
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
>   Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-36.55-generic 4.4.16
>   Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic i686
>   .tmp.unity_support_test.0:
>
>   ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
>   Architecture: i386
>   CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/
> screen0/options/active_plugins'
>   CompositorRunning: compiz
>   CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
>   CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
>   Date: Wed Nov 15 16:41:46 2017
>   DistUpgraded: Fresh install
>   DistroCodename: xenial
>   DistroVariant: ubuntu
>   ExtraDebuggingInterest: No
>   GraphicsCard:
>    Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2772]
> (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>      Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics
> Controller [103c:2a5e]
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-23 (723 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386
> (20140807.1)
>   MachineType: HP-Pavilion GC670AA-ABA a6120n
>   ProcEnviron:
>    LANGUAGE=en_US
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-36-generic
> root=UUID=af1f516a-d0b7-44cf-9b07-73e07582e598 ro vesafb.invalid=1
> drm.debug=0xe nopat plymouth:debug
>   SourcePackage: xorg
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>   dmi.bios.date: 04/20/2007
>   dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
>   dmi.bios.version: 5.17
>   dmi.board.name: Leonite2
>   dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTek Computer INC.
>   dmi.board.version: 6.00
>   dmi.chassis.type: 3
>   dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
>   dmi.chassis.version: 1111
>   dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr5.17:bd04/20/2007:
> svnHP-Pavilion:pnGC670AA-ABAa6120n:pvr:rvnASUSTekComputerINC.:
> rnLeonite2:rvr6.00:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvr1111:
>   dmi.product.name: GC670AA-ABA a6120n
>   dmi.sys.vendor: HP-Pavilion
>   version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160823-0ubuntu1
>   version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.76-1~ubuntu16.04.1
>   version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
>   version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
>   version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
>   version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.7
>   version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev
> 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2
>   version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1
>   version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1.2
>   version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:1.0.12-1build2
>   xserver.bootTime: Wed Nov 15 16:28:47 2017
>   xserver.configfile: default
>   xserver.devices:
>    input        Power Button         KEYBOARD, id 6
>    input        Power Button         KEYBOARD, id 7
>    input        USB Cordless Mouse   MOUSE, id 8
>    input        AT Translated Set 2 keyboard KEYBOARD, id 9
>   xserver.errors:
>
>   xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>   xserver.outputs:
>    product id                               40971
>    vendor                                     DEL
>   xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.7
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