[Bug 1558818] [NEW] sofware update warning in menu bar

2016-03-19 Thread David J. Lafond
on failed to donwload" is to check the internet connection but i've gotten this in the same session as having visited a vareity of websites, checked e-mail, read the NY Times on line or whatever. i'm not sure if this is a security bug, a software updater bug or a system bug. Thank y

[Bug 1309142] Re: package icedtea-netx 1.5-1ubuntu1 [modified: usr/bin/policyeditor] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/usr/bin/policyeditor', which is different from other instan

2014-12-11 Thread David J. Lafond
i'm still quite new to working in the terminal in linux. Downloaded the icedtea package to be able to use a secure web portal to lo set up remote desktop with my machine at work. i got the web portal to work logged in successfully but have had the dpkg error ever since. i tried to remove the