Thank you for responding to my question/posting. I hope to have a chance to try your suggestions soon and let you know if I have any luck.
Mark Fossett On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 9:10 AM, ChristianEhrhardt < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mark, > Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make > Ubuntu better. > > You could run: > $ sudo apt update > $ sudo apt upgrade > > And report the full output of your console here. > > Since so far there isn't enough information in your report to > differentiate between a local configuration problem and a bug in Ubuntu, > I'm marking this bug as Incomplete. > > If indeed this is a local configuration problem, you can find pointers > to get help for this sort of problem here: > http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community > > Or if you believe that this is really a bug, then you may find it helpful > to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend. > org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a > more complete description of the problem, explain why you believe this is a > bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem specific to your system, and then > change the bug status back to New. > very likely the configuration of this package is somehow broken and so on > update it fails to restart. But the bug lacks any data that would help to > analyze the case. > > > ** Changed in: ntp (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1740407 > > Title: > package ntpdate 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11 failed to > install/upgrade: EOF on stdin at conffile prompt > > Status in ntp package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > I am not up on the technical jargon. But attempts to update are > failing. > > ProblemType: Package > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 > Package: ntpdate 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-80.88~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt22 > Uname: Linux 3.19.0-80-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27 > AptOrdering: > libxml2: Install > python-libxml2: Install > ntpdate: Configure > libxml2: Configure > python-libxml2: Configure > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Mon Dec 25 07:36:58 2017 > DpkgTerminalLog: > Log started: 2017-12-11 07:50:44 > Log ended: 2017-12-11 07:53:04 > > Log started: 2017-12-25 07:36:55 > ErrorMessage: EOF on stdin at conffile prompt > InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-26 (824 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 > (20150805) > RelatedPackageVersions: > dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.6 > apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.17 > SourcePackage: ntp > Title: package ntpdate 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11 failed to > install/upgrade: EOF on stdin at conffile prompt > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/1740407/+subscriptions > -- Mark Fossett -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1740407 Title: package ntpdate 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11 failed to install/upgrade: EOF on stdin at conffile prompt To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/1740407/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
