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Need be sure my system is up to date: no recording software works

Asked by mr lee

help. I'm still rather a novice. I can't get the 'sound recorder' to work, nor 'djplay' or any similar recording software. I have downloaded (upgraded) to 9.10 (I believe) but the entire package did not take. When I do updates, it says I am over 300 days since it was upgraded. Obviously, since the whole pkg did not install, I'm missing some key elements (probably why software is not working). Please advise on what info you need and how I can get it for you. Thank you.

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George Standish (george-standish-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Mr. Lee,

Assuming you have a working internet connection.

From a terminal can you try running:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo aptitiude safe-upgrade

Hopefully that may help. If above fails you might want to try:

   sudo apt-get -f install

To fix broken packages (if any).

Good luck,
George

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mr lee (mrlee1953) said : 		#2

George- sorry, neither worked...

--- On Wed, 8/18/10, George Standish <email address hidden> wrote:

From: George Standish <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #121698]: no recording software works
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 11:31 AM

Your question #121698 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/121698

    Status: Open => Answered

George Standish proposed the following answer:
Mr. Lee,

Assuming you have a working internet connection.

>From a terminal can you try running:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo aptitiude safe-upgrade

Hopefully that may help.  If above fails you might want to try:

   sudo apt-get -f install

To fix broken packages (if any).

Good luck,
George

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#3

If you get error messages, could you post them.
And also, please, when replying by mail, don't include previous message, because it makes Launchpad unreadable.

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mr lee (mrlee1953) said : 		#4

this was what i got- does this mean it is ok now? Isthere anything further i need to do? thanks.

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-2.6.28-16 linux-headers-2.6.28-16-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
mrlee@mrlee-desktop:~$

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#5

Assumption
a) 9.04 wasn't updated properly, which is a pre-condition in order to get a smooth update to whatever next release e.g. 9.10.
b) hard drive is full because you might never removed kernel images, which don't get removed automatically in case a newer kernel image has issues to boot.

> downloaded (upgraded) to 9.10 (I believe)

Since we need to know the current condition, please open a terminal. (applications -> accessories -> terminal)
## Make sure other apps aren't running, like Synaptic, Software Center, update-manager.
Post output of (to avoid mistyping copy & paste):
lsb_release -a

uname -r

cat /etc/apt/sources.list
## you can highlight the content and paste it with middle mouse click in your answer.

Try a basic cleanup of package cache first:
sudo apt-get autoremove && sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get autoclean

## In case of errors post the output please.

How many disk space is there:
sudo fdisk -l
df -h

How many kernel images are installed:
dpkg -l | grep -ii linux-image

Please also switch to 'main server' to exclude upgrade issues during the procedure.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Sources4.png

Reference.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#6

Is your problem solved ? If not I can try to help, else, please, could you mark question "Solved".

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mr lee (mrlee1953) said : 		#7

No LSB modules are available.

Distributor ID: Ubuntu

Description: Ubuntu 9.04

Release: 9.04

Codename: jaunty

mrlee@mrlee-desktop:~$ -r

bash: -r: command not found

mrlee@mrlee-desktop:~$ cat
/etc/apt/sources.list

deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04.1 _Hardy Heron_
- Release i386 (20080702.1)]/ hardy main restricted

# See
http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to

# newer versions of the distribution.

deb
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main

deb-src
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main

## Major bug fix updates produced after
the final release of the

## distribution.

deb
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main

deb-src
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main

## N.B. software from this repository
is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu

## team, and may not be under a free
licence. Please satisfy yourself as to

## your rights to use the software.
Also, please note that software in

## universe WILL NOT receive any review
or updates from the Ubuntu security

## team.

deb
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe

deb-src
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe

deb
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates universe

deb-src
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository
is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu

## team, and may not be under a free
licence. Please satisfy yourself as to

## your rights to use the software.
Also, please note that software in

## multiverse WILL NOT receive any
review or updates from the Ubuntu

## security team.

deb
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty multiverse

deb-src
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty multiverse

deb
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates multiverse

deb-src
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to
add software from the 'backports'

## repository.

## N.B. software from this repository
may not have been tested as

## extensively as that contained in the
main release, although it includes

## newer versions of some applications
which may provide useful features.

## Also, please note that software in
backports WILL NOT receive any review

## or updates from the Ubuntu security
team.

## Uncomment the following two lines to
add software from Canonical's

## 'partner' repository. This software
is not part of Ubuntu, but is

## offered by Canonical and the
respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu

## users.

# deb-src
http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
jaunty-security main

deb-src
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security main

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
jaunty-security universe

deb-src
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security universe

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
jaunty-security multiverse

deb-src
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security multiverse

deb
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main multiverse
universe

# deb
http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ppa/ubuntu intrepid
main

mrlee@mrlee-desktop:~$

mrlee@mrlee-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get
autoremove && sudo apt-get autoclean

[sudo] password for mrlee:

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to
remove and 3 not upgraded.

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

mrlee@mrlee-desktop:~$

Disk /dev/sda: 251.0 GB, 251000193024
bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30515
cylinders

Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 =
8225280 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x3a213a21

   Device Boot Start End
   Blocks Id System

/dev/sda1 * 1 30352
243802408+ 83 Linux

/dev/sda2 30353 30515
  1309297+ 5 Extended

/dev/sda5 30353 30515
  1309266 82 Linux swap / Solaris

mrlee@mrlee-desktop:~$

mrlee@mrlee-desktop:~$ dpkg -l | grep
-ii linux-image

ii linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic
       2.6.24-19.41 Linux kernel image
for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64

rc linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic
       2.6.24-21.43 Linux kernel image
for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64

rc linux-image-2.6.24-22-generic
       2.6.24-22.45 Linux kernel image
for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64

rc linux-image-2.6.24-23-generic
       2.6.24-23.48 Linux kernel image
for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64

rc linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic
       2.6.27-11.31 Linux kernel image
for version 2.6.27 on x86/x86_64

rc linux-image-2.6.27-14-generic
       2.6.27-14.33 Linux kernel image
for version 2.6.27 on x86/x86_64

ii linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic
       2.6.28-11.42 Linux kernel image
for version 2.6.28 on x86/x86_64

ii linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic
       2.6.28-13.45 Linux kernel image
for version 2.6.28 on x86/x86_64

ii linux-image-2.6.28-14-generic
       2.6.28-14.47 Linux kernel image
for version 2.6.28 on x86/x86_64

ii linux-image-2.6.28-15-generic
       2.6.28-15.52 Linux kernel image
for version 2.6.28 on x86/x86_64

ii linux-image-2.6.28-16-generic
       2.6.28-16.57 Linux kernel image
for version 2.6.28 on x86/x86_64

ii linux-image-2.6.28-17-generic
       2.6.28-17.58 Linux kernel image
for version 2.6.28 on x86/x86_64

ii linux-image-2.6.28-18-generic
       2.6.28-18.60 Linux kernel image
for version 2.6.28 on x86/x86_64

ii linux-image-2.6.28-19-generic
       2.6.28-19.64 Linux kernel image
for version 2.6.28 on x86/x86_64

ii linux-image-generic
       2.6.28.19.24 Generic Linux kernel
image

mrlee@mrlee-desktop:~$

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#8

Thanks for the info.
As you can see yourself the current condition of your system:
It isn't upgraded to 9.10 (Karmic), it's still 9.04 (Jaunty).
It has lots of kernel images.
It doesn't have a separate /home partition (which is a downside in case of reinstallation, because it includes user configurations).

Lets start the repair step by step.

We still need the output of:
uname -r

## in order to remove safely some kernel images and not the one which is currently booted.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#9

Regarding sources list, I'll post an example of a 'clean' one.
Please compare it and comment the lines which don't include jaunty.

Just put # at the beginning:
#deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04.1 _Hardy Heron_....

To open sources.list as root:
gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo#Graphical%20sudo

## Example of a 'clean' sources.list for Jaunty

## Ubuntu supported packages
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted
#deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main restricted
#deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main restricted

## Ubuntu community supported packages
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe
#deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates universe
#deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates universe

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty multiverse
#deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates multiverse
#deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates multiverse

## Canonical's 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security multiverse

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mr lee (mrlee1953) said : 		#10

Sam- I hope this helps. I wasn't sure how much of this info you needed...

deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04.1 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080702.1)]/ hardy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security main
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security main
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main multiverse universe
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#11

Suggest just few edits before an upgrade to 9.10, comment those:
#deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04.1 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080702.1)]/ hardy main restricted
#deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main multiverse universe
#deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main

and leave the rest as it is.

We still need the output of:
uname -r

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mr lee (mrlee1953) said : 		#12

Sam- pls forgive me as I am a newbie- I'm not sure exactly what you need me to do here...

--- On Fri, 8/27/10, Sam <email address hidden> wrote:

From: Sam <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #121698]: no recording software works
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Friday, August 27, 2010, 2:36 PM

Your question #121698 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/121698

    Status: Open => Answered

Sam proposed the following answer:
Suggest just few edits before an upgrade to 9.10, comment those:
#deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04.1 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080702.1)]/ hardy main restricted
#deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main multiverse universe
#deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main

and leave the rest as it is.

We still need the output of:
uname -r

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#13

You've posted your sources.list, the suggestion was to put # in front of those lines:

#deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04.1 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080702.1)]/ hardy main restricted
#deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main multiverse universe
#deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main

so during an upgrade they wont be read.
Don't edit anything else.
Save the file and type in a terminal:
sudo apt-get update

We still need to know which kernel image is currently booted.
Please open a terminal and post output of:
uname -r

Again, please, when replying by mail, don't include the quote of an already given answer, because it makes Launchpad unreadable.

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mr lee (mrlee1953) said : 		#14

Sam- hope I have provided what u need. Thanks. What is my next step?

mrlee@mrlee-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse
 Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports/main Translation-en_US
Ign
 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com
 jaunty/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Sources
Hit
 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports/universe Packages
Reading package lists... Done
mrlee@mrlee-desktop:~$

mrlee@mrlee-desktop:~$ uname -r
2.6.28-19-generic
mrlee@mrlee-desktop:~$

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#15

Now to fully check and upgrade your system using terminal:
open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal

**Tip: right click with mouse on the top terminal windows title caption and select the menu item "Always on Top"
doing this you will force the terminal window to stay on top of the other windows and you will find very easy
to copy single row from this web page into the terminal...
Something more about using the terminal https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal

Then type or better copy and paste a row a time then press enter:
(Tip: select the single row to copy from this page then right click and select copy then click into the terminal window
and to quick paste click with middle button of mouse )

Copy and paste the rows below, copy and paste one row a time (see the **Tip) then press enter:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get update

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Hope this helps

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mr lee (mrlee1953) said : 		#16

Marc- I did as you suggested- this was the result. Am i now ok to upgrade and should i now also be problem-free?  Thanks ever so much for your and Sams assistance.

mrlee@mrlee-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
[sudo] password for mrlee:
mrlee@mrlee-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
mrlee@mrlee-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
mrlee@mrlee-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports/universe Packages
Reading package lists... Done
mrlee@mrlee-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
mrlee@mrlee-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get clean
mrlee@mrlee-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
mrlee@mrlee-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports/universe Packages
Reading package lists... Done
mrlee@mrlee-desktop:~$

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#17

Please now only try to delete and reinstall gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad:

sudo apt-get remove gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad

Then please close this long question thread marking it as solved

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mr lee (mrlee1953) said : 		#18

Thanks marcobra (Marco Braida), that solved my question.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#19

When Jaunty 9.04 is updated now it might offer the upgrade to Karmic 9.10.
Find out that older kernel images are removed (as said they don't get removed automatically).
Don't remove the one which is currently booted.
Which is the one uname said 2.6.28-19-generic.
Use above cmds you've tried already to get the current status.
If there are lots of kernel images you can remove each one.
e.g.:
sudo purge linux-image-2.6.28-15-generic