Update problem on 20 March

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1

The updater is telling me to check my internet connection, and term is doing this,
The situation has been unchanged now for 12 hours, on 2 different desktops.

mike@ub1804b1:~$ sudo apt update
[sudo] password for mike:
Get:1 hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease [235 kB]
Hit:2 hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
Hit:3 hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
Hit:4 hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease
Get:5 hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages [1,018 kB]
Get:6 hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main i386 Packages [1,008 kB]
Get:7 hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages [8,547 kB]
Get:8 hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages [8,511 kB]
Get:9 hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe Translation-en [4,944 kB]
Fetched 24.3 MB in 37s (663 kB/s)
Reading package listsā€¦ Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state informationā€¦ Done
32 packages can be upgraded. Run ā€˜apt list --upgradableā€™ to see them.
mike@ub1804b1:~$ sudo apt dist-upgrade
Reading package listsā€¦ Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state informationā€¦ Done
Calculating upgradeā€¦ Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
gcc-8-base gcr geoip-database gnome-keyring gnome-keyring-pkcs11 gvfs gvfs-backends
gvfs-bin gvfs-common gvfs-daemons gvfs-fuse gvfs-libs i965-va-driver libatomic1 libcc1-0
libgcc1 libgck-1-0 libgcr-base-3-1 libgcr-ui-3-1 libgomp1 libitm1 liblsan0 libmpx2
libpam-gnome-keyring libquadmath0 libstdc++6 libtsan0 mate-dock-applet
ubuntu-mate-default-settings ubuntu-minimal ubuntu-standard unattended-upgrades
32 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
Need to get 3,249 kB/6,140 kB of archives.
After this operation, 5,203 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Ign:1 hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 geoip-database all 20180315-1
Get:2 hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 gnome-keyring-pkcs11 amd64 3.28.0.1-1ubuntu1 [26.8 kB]
Get:3 hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 gnome-keyring amd64 3.28.0.1-1ubuntu1 [597 kB]
Err:4 hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 gvfs-backends amd64 1.36.0-1ubuntu1
403 Forbidden [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
Err:5 hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 gvfs-fuse amd64 1.36.0-1ubuntu1
403 Forbidden [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
Err:6 hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 gvfs-daemons amd64 1.36.0-1ubuntu1
403 Forbidden [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
Ign:7 hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 gvfs-common all 1.36.0-1ubuntu1
Get:8 hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 libpam-gnome-keyring amd64 3.28.0.1-1ubuntu1 [22.2 kB]
Ign:9 hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 unattended-upgrades all 1.0ubuntu2
Err:1 hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 geoip-database all 20180315-1
403 Forbidden [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
Err:7 hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 gvfs-common all 1.36.0-1ubuntu1
403 Forbidden [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
Err:9 hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 unattended-upgrades all 1.0ubuntu2
403 Forbidden [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
Fetched 646 kB in 2s (299 kB/s)
E: Failed to fetch hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/geoip-database/geoip-database_20180315-1_all.deb 403 Forbidden [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
E: Failed to fetch hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gvfs/gvfs-backends_1.36.0-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb 403 Forbidden [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
E: Failed to fetch hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gvfs/gvfs-fuse_1.36.0-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb 403 Forbidden [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
E: Failed to fetch hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gvfs/gvfs-daemons_1.36.0-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb 403 Forbidden [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
E: Failed to fetch hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gvfs/gvfs-common_1.36.0-1ubuntu1_all.deb 403 Forbidden [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
E: Failed to fetch hSorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.ttp://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/u/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades_1.0ubuntu2_all.deb 403 Forbidden [IP: 202.158.214.106 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
mike@ub1804b1:~$

2

Hi
Looks like the Australian update server broke.
Try an other one, like the main server in the software settings.
( System -> Administration -> Software & Updates )

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3

Dear ouroumov,

Thank you very much, that does work.
I meant to reply sooner, but real life and grandchildren got in the way.
Not sure why I didnā€™t think of that, it seems painfully obvious in
hindsight. I use Mint as my host on both desktops, and the default there is
to use the mother server, then nag you and guilt you to choose a closer
mirror. You do learn early that closer mirrors may be faster, but theyā€™re
much more likely to have problems, and the up-date window when something is
slightly wonky may be about 15 minutes on the mother server, but it can be
12 hours on the mirrorsā€¦

Anyway, once again, sorry I was slow, and thank you.

Mike

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