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Question:

After doing an update on my Xubuntu:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

I found after restarting the following tray icon I was not able to identify:

A black monitor (screen) with a red "do not park here" sign.

I was guessing that it has something to do with the graphic driver, but I am using a Lenovo T61 from 10 years ago and I think it has an integrated graphic chip.

System info:

Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Release: 14.04 Codename: trusty

Lenovo T61 (2006?) Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7100 @ 1.80GHz

I do not get any description while hovering over or clicking it. Google search brought nothing up. The computer is working, so it is not a big deal but I am curious what he wants to tell me :D

I appreciate your suggestions!

Best regards

Carlo

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The icon means that you have broken packages. To fix that, just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

sudo apt-get --fix-broken install
sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get autoclean && sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Or you can install synaptic using

sudo apt-get install synaptic

Once installed, open the program, and click on Edit --> Fix Broken Packages.

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Mitch
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  • I actually tried your suggestions, but I think I have to use "sudo apt-get install --fix-broken" or "sudo apt-get remove --fix-broken" because otherwise my command is not accepted. It did not alter anything on my system and stated: 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. -> also after installing synaptic as you described, it just states that there are no dependency problems. – jdsika Feb 10 '15 at 11:49
  • I just fixed the command. Try it now. – Mitch Feb 10 '15 at 11:52
  • I already tried it with the fix: sudo apt-get --fix-broken install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.     – jdsika Feb 10 '15 at 12:01
  • Did not see broken packages in aptitude either. – bot47 Feb 10 '15 at 12:06
  • Maybe it has something to do with this: sudo apt-get -f install libhwloc-plugins -> It was a package which did not update yesterday and I was wondering why so I just did it manually like this and the update worked after that. – jdsika Feb 10 '15 at 12:14
  • I don't have them installed at all. – bot47 Feb 10 '15 at 12:18
  • Is there a way to roll back an update? – jdsika Feb 11 '15 at 10:03
  • @jdsika: If you now what has been update, you might. – bot47 Feb 11 '15 at 19:30
  • You actually can rollback with synaptic, but the following thread describes the problem with it :D http://askubuntu.com/questions/49869/how-to-roll-back-ubuntu-to-a-previous-version – jdsika Feb 12 '15 at 20:19