Problem Description: Every time I reboot or logout/login into Ubuntu there’s a notification that informs me that there have been software updates, and it has been the same information for a couple of weeks.
Relevant System Information: Dell XPS 9380
Screenshots or Error Messages:
Software Updates installed.
Important operating system updates have been installed.
What I’ve Tried: I’ve tried clearing the latest UEFI entry via fwupdmgr
sudo apt update responded with this (that seems to highlight other problems, too):
Hit:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular-security InRelease [126 kB]
Ign:3 http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Ign:4 http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell-service InRelease
Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular InRelease
Ign:6 http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu disco InRelease
Hit:7 http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell InRelease
Ign:8 http://oem.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-oem InRelease
Hit:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular-updates InRelease
Hit:10 http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu noble Release
Get:11 http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell-service Release [4,240 B]
Get:12 http://oem.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-oem Release [4,171 B]
Hit:13 http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu disco Release
Hit:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular-backports InRelease
Get:15 http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell-service Release.gpg [287 B]
Get:16 http://oem.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-oem Release.gpg [287 B]
Ign:15 http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell-service Release.gpg
Ign:16 http://oem.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-oem Release.gpg
Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular-security/main amd64 Packages [272 kB]
Get:20 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular-security/main i386 Packages [141 kB]
Get:21 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular-security/universe amd64 Packages [179 kB]
Get:22 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular-security/universe i386 Packages [73.7 kB]
Notice: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386'
Warning: http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates/dists/bionic-dell/InRelease: Key is stored in legacy trusted.gpg keyring (/etc/apt/trusted.gpg), see the DEPRECATION section in apt-key(8) for details.
Warning: GPG error: http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell-service Release: Detached signature file '/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/dell.archive.canonical.com_updates_dists_bionic-dell-service_Release.gpg' is in unsupported binary format
Error: The repository 'http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell-service Release' is not signed.
Notice: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
Notice: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
Warning: GPG error: http://oem.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-oem Release: Detached signature file '/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/oem.archive.canonical.com_updates_dists_bionic-oem_Release.gpg' is in unsupported binary format
Error: The repository 'http://oem.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-oem Release' is not signed.
Notice: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
Notice: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
Notice: Missing Signed-By in the sources.list(5) entry for 'http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates'
Notice: Missing Signed-By in the sources.list(5) entry for 'http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates'
Notice: Missing Signed-By in the sources.list(5) entry for 'http://oem.archive.canonical.com/updates'
Notice: Missing Signed-By in the sources.list(5) entry for 'http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu'
Yeah. I’m kind of ashamed, hahaha. It’s been ages since I installed this one. Here’s the output of inxi -r:
Repos:
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dropbox.list
1: deb [arch=i386,amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/dropbox.asc] http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu noble main
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/appimagelauncher-team-ubuntu-stable-impish.sources
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/appimagelauncher-team-ubuntu-stable-kinetic.sources
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/appimagelauncher-team-ubuntu-stable-mantic.sources
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bionic-dell-service.sources
1: deb http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates/ bionic-dell-service public
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bionic-dell.sources
1: deb http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates/ bionic-dell public
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bionic-oem.sources
1: deb http://oem.archive.canonical.com/updates/ bionic-oem public
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cartes-ubuntu-drawing-focal.sources
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dropbox.sources
1: deb http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu disco main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.sources
1: deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/helkaluin-ubuntu-webp-pixbuf-loader-jammy.sources
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rednotebook-ubuntu-stable-bionic.sources
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.sources
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources
1: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular oracular-updates oracular-backports main restricted universe multiverse
2: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oracular-security main restricted universe multiverse
appimagelauncher-team-ubuntu-stable-impish.sources
appimagelauncher-team-ubuntu-stable-kinetic.sources
appimagelauncher-team-ubuntu-stable-mantic.sources
bionic-dell-service.sources
bionic-oem.sources
bionic-dell-service public
cartes-ubuntu-drawing-focal.sources
deb http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu disco main
helkaluin-ubuntu-webp-pixbuf-loader-jammy.sources
rednotebook-ubuntu-stable-bionic.sources
signal-xenial.sources
Alongside the sources files, there are a bunch of other files that look to be equally unneeded. I have no issue deleting them by hand, but it feels strange doing it that way, when there’s probably a Proper Linux Way™ to do it, that I don’t yet know about.
apt show ppa-purge
Package: ppa-purge
Version: 0.2.8+bzr63-0ubuntu3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Lorenzo De Liso <blackz@ubuntu.com>
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 23.6 kB
Depends: dpkg (>= 1.16.1)
Suggests: aptitude (>= 0.6.6-1ubuntu1.2)
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/ppa-purge
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop>
Download-Size: 5,996 B
APT-Sources: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu plucky/universe amd64 Packages
Description: disables a PPA and reverts to official packages
This program disables a PPA from your Software Sources and reverts your
system back to the official Ubuntu packages. You can use this to return your
system to normal after testing a new version from a PPA.
Ok. I’ve nuked them all, except for Dropbox. I don’t see any current repository for Dropbox in /etc/apt/sources.list.d, so I’m hesitant to delete those. This is the current output of sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular-security InRelease
Ign:3 http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Ign:6 http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu disco InRelease
Hit:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular-backports InRelease
Hit:8 http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu noble Release
Hit:9 http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu disco Release
All packages are up to date.
Notice: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386'
Notice: Missing Signed-By in the sources.list(5) entry for 'http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu'
