Thanks for this additional information. It looks like it tries to run the update. What is the output of: "ls -l /var/lib/apt/periodic/ /var/lib/apt/lists"
Thanks, Michael -- no updates shown in system tray https://launchpad.net/bugs/89263 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs