I am using Software Updater as normal - set to install only security updates.
i have tried a few few times with the same result - it displays a list of files available (about 300Mb - mainly Firmware for linux kernel drivers)
However on running install it always fails with message "Failed to download package files. Check your internet connection."
Given that my internet connectivity seems fine in all other respects, can anyone guess what may be going on? Sorry I am new and do not know how to troubleshoot this.
As the message says, it seems the server is responding with an error saying that it's overwhelmed by too many requests. It's not something you can do anything about until that gets fixed.
The only option really is to use another mirror in "Software & updates" and selecting some other server from the "download from" drop-down:
alright , yeah I'M already on the main server and tried a couple others but nothing seems to work , I guess I have to wait and see if there's a fix for or maybe it is because too many people switches from windows 10 to linux.
alucard@alucard-Alienware-X51-R2:~$ sudo apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
bind9-dnsutils bind9-host bind9-libs bluez bluez-cups bluez-obexd brave-browser distro-info-data gir1.2-gtop-2.0 libbluetooth3 libgtop-2.0-11 libgtop2-common
libldb2 libsmbclient0 libwbclient0 linux-firmware linux-libc-dev linux-tools-common samba-libs zorin-os-upgrader
20 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 538 MB/679 MB of archives.
After this operation, 905 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Ign:1 Index of /ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 linux-firmware amd64 20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.19
Ign:1 Index of /ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 linux-firmware amd64 20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.19
Ign:1 Index of /ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 linux-firmware amd64 20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.19
Ign:1 Index of /ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 linux-firmware amd64 20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.19
Err:1 Index of /ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 linux-firmware amd64 20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.19
429 Too Many Requests [IP: 91.189.91.83 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.19_amd64.deb 429 Too Many Requests [IP: 91.189.91.83 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, try running apt-get update or apt-get --fix-missing.
I had no clue as to which server to choose from the list, so I let the updater do a check for "best server". It came up with Index of /ubuntu/ which then did the job straight away.
I was going to select your post as "solved", but will leave it unsolved, as I can see others with problems being a bit more tenacious. Good luck folks - hope you get a good result soon.
In any case, thanks again for the help - much appreciated as always!
So, it looks like selecting another server worked for @Dhansak. I guess it's possible the server is currently under a lot of stress for whatever reason, and any repeating attempts are getting blocked right away at the moment.
I'm not really sure either way, so as lazy as it sounds I think it might be a good idea to just wait it out. Give it 24 hours or so, since you can still continue to use your computer normally (right?) and see if this goes away on its own.
omg , thanks to @Dhansak to say to click on choose the best server and it worked for me, now my whole system is up to date , thanks guys for helping me solving it. then if other people have trouble with for now let your software updater choose the best server for you. love this community helping each other !
That makes sense, as the best server is not always the one closest to your location. There must be some maintenance going on or something, and it's picking upthe one that is actually available.
So, I've marked @Dhansak post as the solution. Good job!
Credit to Forpli for showing me the way - I had never even looked at the server selection whatsit till he suggested it.
As you say - it's a great supportive community here. I am a rookie and the folks here have dug me out of several holes that I would still be at the bottom of lol.
