I'm currently using Linux Mint 17, and have been encountering a bug with VLC, the symptoms of which are a flood of zombie sh
processes, progressively slowing down my PC (bloating the scheduler ?)
For this reason I decided to upgrade VLC, hoping that the newer version would be rid of the bug. That's when I learned that my version of VLC, 2.0.8, was all but the default version of Mint 17 (2.1.4). Which is strange, because I don't recall fiddling with the package manager.
What's worse is that when I went ahead and tried to upgrade, apt wouldn't see any new version. Same behaviour after trying out videolan's more unstable PPAs, and reinstalling the package.
What can I do ?
Here are the contents of my /etc/apt/sources.list.d
:
tail -n +1 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/djcj-vlc-stable-saucy.list <==
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/djcj/vlc-stable/ubuntu saucy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/djcj/vlc-stable/ubuntu saucy main
==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list <==
# deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/ saucy-getdeb apps
==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mc3man-trusty-media-saucy.list <==
==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/n-muench-vlc-saucy.list <==
==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list <==
# Do not edit this file manually, use Software Sources instead.
#id:linuxmint_main
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ petra main upstream import
#id:linuxmint_extra
deb http://extra.linuxmint.com/ petra main
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ saucy partner
==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-toolchain-r-test-saucy.list <==
==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-x-swat-x-updates-saucy.list <==
==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/videolan-master-daily-saucy.list <==
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/master-daily/ubuntu/ saucy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/master-daily/ubuntu/ saucy main
==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/videolan-stable-daily-saucy.list <==
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/stable-daily/ubuntu saucy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/stable-daily/ubuntu saucy main
==> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xorg-edgers-ppa-saucy.list <==
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu/ saucy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu/ saucy main
saucy
repositories in your sources, whereas Qiana is supposed to be based on Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty
).