Update works but no logs - Desktop Widget reports 'never updated'

[Valtam]

Permissions look fine.

[Valtam]

Let's do a full clean-out and start again, see if that fixes it:

Code:

rm -rf ~/.conky

Code:

sudo rm -rf /var/log/apt/*

Code:

wget http://repo.linuxliteos.com/upgrade/3.0-3.2/liteconkywidget.tar.gz && tar xvzf liteconkywidget.tar.gz && rm liteconkywidget.tar.gz

Code:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Paste the output of all of those commands to this Support thread.

Menu, Settings, Session & Startup, Application Autostart - make sure Lite Widget is ticked.

Logout/in.

[Peejay]

Thank you, Jerry. Here is the output for the commands you set out:

Code:

philip@silver-laptop:~$ rm -rf ~/.conky
philip@silver-laptop:~$

philip@silver-laptop:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/log/apt/*
[sudo] password for philip:
philip@silver-laptop:~$

philip@silver-laptop:~$ wget http://repo.linuxliteos.com/upgrade/3.0-3.2/liteconkywidget.tar.gz && tar xvzf liteconkywidget.tar.gz && rm liteconkywidget.tar.gz
--2018-02-20 09:37:01--  http://repo.linuxliteos.com/upgrade/3.0-3.2/liteconkywidget.tar.gz
Resolving repo.linuxliteos.com (repo.linuxliteos.com)... 142.54.171.138
Connecting to repo.linuxliteos.com (repo.linuxliteos.com)|142.54.171.138|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 15057 (15K) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: ‘liteconkywidget.tar.gz’

liteconkywidget.tar 100%[===================>]  14.70K  94.1KB/s    in 0.2s   

2018-02-20 09:37:01 (94.1 KB/s) - ‘liteconkywidget.tar.gz’ saved [15057/15057]

.config/
.conky/updates
.conky/logo.png
.conky/
.conky/widget
.config/autostart/
.conky/draw_bg.lua
.conky/start
.config/autostart/litewidget.desktop
philip@silver-laptop:~$

philip@silver-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nemh/systemback/ubuntu xenial InRelease         
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]     
Hit:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/otto-kesselgulasch/gimp/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:5 http://archive.canonical.com xenial InRelease                           
Hit:6 http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite citrine InRelease                 
Hit:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease         
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]       
Hit:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/yannubuntu/boot-repair/ubuntu xenial InRelease 
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed InRelease [253 kB]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages [724 kB]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 Packages [674 kB]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main Translation-en [301 kB]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages [589 kB]
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe i386 Packages [546 kB]
Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe Translation-en [238 kB]
Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main amd64 Packages [83.8 kB]
Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main i386 Packages [75.6 kB]
Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main Translation-en [35.3 kB]
Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/universe amd64 Packages [161 kB]
Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/universe i386 Packages [154 kB]
Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/universe Translation-en [38.0 kB]
Fetched 4,180 kB in 5s (708 kB/s)                                 
Reading package lists... Done
W: Problem unlinking the file lists - Clean (21: Is a directory)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  gnome-accessibility-themes gnome-themes-standard gnome-themes-standard-data
  linux-firmware
4 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
Need to get 47.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 52.2 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main amd64 gnome-accessibility-themes all 3.18.0-2ubuntu2 [2,298 kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/universe amd64 gnome-themes-standard-data all 3.18.0-2ubuntu2 [50.3 kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/universe amd64 gnome-themes-standard amd64 3.18.0-2ubuntu2 [14.8 kB]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main amd64 linux-firmware all 1.157.17 [45.5 MB]
Fetched 47.9 MB in 58s (815 kB/s)                                             
(Reading database ... 223811 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../gnome-accessibility-themes_3.18.0-2ubuntu2_all.deb ...
Unpacking gnome-accessibility-themes (3.18.0-2ubuntu2) over (3.18.0-2ubuntu1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../gnome-themes-standard-data_3.18.0-2ubuntu2_all.deb ...
Unpacking gnome-themes-standard-data (3.18.0-2ubuntu2) over (3.18.0-2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up gnome-themes-standard-data (3.18.0-2ubuntu2) ...
(Reading database ... 223811 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../gnome-themes-standard_3.18.0-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking gnome-themes-standard:amd64 (3.18.0-2ubuntu2) over (3.18.0-2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up gnome-themes-standard:amd64 (3.18.0-2ubuntu2) ...
(Reading database ... 223811 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../linux-firmware_1.157.17_all.deb ...
Unpacking linux-firmware (1.157.17) over (1.157.16) ...
Setting up gnome-accessibility-themes (3.18.0-2ubuntu2) ...
Setting up linux-firmware (1.157.17) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-116-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-115-generic
philip@silver-laptop:~$

I'm pleased to report that the Widget is now reading 'system recently updated', so thank you very much for that. I'll mark as Solved.
Two extra points that might be of interest:
1. The history.log now records the dist-upgrade today only, but never recorded the upgrade from 3.6 to 3.8, nor updates before then after 2-17-11-24 (which was never terminated in the log).
2. When I was taking the actions to reset the Lite Widget in Sessions and Startups it dawned on me that although I had previously unchecked the Widget it was actually still displaying (incorrectly of course). I should have spotted this sooner, my apologies as it may well have shortened the diagnostic process.

Delighted to have my widget working properly again. Thank you.

[Valtam]

Awesome