11-03-2017, 04:24 PM
Hi Jerry: I have not touched my Language settings since the original install3.4/update3.6 so my default language is English (US)/English - other options for English Aust/Canada etc are grayed out. It tells me I can install language extras but I used "Remind me later" for now. My keyboard is set to Asus laptop using English(US) layout.
As an update on my experience with Updates, this morning I unSuspended and waited for CPU/ram to settle down (around 5%/400MB) then launched Install Updates from Menu. Towards the end of fetching and checking I noticed the CPU was quite busy around 50-60% but ram only 500MB. Anyway I had the same situation of being offered Blank Updates but unfortunately forgot to check /tmp before I cancelled and tried again. As previously this produced the desired result of seeing updates offered - I then did check /tmp and saw the updates.txt file there (together with the other updates files). Update then worked fine as expected. Cannot think of anything else to offer you as to why this might be happening - the only thing else that I did not shut down was the xfce4-weather-plugin on the panel. I will check /tmp next time I draw a Blank (if I remember!) and post again here.
I would like to solve this puzzle but as long as the updates arrive OK it is a minor problem - if you get offered Blank updates just hit the Update Now button and all is well - you can check the resulting log file for what was installed if interested.
As an update on my experience with Updates, this morning I unSuspended and waited for CPU/ram to settle down (around 5%/400MB) then launched Install Updates from Menu. Towards the end of fetching and checking I noticed the CPU was quite busy around 50-60% but ram only 500MB. Anyway I had the same situation of being offered Blank Updates but unfortunately forgot to check /tmp before I cancelled and tried again. As previously this produced the desired result of seeing updates offered - I then did check /tmp and saw the updates.txt file there (together with the other updates files). Update then worked fine as expected. Cannot think of anything else to offer you as to why this might be happening - the only thing else that I did not shut down was the xfce4-weather-plugin on the panel. I will check /tmp next time I draw a Blank (if I remember!) and post again here.
I would like to solve this puzzle but as long as the updates arrive OK it is a minor problem - if you get offered Blank updates just hit the Update Now button and all is well - you can check the resulting log file for what was installed if interested.