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Hi there, this seems similar to some of the other update issues but I cannot seem to get any of the other fixes to work - when I run update it returnes this error message, then the second.

W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/packages.medibuntu.org_dists_quantal_free_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

Also I cannot now access software manager, software sources or package manager - they ask for my password then fail to load.
any help would be appreciated
Mint 14 KDE 64bit

Salut, ouvres un terminal et tente ça: Postes nous ensuite le retour complet de

Hi there tried the above and still returned the same error - out put

• Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security InRelease
  Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org nadia InRelease
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal InRelease
  Ign http://archive.canonical.com quantal InRelease
  Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org quantal InRelease
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release.gpg
  Hit http://www.mirrorservice.org nadia Release.gpg
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates InRelease
  Hit http://archive.canonical.com quantal Release.gpg
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release
  Hit http://www.mirrorservice.org nadia Release
  Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release.gpg [933 B]
  Hit http://archive.canonical.com quantal Release
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates Release.gpg
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main amd64 Packages
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release
  Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org quantal/free Sources
  Hit http://www.mirrorservice.org nadia/main amd64 Packages
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted amd64 Packages
  Hit http://archive.canonical.com quantal/partner amd64 Packages
  Hit http://repo.steampowered.com precise InRelease
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates Release
  Hit http://www.mirrorservice.org nadia/upstream amd64 Packages
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe amd64 Packages
  Hit http://archive.canonical.com quantal/partner i386 Packages
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
  Hit http://www.mirrorservice.org nadia/import amd64 Packages
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse amd64 Packages
  Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org quantal/non-free Sources
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main i386 Packages
  Hit http://www.mirrorservice.org nadia/main i386 Packages
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted i386 Packages
  Hit http://www.mirrorservice.org nadia/upstream i386 Packages
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
  Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org quantal/free amd64 Packages
  Hit http://repo.steampowered.com precise/steam Sources
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe i386 Packages
  Hit http://www.mirrorservice.org nadia/import i386 Packages
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse i386 Packages
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted i386 Packages/DiffIndex
  Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org quantal/non-free amd64 Packages
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main Translation-en
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse i386 Packages/DiffIndex
  Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org quantal/free i386 Packages
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main Translation-en_GB
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse Translation-en
  Ign http://archive.canonical.com quantal/partner Translation-en_GB
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main Translation-en
  Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org quantal/non-free i386 Packages
  Ign http://archive.canonical.com quantal/partner Translation-en
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse Translation-en_GB
  Hit http://repo.steampowered.com precise/steam amd64 Packages
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted Translation-en
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse Translation-en
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe Translation-en
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted Translation-en_GB
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted Translation-en
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe Translation-en_GB
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe Translation-en
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main amd64 Packages
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
  Hit http://repo.steampowered.com precise/steam i386 Packages
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/universe amd64 Packages
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main i386 Packages
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/restricted i386 Packages
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/universe i386 Packages
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main Translation-en
  Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main Translation-en_GB
  Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse Translation-en_GB
  Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted Translation-en_GB
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/multiverse Translation-en
  Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe Translation-en_GB
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/restricted Translation-en
  Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org nadia/import Translation-en_GB
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/universe Translation-en
  Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org nadia/import Translation-en
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main amd64 Packages
  Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org nadia/main Translation-en_GB
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted amd64 Packages
  Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org nadia/main Translation-en
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe amd64 Packages
  Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org nadia/upstream Translation-en_GB
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse amd64 Packages
  Ign http://www.mirrorservice.org nadia/upstream Translation-en
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main i386 Packages
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted i386 Packages
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe i386 Packages
  Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse i386 Packages
  Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org quantal/free Translation-en_GB
  Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org quantal/free Translation-en
  Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org quantal/non-free Translation-en_GB
  Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org quantal/non-free Translation-en
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main Translation-en_GB
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
  Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
  Ign http://repo.steampowered.com precise/steam Translation-en_GB
  Ign http://repo.steampowered.com precise/steam Translation-en
  Fetched 933 B in 4s (187 B/s)
  Reading package lists... Error!
  W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>
  E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
  E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/packages.medibuntu.org_dists_quantal_free_i18n_Translation-en
  E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

Essaye ceci en terminal: et postes nous les retours.

That seems to have done the trick thank you!

thanks helped a lot I had to do it in this order though:
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get update