Update manager-refresh problem

[Drkman030]

I have a little problem, I'm really new into Linux so be cool, cause i may ask something stupid

I can 't update packages cause my update manager keep warn me about connection problem, but my connection is ok... long story short, here is a couple of pictures so you can see with what i had to deal

[istrandi]

According to your screen shots the problem is with the file /etc/apt/sources.list

So, post a copy of this.

To get access to the contents of the file:

Open terminal.

Type:

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gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Then copy and paste this, either to the forum (if its short) or to pastebin.com, and then post your pastebin url here.

Oh yeah, btw, what version of mint is this? i.e. mint 11 main etc...

[Drkman030]

...uh

I've deleted all
I didnt saw ur response here... but, now it works ..or is it?

anyway, this is a main copy. I just added a cairo on the left





ps, sorry for my bad English, I'm foreign

[istrandi]

No problems with your english.

If its working thats great.

What did you delete to get it working?

[Drkman030]

Everything from the file, and now i believe that i couldn't get any of new updates now or could I?

[istrandi]

You can try, and if you're lucky you might get a new config file created. If not, here's a copy of mine, that you could try copying and pasting into yours, and seeing if it works.

Edit: Corrected the file to use

http://pastebin.com/bMMDMALe

Also, you'll need to use:

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sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list 

to edit the file

[Drkman030]

Ok, i've copied all and i pasted all... but, now when i open Update manager he show me this massage:

Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/ ... 6/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/ ... 6/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/ ... 6/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/ ... 6/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/ ... 6/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/ ... 6/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/ ... 6/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/ ... 6/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists ... 6/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.166 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists ... 6/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.166 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists ... 6/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.166 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists ... 6/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.166 80]
Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dis ... 6/Packages 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/kat ... 6/Packages 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/kat ... 6/Packages 404 Not Found
Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

... I didn't get a new list

[istrandi]

xD no wonder its broken, my own update manager gives the exact same error... should have checked that first. I'll get back to you, once I have my own one working

[Drkman030]

hehehe Ok

Thanx a lot, now i understand little bit more about linux... I'm in adjusting period from decade of using windows... I'm still in the search for distribution that is best for me

so far I've tried Debian 6, Ubuntu 11.04, Feora 14, Dream Studio(this one is I believe Ubuntu, just modified for music editing) and now I'm in LMint... next in line is Mandriva and later I'm gonna try OpenSUSE


...but so far Mint is my choice, I think i'll be back later on this distro

[Drkman030]

Hey... i've googled it

try this one

deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ katya main upstream import
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ natty partner
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu natty main
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ natty free non-free

#deb http://archive.removed/ubuntu natty-removed apps
#deb http://archive.removed/ubuntu natty-removed games

# in front of the line this will de-activate that line

it work for me, I've just finished new update

[istrandi]

Did that copy work for you? If it didn't i managed to get mine working.

Stupid mint decided that it was an ubuntu distribution...

Anyway, to correct it you can use:

http://pastebin.com/bMMDMALe

[Drkman030]

I duno...

It work ok, now the icon on UM is green checked, i've got some new updates


didn't ask u... what do u think about Mandriva and OpenSUSE, should i try them or not?

[istrandi]

Try them if you can spare the bandwidth. You'll find that you may like them etc. Ubunutu or Mint are probably the most noob friendly distro's (in my opinion). So give them a try, see if you like them. If not, you can always switch back. Also, if you are considering trying a lot of different distro's i suggest you buy a memory stick, then use unetbootin (http://sourceforge.net/projects/unetbootin/) or pen drive linux (http://www.pendrivelinux.com/) to stick them on a memory stick to test them.

[Drkman030]

I use unetbootin, so far I've try a couple distros... and so far Mint is my choice, Ubuntu is flashy i didnt like Unity menu :S Today i was tried Mandriva live from flashdrive, looks nice, but it was too slow :S I couldnt boot OpenSUSE from USB



i duno what hapend but i lost border on windows




do u know what happen?

[istrandi]

have you tried rebooting the computer? Seems like something might have crashed, whatever actually renders the borders, that is.

If that doesn't work, then you've probably managed to delete something

[dlaxtn22]

I am having an update manager refresh problem also simular i trie the fixes you listed to no avail here is a screen shot of what happens when i try to refresh

[istrandi]

It's a different error.

Type into terminal:

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gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/local-respository.list

This file should read:

deb file:///usr/share/local-repository binary/


Change it to this, save the file and it should work.


Edit: Corrected the code from sudo to gksudo. Thanks for pointing that out

[istrandi]

Did that work?

BTW, you should start a new topic for a different problem.

Also, can the original poster stick a [solved] tag in the post name please.

[dlaxtn22]

I did that saved it then i got this error pop up in terminal. Im sorry for the inconvience with this issue but i am stumped on this one I cant even use apt anymore

[istrandi]

sorry, wasn't thinking when i posted. correct code is:

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gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/local-respository.list

and you can ignore the error message - it should just open in a gedit window.
everything else as before

Also, this seems to be a problem with mint itself... I got the same problem as you after a fresh install of mint


If you just can't get it to work with gedit then:

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sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/local-respository.list

will bring up a command line editor.

Also, if your install is like mine, then you will have to apply the original fix I posted as well...