software manager not working

caslie · Post by **caslie** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:43 am

This is the reported error.

E: Type '<HTML>' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/m-buck-conky-jaunty.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

Im a newbie in linux... i cant erase the file m-buck-conky-jaunty.list and i also cant uninstall conky... don't know what to do

Post by **xenopeek** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:59 am

Please run the following from the terminal and post the output here:

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cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/m-buck-conky-jaunty.list

and also:

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inxi -rc 0

caslie · Post by **caslie** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:05 am

FIRST:

list
<HTML>
<head>
<style>
a { font-family: arial, verdana; font-size: 14px; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; }
a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }

body { background-color: #FFF; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;}
.cellheader { border-top: 1px #374646 solid; border-left: 1px #374646 solid; border-right: 1px #374646 solid; border-bottom: 1px #374646 solid; font-family: verdana, arial; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal; color: #F1F1F1; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr class="cellheader">
<td bgcolor="#788298">
<center>
<b>
This Account Has Been Suspended.
</b>
</center>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<center>
Please contact the billing/support department as soon as possible.
</center>
</body>

SECOND:

Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ lisa main upstream import
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ lisa-lxde main upstream import
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ oneiric partner
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ oneiric free non-free
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/atareao-atareao-oneiric.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/atareao/atareao/ubuntu oneiric main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/atareao/atareao/ubuntu oneiric main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/m-buck-conky-jaunty.list
<HTML>
<head>
<style>
a { font-family: arial, verdana; font-size: 14px; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; }
a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
body { background-color: #FFF; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;}
.cellheader { border-top: 1px #374646 solid; border-left: 1px #374646 solid; border-right: 1px #374646 solid; border-bottom: 1px #374646 solid; font-family
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr class="cellheader">
<td bgcolor="#788298">
<center>
<b>
This Account Has Been Suspended.
</b>
</center>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<center>
Please contact the billing/support department as soon as possible.
</center>
</body>
</html>

caslie · Post by **caslie** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:42 am

FIXED!

i logged in as root and deleted the file in the terminal..

i.e.
sudo passwd root (then type passwords)

then login as root user, in the terminal type..
su

then delete the file, in the terminal type
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/m-bucky-conky-jaunty.list

Thanks!

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