apt-get update not working......

Hi,

I have a farily new install of 8.04.3 server and I am having trouble with getting the following command to work.

sudo apt-get update

It is saying that apt-get "could not resolve" the server. The error text is below.

Here is my sources.list and after that are the error messages I am getting.

Thanks in advance!

--------- sources.list ---------------------------

#
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 8.04.3 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20090709)]/ hardy main restricted

#deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 8.04.3 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20090709)]/ hardy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse

----------------- error messages ----------------------
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg
Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release.gpg
Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release.gpg
Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'
Reading package lists...

You need to check your internet connection is working;
Post the output of the following commands;

Code:

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cat /etc/resolv.conf
ifconfig
nslookup google.com

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Hi Solar,

Thanks for the response!

Here is a the output requested.......

This is smelling like a nameserver dns configuration issue......

------- resolve.conf -----------
search gerules.com
nameserver 151.167.1.8

Note: The 151 address above was the name server address I had for yahoo's dns server. This is an old entry. I use to be running debian and I copied it from that system.

The interesting thing is that I can get to www.gerules.com and the name resolves to my static ip address.

------- ifconfig -----------
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:5a:5b:a8:34
inet addr:216.63.57.169 Bcast:216.63.57.175 Mask:255.255.255.248
inet6 addr: fe80::210:5aff:fe5b:a834/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:620496 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:2
TX packets:703458 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:160350883 (152.9 MB) TX bytes:501352510 (478.1 MB)
Interrupt:16 Base address:0x2c00

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:3998 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3998 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:358911 (350.4 KB) TX bytes:358911 (350.4 KB)

nslookup google.com responded with a
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

Odd i can resolve us.archive.ubuntu.com using that namesever (so thats fine) and ping your ip address (so doesn't seem to be a routing problem).
Are you allowed to be using that server or may they have blocked your ip for using their servers without permission.
Can you try;

Code:

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nslookup google.com - 4.2.2.2

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Thanks for the reply.

Here is the response from the
nslookup google.com - 4.2.2.2

Server: 4.2.2.2
Address: 4.2.2.2#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 209.85.225.103
Name: google.com
Address: 209.85.225.104
Name: google.com
Address: 209.85.225.105
Name: google.com
Address: 209.85.225.106
Name: google.com
Address: 209.85.225.147
Name: google.com
Address: 209.85.225.99

Maybe try changing you dns providers then - you could try 4.2.2.1, 4.2.2.2, 4.2.2.3 and 4.2.2.4

Thanks Solar!

The problem was with my dns. The 151 address described above didn't work anymore. I changed it to the 4.2.2.2 address and things worked like a charm.

Thanks again for taking the time to help.