apt not working

[wednesday allfather]

My updates and synaptic have not been working for a while. I can manually download packages and install them, so dpkg seems to be working. Here is my /etc/apt/sources.list is

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release amd64 (20100429)]/ lucid main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
deb-src http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted
deb-src http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid universe
deb-src http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid universe
deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe
deb-src http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid-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://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
deb-src http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid-updates multiverse
deb-src http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid-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://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid-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 lucid partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner

deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid-security main restricted
deb-src http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid-security main restricted
deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid-security universe
deb-src http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid-security universe
deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid-security multiverse
deb-src http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid-security multiverse
deb http://packages.dfreer.org gutsy main

I'll be happy to provide any additional info.

Thanks for the help and the great community

[arrange]

Can you explain in a little more detail what you mean by "updates and synaptic have not been working"? Do you see an error message etc?

Why do you think that apt is to blame? Can you for example run

sudo apt-get update

without problems?

[plucky]

And remove

deb http://packages.dfreer.org gutsy main

from your sources.list

Good luck

[wednesday allfather]

Sorry, I forgot to include this

when running sudo apt-get update here is a snippet of what I get.

Err http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid-backports/restricted Translation-en_US
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid-backports/universe Translation-en_US
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-security Release.gpg
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_US
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_US
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_US
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
  Connection failed
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid Release
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates Release
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports Release
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-security Release
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/main Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/restricted Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/main Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/restricted Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/universe Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/universe Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/multiverse Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/multiverse Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/main Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/restricted Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/main Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/restricted Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/universe Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/universe Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/multiverse Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/multiverse Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/main Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/restricted Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/universe Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/multiverse Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/main Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/restricted Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/universe Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/multiverse Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-security/main Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-security/restricted Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-security/main Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-security/restricted Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-security/universe Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-security/universe Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-security/multiverse Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-security/multiverse Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/main Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/restricted Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/main Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/restricted Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/universe Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/universe Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/multiverse Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/multiverse Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/main Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/restricted Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/main Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/restricted Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/universe Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/universe Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/multiverse Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/multiverse Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/main Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/restricted Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/universe Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/multiverse Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/main Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/restricted Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/universe Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/multiverse Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-security/main Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-security/restricted Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-security/main Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-security/restricted Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-security/universe Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-security/universe Sources
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-security/multiverse Packages
Ign http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-security/multiverse Sources
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/main Packages
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/restricted Packages
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/main Sources
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/restricted Sources
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/universe Packages
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/universe Sources
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/multiverse Packages
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid/multiverse Sources
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/main Packages
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/restricted Packages
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/main Sources
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/restricted Sources
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/universe Packages
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/universe Sources
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/multiverse Packages
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-updates/multiverse Sources
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/main Packages
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/restricted Packages
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/universe Packages
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/multiverse Packages
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/main Sources
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/restricted Sources
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/universe Sources
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-backports/multiverse Sources
  Connection failed
Err http://mirror.anl.gov lucid-security/main Packages

And I forgot I added that gutsy deb also. Duh not really sure what I was thinking there.

It seems like I cannot find the servers for some reason, but I do, in fact, have a working internet connection.

[arrange]

Have you tried choosing a different mirror in Software sources?

[wednesday allfather]

Yes, I have. I tried several mirrors and also 'Select Best Server' or from administration -> software sources

[wednesday allfather]

I've seen this kind of post a couple places and it doesn't seem to get solved. My dear ubuntu-linux geeks... i_need_your_help

[emarkay]

Strange - What happens when you do "System - Update Manager" (the GUI) and enter your password - do you get any error messages?

[wednesday allfather]

Not at that stage. The only errors I get are from requesting package data (updates) or trying to install packages from the repos.

[oaxacamatt1]

Hi Wednesdcay and all,
I have actually experienced this same problem and was going to write about it soon (after I gathered my info), but I have seen the same on two systems.
Very disturbing!!
M