Failed to fetch

[nanotube]

The 360-chars problem is still not completely fixed - occurs intermittently depending on which mirror you get sent to. but switch.dl should be working fine at least. so as mike said, please post your sources.list.

[nanotube]

Update:
Sourceforge has fixed the long-header problem, and the repository now works without issues using the downloads.sourceforge.net server.

[hewittkennedy]

I followed the 4 term line steps for automating Firefox updates at http://ubuntuzilla.sourceforge.net/, but it's not working.

My sources.list file is (so you'll see I've already added mirror per nanotube):

deb http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ hardy main universe multiverse restricted
deb-src http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ hardy main universe multiverse restricted

deb http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main universe multiverse restricted
deb-src http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main universe multiverse restricted

deb http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security main universe multiverse restricted
deb-src http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security main universe multiverse restricted

deb http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ hardy-netbook-base main universe multiverse restricted
deb-src http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ hardy-netbook-base main universe multiverse restricted

deb http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ hardy-dell-mini main universe multiverse restricted
deb-src http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ hardy-dell-mini main universe multiverse restricted

deb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pro...la/mozilla/apt all main
deb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pro...la/mozilla/apt all main

deb http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/pro...la/mozilla/apt all main

The sudo apt-key step shows:

susan@susan:~$ sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com C1289A29
Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com C1289A29
gpg: requesting key C1289A29 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key C1289A29: "Daniel Folkinshteyn (Ubuntuzilla signing key) <nanotube@users.sourceforge.net>" not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: unchanged: 1

The sudo apt-get shows (see blue text in middle):

susan@susan:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign http://downloads.sourceforge.net all Release.gpg
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net all Release.gpg
Ign http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net all/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://downloads.sourceforge.net all/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy/restricted Translation-en_US
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-security Release.gpg
Hit http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net all Release
Ign http://downloads.sourceforge.net all Release
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-netbook-base Release.gpg
Ign http://downloads.sourceforge.net all/main Packages
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-netbook-base/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-netbook-base/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-netbook-base/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-netbook-base/restricted Translation-en_US
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini Release.gpg
Err http://downloads.sourceforge.net all/main Packages
404 Not Found
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/restricted Translation-en_US
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini Release.gpg
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/public Translation-en_US
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy Release
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-updates Release
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-security Release
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-netbook-base Release
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini Release
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini Release
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy/main Packages
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy/universe Packages
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy/multiverse Packages
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy/restricted Packages
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy/main Sources
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy/universe Sources
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy/multiverse Sources
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy/restricted Sources
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-updates/main Packages
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-updates/main Sources
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-security/main Packages
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-security/universe Packages
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-security/main Sources
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-security/universe Sources
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-security/restricted Sources
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-netbook-base/main Packages
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-netbook-base/universe Packages
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-netbook-base/multiverse Packages
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-netbook-base/restricted Packages
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-netbook-base/main Sources
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-netbook-base/universe Sources
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-netbook-base/multiverse Sources
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-netbook-base/restricted Sources
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/main Packages
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/universe Packages
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/multiverse Packages
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/restricted Packages
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/main Sources
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/universe Sources
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/multiverse Sources
Ign http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/restricted Sources
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/public Packages
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/public Sources
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-netbook-base/main Packages
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-netbook-base/universe Packages
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-netbook-base/multiverse Packages
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-netbook-base/restricted Packages
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-netbook-base/main Sources
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-netbook-base/universe Sources
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-netbook-base/multiverse Sources
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-netbook-base/restricted Sources
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/main Packages
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/universe Packages
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/multiverse Packages
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/restricted Packages
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/main Sources
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/universe Sources
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/multiverse Sources
Hit http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com hardy-dell-mini/restricted Sources
W: Failed to fetch http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/pro...ts/all/Release Unable to find expected entry main/binary-lpia/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

W: Failed to fetch http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pro...ia/Packages.gz 404 Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Perhaps it shouldn't be surprising that the sudo apt-get install didn't work:

susan@susan:~$ sudo apt-get install firefox-mozilla-build
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package firefox-mozilla-build

I thought I'd try the instructions at: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/ubuntuzilla and everything went fine till I asked the Software Sources to reload, at which point I get same error message as in sudo apt-get update step. The Synaptic Package Manager also can't find the mozilla-build.

Any idea why this isn't working for me? I currently have Firefox for Ubuntu 3.6.17. I think I have Hardy Heron 8.04 for Linux, but don't remember how to figure that out.
Thanks!

[nanotube]

hi hewittkennedy,

yes you do appear to have an old ubuntu release, hardy 8.04, and further which is the dell flavor of the lpia architecture.

There are a number of problems here:
1. lpia is a separate architecture build, and the packages of ubuntuzilla (or really almost anything else out there) don't support it.
2. hardy is old, and the apt-get system doesn't support http redirects, which the main downloads.sourceforge.net gateway uses, so you'd have to specific mirror (switch.dl.sourceforge.net is one such mirror - you'll see in your output that that one worked fine - but complained about missing lpia packages)

my suggestion to you is to do the following:
1. back up your personal files from this computer
2. make a fresh install of the latest ubuntu 32bit (or xubuntu - these days i'm a xubuntu fan )
3. if you wish, follow the steps again to add the ubuntuzilla repository and install the latest mozilla builds, though the latest ubuntu would also come with recent mozilla software.

all the best!