Mirrors Won't Load for Updates

[Javelin Dan]

Here ya' go...

[CODE 1 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.10 _Maverick Meerkat_ - Release powerpc (20101008)]/ maverick main
2 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
3 # newer versions of the distribution.
4
5 deb cdrom:[Xubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release powerpc (20100428)]/ lucid main universe
6 deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ maverick main restricted
7 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick main restricted
8
9 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
10 ## distribution.
11 deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ maverick-updates main restricted
12 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-updates main restricted
13
14 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
15 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
16 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
17 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick universe
18 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-updates universe
19
20 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
21 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
22 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
23 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
24 ## security team.
25 deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ maverick multiverse
26 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick multiverse
27 deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ maverick-updates multiverse
28 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-updates multiverse
29
30 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
31 ## repository.
32 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
33 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
34 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
35 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
36 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
37 # deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ maverick-backports main restricted universe multiverse
38 # deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-backports main restricted universe multiverse
39
40 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
41 ## 'partner' repository.
42 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
43 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
44 # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner
45 # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner
46
47 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
48 ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
49 deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick main
50 deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick main
51
52 deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ maverick-security main restricted
53 deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ maverick-security main restricted
54 deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ maverick-security multiverse
55 deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ maverick-security multiverse
56
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[jerrrys]

BINGO

Line #5 needs to be commented out (#); make it read:
# deb cdrom:[Xubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release powerpc (2010042]/ lucid main universe

followed with a:

sudo apt-get update

and you should be good to go.

http://www.googlubuntu.com/results/?...ch&cof=FORID:9

[Javelin Dan]

I'll certainly try that. Please explain what happened and how as I have obviously never tweaked any of this. How did the updates manager go from working to not? Thanks again for all your help.

[jerrrys]

I can only guess at what happen. With few exceptions your sources.list should only contain 10.10 sources.
Maybe you recently upgraded to 10.10 and it was carried over, really don't know for sure.

I myself do not use update-manager, but instead use synaptic-package-manager. SPM will will do the job of both update-manager
and the software-center plus much more. You should check it out.

http://www.googlubuntu.com/results/?...ch&cof=FORID:9

To install it: sudo apt-get install synaptic
and it will appear in your main menu.

[Javelin Dan]

jerrys -

I thought I understood what you meant by "comment out" but it turns out I didn't...I couldn't figure out how to amend line 5 in the code. I did however take your advice and am currently downloading the upgrade files through Synaptic (didn't need to download it though, it was already installed). So I guess I'll call this "solved". I would like to learn about the "comment out" thing. Thanks for all your help.

[jerrrys]

jerrys -

I thought I understood what you meant by "comment out" but it turns out I didn't...I couldn't figure out how to amend line 5 in the code. I did however take your advice and am currently downloading the upgrade files through Synaptic (didn't need to download it though, it was already installed). So I guess I'll call this "solved". I would like to learn about the "comment out" thing. Thanks for all your help.

By commenting (#) that line out, it cannot be read by your system. To do it, maybe a GUI would make more sense. You would open a terminal and enter:

gksudo nautilus

then navigate to:

/etc/apt/sources.list
Screenshot from 2012-03-27 20:15:29.png

double click on sources.list
then change line five from and to:

deb cdrom:[Xubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release powerpc (2010042]/ lucid main universe

#deb cdrom:[Xubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release powerpc (2010042]/ lucid main universe

those faces are just an posting error.

[Javelin Dan]

OK jerrys, thanks again. The Synaptic trick worked fine. In fact, while I was watching the installation of the files I noticed something about "update manager". So when it was done I clicked on "update manager" and it told me I was up to date and there was nothing to download, so I guess it repaired that problem as well. I remember when I first attempted to learn something about computers, a wise man once told me that there are always at least three different ways to accomplish the same thing on a computer. So far, it seems to be true. I have absolutely no pride about taking the easy way out, but I will admit that if it wasn't for people like you, I'd still be running away from the command line screaming like a girl. Thanks one more time for your time and effort.