Update error message

[dfrado]

Friends:

I am getting this error message each time I use Update Manager.

Failed to fetch http://ftp.debian.org/dists/etch/Release Unable to find expected entry commercial/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

Does anyone have advice on how to resolve it?

I'm using 8.10 Intrepid.

Thanks.

[Partyboi2]

Can you post your sources.list please.
Open a terminal (applications>Accessories>Terminal)
then post the output to

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

[dfrado]

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080423)]/ hardy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

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

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

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-security restricted main multiverse universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
deb http://ftp.debian.org etch commercial
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main #OpenOffice.org
deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ lenny non-free #Opera
dennisfrado@dennisfrado-desktop:~$

[Partyboi2]

This is the line causing the problem

deb http://ftp.debian.org (http://ftp.debian.org/) etch commercial
I would suggest removing it from your sources.list or fixing it to the correct repository. I am not sure what the correct one is, so recheck the website or where ever you got it from.
To remove it or disable it you can open Software Sources (System>Admin>Software Sources) and on the "Third Party Software" untick the box next to it to disable or highlight and remove.

[dfrado]

Thanks Partyboi2. Removing that site from my list solved the problem.:D