Can't update 9.10

[bchamberlain]

When running update manager for 9.10, it claims I need to do a partial upgrade. I click continue and it eventually spits out an error after gathering ~170 of the required files for download. It claims that some of the files could not be found. It gives me a 404 file not found on each of the remaining 20 or so files. Are they just not ready yet? Or is something wrong? Do I need to change/enable certain repositories? Thanks for any help!

[mac9416]

Could you please post the output where you get the 404s? While you're at it, please post your /etc/apt/sources.list.
Thanks.

[dagarshali]

guys,
I just upgraded and when it restarted..i get a screen with a couple lines blinking and with login:

i can't type anything properly either..

so I restarted the laptop in recovery mode and i was able to login and see my files. I have forgotten to back up some important data..is there any way that i can connect a externl drive and copy the data to that..

and help to fix the problem or not restarting...

Regards,
Vishwa

[Nebutron]

guys,
I have forgotten to back up some important data..is there any way that i can connect a externl drive and copy the data to that..

and help to fix the problem or not restarting...

Regards,
Vishwa

Yes, If you have a live CD, you can boot from the CD and should be able to access your files on the HD and save to a USB flash drive or other media.

[dagarshali]

i found online that there is bug report concerning nvidia driver...and mine has nividia driver..

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/450318

the report says to replace xrog.conf with xorg.conf.failsafe..

the problem is i dont see xrog.conf.failsafe file in /etc/X11/

all i see is xorg.conf.backup, xorg.conf.di...
xorg.conf.original

what do i do..

[Nebutron]

i found online that there is bug report concerning nvidia driver...and mine has nividia driver..

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/450318

the report says to replace xrog.conf with xorg.conf.failsafe..

the problem is i dont see xrog.conf.failsafe file in /etc/X11/

all i see is xorg.conf.backup, xorg.conf.di...
xorg.conf.original

what do i do..

If you can still boot into recovery mode, it may be worth trying the "xfix" option. You will have to scroll down in the red window to find it. Not sure if it will work, but worth a try.

[bchamberlain]

Could you please post the output where you get the 404s? While you're at it, please post your /etc/apt/sources.list.
Thanks.

Here are the 404's.

Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-libc-dev_2.6.31-11.38_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/b/binutils/binutils_2.19.91.20091001-0ubuntu2_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/ntfs-3g/libntfs-3g54_2009.4.4-1ubuntu2_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/k/klibc/klibc-utils_1.5.15-1ubuntu1_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/k/klibc/libklibc_1.5.15-1ubuntu1_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/ntfs-3g/ntfs-3g_2009.4.4-1ubuntu2_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/u/ubuntu-docs/ubuntu-docs_9.10.8_all.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gtk+2.0/libgail-common_2.18.1-1_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gtk+2.0/libgail18_2.18.1-1_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gtk+2.0/libgtk2.0-common_2.18.1-1_all.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gtk+2.0/gtk2-engines-pixbuf_2.18.1-1_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gtk+2.0/libgtk2.0-0_2.18.1-1_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gnome-control-center/gnome-control-center_2.28.0-0ubuntu3_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gnome-control-center/capplets-data_2.28.0-0ubuntu3_all.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gnome-control-center/libgnome-window-settings1_2.28.0-0ubuntu3_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/devicekit-disks/devicekit-disks_007-1_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/f/f-spot/f-spot_0.6.1.3-1ubuntu1_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gnome-disk-utility/libgdu-gtk0_2.28.0-1_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gnome-disk-utility/libgdu0_2.28.0-1_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gnome-disk-utility/gnome-disk-utility_2.28.0-1_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gtk+2.0/libgtk2.0-bin_2.18.1-1_all.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_1.20_all.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/aptdaemon/python-aptdaemon-gtk_0.10+bzr242-0ubuntu3_all.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/aptdaemon/aptdaemon_0.10+bzr242-0ubuntu3_all.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/aptdaemon/python-aptdaemon_0.10+bzr242-0ubuntu3_all.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/s/software-center/software-center_0.4.4_all.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/grub2/grub-pc_1.97~beta3-1ubuntu7_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/grub2/grub-common_1.97~beta3-1ubuntu7_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]

Here's /etc/apt/sources.list

#deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Beta i386 (20090929.2)]/ karmic 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/ karmic main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted

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

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

Hope that helps!

[EriQ_10]

I am having the same problem.:( I have tried changing the download server, But it makes no difference.

[EveryNameUsedAlready]

I had the same problem as did a guru friend. His suggestion worked for me:

Open a terminal. Update you apt-cache with this command:
apt-get update

Try to upgrade again.

[grandtoubab]

partial upgrade is a bad choice,
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1286309

for the other problem are you sure you still have your Internet connection working?

[IHaveNoLinuxSkills]

Hey guys,
I am having same problem. plus i cant download from synaptic and software center all because of a similar problem.
Need help fast. im desperate. lol
Dunno if the below will help.

W: Failed to fetch http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/b/boost1.38/libboost-system1.38.0_1.38.0-6ubuntu6_i386.deb
Could not connect to nz.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (202.7.6.10), connection timed out


W: Failed to fetch http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/b/boost1.38/libboost-filesystem1.38.0_1.38.0-6ubuntu6_i386.deb
Unable to connect to nz.archive.ubuntu.com http:


W: Failed to fetch http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/b/boost1.38/libboost-regex1.38.0_1.38.0-6ubuntu6_i386.deb
Unable to connect to nz.archive.ubuntu.com http:


W: Failed to fetch http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/b/boost1.38/libboost-signals1.38.0_1.38.0-6ubuntu6_i386.deb
Unable to connect to nz.archive.ubuntu.com http:


W: Failed to fetch http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar5_0.14.6-1_i386.deb
Unable to connect to nz.archive.ubuntu.com http:

[soluckytouselinux]

Hi everyone. I have a problem updating karmic. any help? I see updates in my update manager, but they are shaded out. I also installed satanic ubuntu before my upgrade. Thank-you

[VvWolverinevV]

I had the same problem as did a guru friend. His suggestion worked for me:

Open a terminal. Update you apt-cache with this command:
apt-get update

Try to upgrade again.

This worked for me too :)

[eugenevdm]

apt-get update

I confirmed the above command worked for me when I got loads of these:


Err http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main base-files 5.0.0ubuntu18
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Err http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main libc6-i386 2.11.1-0ubuntu6
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Err http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main libc-dev-bin 2.11.1-0ubuntu6
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Err http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main libc6-dev 2.11.1-0ubuntu6
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
Err http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main libc-bin 2.11.1-0ubuntu6
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]