update failure

[jtmedin]

update manager fails loading updates to 'bind9-host' ... & its repeatable. Anyone got any ideas? TIA

[MelDJ]

can you post the error in the output of sudo apt-get update?

[jtmedin]

Here it is:
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/universe/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/universe/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'archive.canonical.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/partner/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'archive.canonical.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/universe/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/karmic/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'packages.medibuntu.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/karmic/free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'packages.medibuntu.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/karmic/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'packages.medibuntu.org'

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

[jtmedin]

Bump

[MelDJ]

are the last few lines normal?

try changing the download server in software sources