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devilcode
February 21st, 2011, 03:09 PM
Anyone else getting this issue ?

PROBLEM:


W:Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick/Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'extras.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
, W:Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'dl.google.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
, E:Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
OS VERSION


Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
Codename: maverick

sffvba[e0rt
February 21st, 2011, 04:15 PM
Anyone else getting this issue ?

PROBLEM:


W:Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick/Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'extras.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
, W:Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'dl.google.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
, E:Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
OS VERSION


Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
Codename: maverick


Hi,

I have gotten messages (or very similar) to these often over the last few years... what I normally do is to change the server I use and then try and update again... this usually fixes any issues the server I normally use might have (and if that doesn't work it means there might be a bigger issue and I would then seek more advice on the forums)...

Try it and see...



404

Frogs Hair
February 21st, 2011, 04:27 PM
I get a failure to connect to sources at times and I find that reloading the synaptic package manager or running
sudo apt-get update does the trick.

devilcode
February 21st, 2011, 07:12 PM
sudo apt-get update


produces the same really



Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Get:1 http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg [72B]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick/main Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages
Err http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release.gpg
Something wicked happened resolving 'security.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/universe Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/restricted Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/universe Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/multiverse Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/restricted i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/multiverse i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Err http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Something wicked happened resolving 'dl.google.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main Translation-en_GB
Get:2 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1,347B]
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Get:3 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [1,093B]
Fetched 2,512B in 15s (163B/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick-security/Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'security.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'dl.google.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)

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

sikander3786
February 21st, 2011, 08:39 PM
Most of the time, this error seems to appear when your router was configured as a DNS server and is unable to resolve the addresses. And strangely, the errors seems to appear near the end of the apt-get operation and not the beginning.

A fix is to find your ISPs original DNS server adresses and put it in your network manager. Or use Google DNS or OpenDNS. See Linux instructions here.

http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using.html