Can't update

[JGT]

Hi

I get the following while running the update manager in a clean install of Xubuntu... Will I be able to receive bugfixes?

Thanks

John



Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/Release Unable to find expected entry web/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-security/Release Unable to find expected entry web/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-updates/Release Unable to find expected entry web/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-proposed/Release Unable to find expected entry web/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

[JGT]

Bump...

Xubuntu can't see my Windows partition and I understand this is a bug - I really need to be able to update...

[bapoumba]

Please post your sources.list file. I cannot access these repos either.

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

For your windows partition, it is NTFS ?

[JGT]

Thanks

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted web
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-proposed restricted main multiverse universe web
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse

[bapoumba]

You need to add the following to the file:

## General.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted universe muliverse
## Major bug fix updates.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted universe muliverse


I would also comment (place a # at the beginning of the line) the -proposed repos (on line before last line), as this is the line with the -gb repos giving you trouble and they are for testing packages. You probably won't need them.

So, please open a terminal and run:

sudo nano -B /etc/apt/sources.list
nano is a small text editor workiing from the terminal.
Highlight my lines above and click to paste at the beginning of the file.

CTRL-O to save the file (same name).
CTRL-X to exit nano.


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
to reload the file and see if there are nay updates available (I have not had any since I installed hardy, but this was just yesterday).
Please post any error message you get, and your new sources.list if you are still having troubles.

[JGT]

Hi thanks

There was a lot of action but still some errors at the end






john@john-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for john:
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Translation-en_GB
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/web Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/web Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/web Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed Release.gpg
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/web Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/main Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/multiverse Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/universe Packages
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-security/Release Unable to find expected entry web/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

W: Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/Release Unable to find expected entry web/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

W: Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-updates/Release Unable to find expected entry web/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

W: Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-proposed/Release Unable to find expected entry web/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
john@john-desktop:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Xubuntu 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://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted web
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted

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

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted web
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-proposed restricted main multiverse universe web
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
john@john-desktop:~$ sudo nano -B /etc/apt/sources.list
[sudo] password for john:
john@john-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Translation-en_GB
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Translation-en_GB
Get: 1 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg [191B]
Get: 2 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Translation-en_GB [19.6kB]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Sources
Get: 3 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Translation-en_GB [1956B]
Get: 4 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Translation-en_GB [4368B]
Get: 5 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Translation-en_GB [36.1kB]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/web Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Packages
Get: 6 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Get: 7 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release [65.9kB]
Get: 8 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release [37.0kB]
Get: 9 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages [1178kB]
Get: 10 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages [6986B]
Get: 11 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages [4297kB]
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/web Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/web Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed Release.gpg
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/web Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/main Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/multiverse Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/universe Packages
Get: 12 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages [179kB]
Get: 13 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Sources [338kB]
Get: 14 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Sources [1488B]
Get: 15 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Sources [1323kB]
Get: 16 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages [14B]
Get: 17 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Packages [14B]
Get: 18 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Packages [14B]
Get: 19 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Packages [14B]
Get: 20 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Sources [14B]
Get: 21 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Sources [14B]
Get: 22 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Sources [14B]
Fetched 7489kB in 50s (149kB/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-security/Release Unable to find expected entry web/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/Release Unable to find expected entry muliverse/source/Sources in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-updates/Release Unable to find expected entry muliverse/source/Sources in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

W: Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/Release Unable to find expected entry web/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

W: Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-updates/Release Unable to find expected entry web/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

W: Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-proposed/Release Unable to find expected entry web/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

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

[bapoumba]

Okay, at the bottom of your sources.list there is this line, and it is malformed (sorry, I did not catch it at first). "web" should not be at the end (in red).
So either you delete the "web" word, or you comment it (add the #, in green below, at the beginning). I favor commenting the line, as these repos are for tests.

# deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-proposed restricted main multiverse universe web

[JGT]

Hi

I commented out both the lines with "web" at the end.

## General.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted universe muliverse
## Major bug fix updates.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted universe muliverse
# deb cdrom:[Xubuntu 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://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted web
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted

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

# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted web
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
# deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-proposed restricted main multiverse universe web
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse


Here was the output...




john@john-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Translation-en_GB
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/web Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/web Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Packages
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/Release Unable to find expected entry muliverse/source/Sources in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-updates/Release Unable to find expected entry muliverse/source/Sources in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

W: Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/Release Unable to find expected entry web/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

W: Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-updates/Release Unable to find expected entry web/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

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

[SnakeHips]

Bump...

Xubuntu can't see my Windows partition and I understand this is a bug - I really need to be able to update...

post output from terminal


mount

I dont use windows anymore but as the other poster asked ,are you using NTFS ? If so ntfsprogs (from synaptic) may help...

[bapoumba]

I'm very sorry, I got mislead with the sources.list you posted in post #4 that was incomplete. Looks like there are problems with the .gb archives. Here is my sources.list, you can replace all yours with it (delete everything and copy/paste in the blanked file, I know it is working ;))

## General.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted universe muliverse

## Major bug fix updates.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted universe muliverse

## Security.
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse

[JGT]

Okay, did it:

john@john-desktop:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
## General.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted universe muliverse

## Major bug fix updates.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted universe muliverse

## Security.
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse



Still get this one though!


W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/Release Unable to find expected entry muliverse/source/Sources in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-updates/Release Unable to find expected entry muliverse/source/Sources in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

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


Should it say xubuntu rather than ubuntu or they the repos the same?

[bapoumba]

Hmm, I do not quite get it. Must be coming from somewhere else. Let me think about this one and run some googling as I do not have this problem..
I'm also running xubuntu hardy ;)

[JGT]

Double post - deleted

[bapoumba]

Found it!
You have "muliverse" line 2 under ## General and line 2 under ## Major bug fix updates. It should be multiverse (with a "t").

[JGT]

Thanks! As simple as that.

Cheers for your help

John

[bapoumba]

You're welcome.
I had never seen that error message worded this way before, it may have changed for hardy, I'll check.