[SOLVED] ipv6 (i think) isues: unable to connect to repo

[M0phead]

This is my seccond thread about what appears to be a continuously changing problem (or just a whole host of problems).
I orriginaly posted about browsing death (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=796430&highlight=browsing+death)
when firefox was experiencing some isues wherby it could not connect to web pages unless i typed in an ip adress instead of a web adress.
This was fixed by turning off ipv6 in firefox which is now working perfectly.
i then tried to update sympatic, which took some time so i decided to cancel.
i asked if there was any way of turning off ipv6 for entire computer and was refered to this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=87798&page=14
I followed both of the methods decribed in posts 131 and 133.
i then tried to up date again, leaving it for about an hour.
it failed (i think) and returned this:

ben@ben-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign cdrom://Xubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy/main Translation-en_GB
Ign cdrom://Xubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy/restricted Translation-en_GB
Err http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security Release.gpg
Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://archive.canonical.com gutsy Release.gpg
Could not connect to archive.canonical.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg
Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://archive.canonical.com gutsy/partner Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to archive.canonical.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates Release.gpg
Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports Release.gpg
Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/main Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/restricted Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/universe Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...sy/Release.gpg Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...es/Release.gpg Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...ts/Release.gpg Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to us.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/...sy/Release.gpg Could not connect to archive.canonical.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to archive.canonical.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/di...ty/Release.gpg Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/di...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/di...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/di...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/di...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused: :confused::confused:

[M0phead]

Has anyone seen something like this before?

[The Cog]

No. But the (1.0.0.0) puzzles me. Can you try the command
ping us.archive.ubuntu.com
and see what address it says it is pinging? It looks as though perhaps DNS is returning an address of 1.0.0.0 for that name, which I don't believe to be correct. Don't worry if the ping succeeds or not. Just make sure the IP address resolves OK.

[M0phead]

i get this:
ben@ben-desktop:~$ ping us.archive.ubuntu.com
PING us.archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.31) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from us.archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.31): icmp_seq=1 ttl=54 time=24.0 ms
64 bytes from us.archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.31): icmp_seq=2 ttl=54 time=20.3 ms
64 bytes from us.archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.31): icmp_seq=3 ttl=54 time=23.3 ms
64 bytes from us.archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.31): icmp_seq=4 ttl=54 time=21.6 ms
64 bytes from us.archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.31): icmp_seq=5 ttl=54 time=23.1 ms

[M0phead]

i just tried sudo apt-get update again and i think it may have worked...
it returned this after about 1 minute:
Ign cdrom://Xubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy/main Translation-en_GB
Ign cdrom://Xubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy/restricted Translation-en_GB
Get: 1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get: 2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Translation-en_GB [21.3kB]
Get: 3 http://archive.canonical.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com gutsy/partner Translation-en_GB
Get: 4 http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security Release.gpg [191B]
Get: 5 http://archive.canonical.com gutsy Release [65.9kB]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Get: 6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Translation-en_GB [2395B]
Get: 7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Translation-en_GB [4405B]
Get: 8 http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security Release [51.2kB]
Get: 9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Translation-en_GB [8133B]
Get: 10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Get: 11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Get: 12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release [65.9kB]
Get: 13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates Release [58.5kB]
Get: 14 http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Packages [94.9kB]
Get: 15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports Release [44.0kB]
Get: 16 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages [1075kB]
Get: 17 http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Packages [14B]
Get: 18 http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Sources [17.9kB]
Get: 19 http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Sources [14B]
Get: 20 http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Packages [64.3kB]
Get: 21 http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Sources [9352B]
Get: 22 http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Packages [2880B]
Get: 23 http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Sources [812B]
Get: 24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Packages [7664B]
Get: 25 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Sources [306kB]
Get: 26 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Sources [2120B]
Get: 27 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Packages [4065kB]
Get: 28 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Sources [1226kB]
Get: 29 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Packages [158kB]
Get: 30 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Sources [56.8kB]
Get: 31 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Packages [264kB]
Get: 32 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Packages [4263B]
Get: 33 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Sources [72.8kB]
Get: 34 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Sources [937B]
Get: 35 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/universe Packages [88.6kB]
Get: 36 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/universe Sources [14.4kB]
Get: 37 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/multiverse Packages [9936B]
Get: 38 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/multiverse Sources [1881B]
Get: 39 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/main Packages [30.2kB]
Get: 40 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/restricted Packages [14B]
Get: 41 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/universe Packages [106kB]
Get: 42 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/multiverse Packages [16.7kB]
Get: 43 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/main Sources [9183B]
Get: 44 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/restricted Sources [14B]
Get: 45 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/universe Sources [25.7kB]
Get: 46 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-backports/multiverse Sources [3665B]
Fetched 8058kB in 1m7s (119kB/s)
Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/Release Unable to find expected entry partner/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
Reading package lists... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Does that mean it is now working?
if so, why?
i havent changed anything...

[dmizer]

step one: disable ipv6 according to the following link:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WebBrowsingSlowIPv6IPv4?

step two: you'll probably experince much better browsing if you use openDNS servers according to this link:
https://www.opendns.com/start?device=ubuntu

i suspect you're having problems steming from a flaky router. the above two fixes should help you to get around even if the router's dns and ip stack is flaky.