Can't upgrade anymore

[andyvito]

Hi, since I messed up a little my source list a couple of weeks ago, the upgrade manager doesn't show me any upgrade to do. I try with apt-get upgrade but it doesn't upgrade anything, and it dosn't give me any error.
It looks strange to me as usually every second day or so there were some upgrades available.
How can I check if something is wrong?
Thanks in advance, Andy

[Sam Lars]

It sounds like it's working, but could you post your /etc/apt/sources.list?
You can also compare it to the one here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4214207&postcount=2) (replace "gutsy" with "hardy" of course).

[andyvito]

Hi sam, here the content of that file


# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 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://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
deb-src http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted

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

Do you think there's something wrong?
Maybe upgrades have been "freezed" for the release of Ubuntu 8.10?
I don't think so... anyway, let me know if you can. Thanks a lot.

[Sam Lars]

It looks fine to me. You'll still get updates for Hardy for at least a couple years, since it's an LTS. Once Intrepid is released, it may be less.
Sometimes there's just a lull in updates. You could try

sudo apt-get update
to make sure it's updating the package information correctly.

[andyvito]

Thanks a lot Sam, I'll try tomorrow morning and I'll tell you about.
Thanks again

[andyvito]

Hi Sam, it's morning now here in Italy...
That's what apt-get update gives me:


Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Translation-it
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Translation-it
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Translation-it
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Translation-it
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Translation-it
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Packages
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Translation-it
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Sources
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://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Translation-it
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Translation-it
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Translation-it
Ign http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Translation-it
Ign http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Translation-it
Ign http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Translation-it
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Sources
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Sources
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Sources
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Sources
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Sources
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Sources
Lettura della lista dei pacchetti in corso... Fatto (Means: Reading packages list... Done)


The problem came since when I tryied to add a Medibuntu repository to download some codecs for ffmpeg. I added some lines to the list whit a command I found in this forum, but as that repository seemed to be always down I removed them. Maybe I removed something else too...
I'll try to find that command again and I'll post here to you to see.
Thanks again

[andyvito]

I did the same as I tryied when I messed up before, the command added Medibuntu repository to my list, and now this is the only one working!!!
the command is:

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

Anyway, all the rest still not working...
Switched from the italian server to the main...
Same...

Last time I erased manually all the lines regerding medibuntu because seemed to be always down...
I don't know, sources.list seem to be ok...
Is not possible to reinstall aptitude?
Maybe you need aptitude to install aptitude...
Anyway, I'll keep on trying...
Thanks

[Partyboi2]

I think you will find that its just a lull in the updates just like Sam Lars has mentioned.

[andyvito]

Hope so...
Thanks again