no upgrades or source list come up

[Ericwt]

Here is my source list I can not add remove or update. I also can not see the source list to edit it package manager just hangs then dumps back to desk top. I hope someone can see something wrong so I can correct it.
Thanks Eric
Source list

#
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080422.2)]/ hardy main restricted

#deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080422.2)]/ hardy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb ftp://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
deb-src ftp://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted

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

deb ftp://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb-src ftp://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb ftp://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb-src ftp://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb ftp://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
deb-src ftp://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse

[overdrank]

Hi and could you post the output of updating via the terminal

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Do you get any errors opening synaptic manager or add and remove?

[Ericwt]

Hi and could you post the output of updating via the terminal

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Do you get any errors opening synaptic manager or add and remove?

Tried That can get updates that way but my problem is can not open package manager source list or add and remove programs. Try's to open then dumps back to desktop. This is on my work laptop and all this will work on desktop computer. There must be a simple reason why nothing works.
Eric

[cjazz]

Is your source list located in /etc/apt/sources.list? What happens if you try to open the file with:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

?

It may not make any difference, but my sources.list file has http everywhere yours has ftp. Just wondering.

[Ericwt]

Is your source list located in /etc/apt/sources.list? What happens if you try to open the file with:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

?

It may not make any difference, but my sources.list file has http everywhere yours has ftp. Just wondering.

cjazz
I tried that change back from ftp to http same problem. I checked the source list on my desktop computer they are the same.
On my desktop I can go to etc/apt/sources non root and double click on the source list it asks for a password for root. I then can see all options for software sources. On the laptop it just hangs for a while and stops.
Is there a way I could correct this using live cd or install cd.
Thanks Eric

[cjazz]

Maybe I'm not understanding you. My question is, what happens if you open a terminal and enter

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

[Ericwt]

Maybe I'm not understanding you. My question is, what happens if you open a terminal and enter

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Jazz

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/source.list works in fact I changed my source list to http: from ftp that I had tried.

Heres what is happening
I have updates ready for download right now. I click on the icon in the panel and update manager comes up. I try to install them and it just hangs till I kill and end it. Same if I try to use source list and synaptic package manager. Never asks for my root password if that helps.
I can use sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
and I can download and install all updates.

Thanks for your help this must be something simple.
Eric

[cjazz]

Thanks for explaining. Sorry I didn't understand your problem before.

You might want to try running update-manager from a terminal and seeing if the output there gives you any clues. I'm assuming that your user account has full administration privileges. You can check through System>Administration>Users and Groups.

[Ericwt]

I ran in terminal and this is only thing I cansee wrong.
Sudo apt-get update
sudo:unable to resolve host harry
eric@harry

Then will fetch updates but will not upgrade

Ready to start over
Eric and thanks for your help you guys are great.

[formol]

hello

i've the same problem :

result from apt-get update:

sudo: unable to resolve host formol-desktop