[Linux-bruxelles] cannot update in lynx

[christina stadlbauer]

dear all,
thanks to wendy and a bit of patience i have solved the updating issue.
it had to do with wrong settings.

thanx for your help!
christina


On 20/07/10 11:42, Manuel Schulte wrote:
> Hi Christina,
>
> Your sources.list seems to use a mirror (http://ftp.port80.se/ubuntu/)
> somewhere in Sweden.
> May be the mirror is not active (or not always active) or not
> reachable from Belgium (assuming you are connecting from belgium), try
> to switch to another one... perhaps first try to use the Ubuntu's
> default one, or switch to the Belgian mirror (still assuming you are
> connecting from Belgium).
>
> I think this will solve your upgrade issues.
>
> Cheers,
> Manu
>
> On 1 July 2010 10:25, christina stadlbauer<christina.stadlbauer at gmx.at>  wrote:
>    
>> hi manuel,
>>
>> thanx for all the questions,
>>
>> what i mean is i have ubuntu lucid lynx installed,
>> and yes, i can visit websites from the computer that i cannot upgrade.
>>
>> and the sources list is
>>
>> # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release i386 (20100429)]/ lucid
>> main restricted
>> deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid main restricted #Added by
>> software-properties
>> # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
>> # newer versions of the distribution.
>>
>> deb http://ftp.port80.se/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
>> deb-src http://ftp.port80.se/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted #Added by
>> software-properties
>>
>> ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
>> ## distribution.
>> deb http://ftp.port80.se/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted
>> deb-src http://ftp.port80.se/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted #Added by
>> software-properties
>>
>> ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
>> ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
>> ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
>>
>> ## 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.
>>
>> ## 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://be.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main restricted
>> universe multiverse
>> # deb-src http://be.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-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 lucid partner
>> # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
>>
>> deb http://ftp.port80.se/ubuntu/ lucid-security main restricted
>> deb-src http://ftp.port80.se/ubuntu/ lucid-security main restricted #Added
>> by software-properties
>> deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner
>>
>> hope this helps,
>> c
>>
>>
>>
>> On 30/06/10 00:10, Manuel Schulte wrote:Hi Christina,
>>
>> Just a few questions:
>> a/ what do you mean by "I have 'lynx'"? do you mean "ubuntu lucid
>> lynx" or "lynx" the web browser???
>> b/ you said you have a working internet connection, I thus may assume
>> you are able to connect to the internet and visit web sites, etc.,
>> from the computer for which you cannot perform updates/upgrades?
>> c/ if you're using ubuntu lucid lynx, wouldyou be so kind to post your
>> "sources.list" file, you'll find it in "/etc/apt/"
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Manuel
>>
>> On 29 June 2010 11:49, christina stadlbauer<christina.stadlbauer at gmx.at>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> hello,
>>
>> i have lynx installed on an asus eee and i have not been able to
>> update/grade or download anything neither via synaptic nor thru the
>> terminal.
>> i get the message
>> failed to fetch http:....
>>
>> and that is it then.
>> i have a working internet connection and i chose the best server (which
>> worked) to mirror.
>>
>> any suggestions?
>>
>> thanx a lot,
>> christina
>>
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