apt-get update Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/karmic/Release Unable to find expected entry main/source/Sources in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

[jc]

Binary package hint: update-manager

Problem: apt-get update
W: Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/karmic/Release Unable to find expected entry main/source/Sources in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

Details:
ubuntu@ubuntu$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic Release.gpg
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Packages
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release.gpg
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Sources
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic Release
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Packages
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Sources
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Packages
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Sources
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Packages
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Sources
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Sources
W: Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/karmic/Release Unable to find expected entry main/source/Sources in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

ubuntu@ubuntu$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb ftp://cheuk/ karmic main restricted
# deb ftp://cheuk/ karmic-updates main restricted
# deb ftp://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ karmic main restricted
deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ karmic main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ karmic-updates main restricted
deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ karmic-updates main restricted

## 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.
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ karmic universe
deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ karmic universe
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ karmic-updates universe
deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ karmic-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://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ karmic multiverse
deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ karmic multiverse
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ karmic-updates multiverse
deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ karmic-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://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ karmic-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 karmic partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner

deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ karmic-security main restricted
deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ karmic-security main restricted
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ karmic-security universe
deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ karmic-security universe
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ karmic-security multiverse
deb-src http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ karmic-security multiverse

## Team PPA
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/freenx-team/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/freenx-team/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

I'm using the PowerPC port installed over the network with netboot, so I had to build the sources.list file manually, this could be the problem.
This seems to be a server problem though, as the release file shows a Sources file that isn't present in the directory.

http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/karmic/Release
 aa60ca2b119fe5d4c75f40ce7ae22ed6 639802 main/source/Sources.bz2
 7c3280d15dc3da9d8119db755c75c95c 96 main/source/Release
 fc59c0893756e72f78a60aa814b4f2b6 3161799 main/source/Sources
 237b4d036400250cf115f8d353a9dc16 809190 main/source/Sources.gz

http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/karmic/main/source/
[ ] Release 28-Oct-2009 14:23 96
[ ] Sources.bz2 28-Oct-2009 14:21 625K
[ ] Sources.gz 28-Oct-2009 14:21 790K

The normal i686 is the same and missing the Sources file
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/source/
[DIR] Parent Directory -
[ ] Release 28-Oct-2009 14:23 96
[ ] Sources.bz2 28-Oct-2009 14:21 625K
[ ] Sources.gz 28-Oct-2009 14:21 790K

[jc (jc1)]

Looks like some other directories are also missing files.

W: Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/karmic/Release Unable to find expected entry universe/binary-powerpc/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

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

http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/karmic/multiverse/binary-powerpc/
 Parent Directory -
[ ] Packages.bz2 28-Oct-2009 14:18 168K
[ ] Packages.gz 28-Oct-2009 14:18 222K
[ ] Release 28-Oct-2009 14:23 103

[alejandro (nosferatu2011)]

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/Release.gpg no se conecta

[khmonir (khmonir)]

I had this problem after upgrade from ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10
it solved when delete?field.comment=I had this problem after upgrade from ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10
it solved when delete Old Ethernet connection from Network connection Then restart the the system
The system redefine Ethernet connection automatic, then problem end

I hope this solve your problem

thanks

[khmonir (khmonir)]

the network connection screenshot after restart the system

[qrazydutch (leostuyt)]

://mirror.uoregon.edu/ubuntu/archives/dists/karmic/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz

tried different source, same results. I am a LINUX newbie, so I dont understand some of the back comments, like how do I delete Old ethernet connection from Network connection is out of my competence (for now). please advise and thanks for your time helping

Love Linux........(LoL)

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

@jc: You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

[RedTraxx (redtraxx)]

See also Bug #467616

This bug also happend to me (MacMini with PowerPC)

The workaround is to deactivate the partner source, do the dist-upgrade and re-enable the partner source after the successful upgrade.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

 We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!