Ubuntu 9.10 Update Manager never finishes downloading files

[Dave Johansen]

Binary package hint: update-manager

I just did a clean install of Ubuntu 9.10 x64 from CD and the Update Manager never completes downloading files. If I select only "Canonical supported" in the Software Sources, then it works just fine, but as soon as I select any other options it doesn't finish downloading after the reload. I have to hit cancel and it gives the following output:

Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Release.gpg
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/universe/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/Release.gpg
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/universe/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/Release.gpg
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/universe/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

If I change "Download from" to "Main Server" instead of "United States sources", then it completes just fine.

[Ian Fleming (iflema-deactivatedaccount)]

Is this problem persistent? Have you tried the us mirror again?

[Dave Johansen (davejohansen)]

I just tried it again and it had the same problem.

[Ian Fleming (iflema-deactivatedaccount)]

Just curious to know what happened. Is the issue persistent? Did you manage to sort out the issue?

[Dave Johansen (davejohansen)]

I just tried it again and download/update doesn't finish when I chose "Server for United States" in Software Sources, but works just fine when I chose "Main Servers".

Is there some sort of log file or debug output that I can grab and attach to this bug report to help diagnose what the problem is?

[Ian Fleming (iflema-deactivatedaccount)]

just quickly are you able to navigate http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/ in a web browser?

There are some invalid entries in your sources list it seems.....

http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/main/i18n
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/restricted/i18n
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/universe/i18n
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/multiverse/i18n
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/main/i18n
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/restricted/i18n
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/universe/i18n
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/multiverse/i18n

Judging on you original description and the output of attempted connections to the addresses listed above, considering there not accessible on any server/mirror, I am going to set the status to confirmed.

[Ian Fleming (iflema-deactivatedaccount)]

1. In a terminal navigate to /var/log/dist-upgrade

2. Compress the contents of folder into an archive using the following command:

sudo tar cvf ~/Desktop/dist-upgrade.tar *

[Ian Fleming (iflema-deactivatedaccount)]

Sorry... Ignore me. Those last instructions are not even meant for you and the comment previously..... Bed time for me I think.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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