finally got around to it.  it worked.
PatrynXX wrote:
> Got the same thing.  Except in my case I know whats doing it.  I'm kinda
> foggy on how to edit the source list.  Tried to install automatix which
> doesn't seem to exist.  It's that line thats causing me problems.
> Here's the cut and paste in full.  See the very last line.
>
>
> #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://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
> deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
>
> ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
> ## distribution.
> deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted
> deb-src http://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 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
> deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
> deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe
> deb-src http://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 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
> deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
> deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse
> deb-src http://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 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
> # deb-src http://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 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
> “deb http://www.getautomatix.com/apt feisty main”    <----------------------------------------- I think this is what is causing the problem...
>
>