Downloading Sources.bz2 failed - server issue? (was: Distribution Updgrade failure upgrading 7.04->7.10)

[scarboni888]

During "Distribution Upgrade" step 2 "Modifying the software channels" getting "Error during Update" box:

"A problem occured during the update. This is usually some sort of network problem, please check your network connection and retry."

Sub-text box reports:

"Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/multiverse/source/Sources.bz2 Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/main/source/Sources.bz2 Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/restricted/source/Sources.bz2 Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)"

I have been able to download & successfully unzip the .bz2 files from their respective locations using Firefox so the error 2 (file corruption) is would appear to be misleading.

I have also "rm /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/* before making another attempt with no change in results. Hopefully after hitting "Submit Bug Report" I'll be able to upload my /var/log/dist-upgrade/* files to this bug log. I will try.

[scarboni888 (scarboni888)]

Posting /var/log/dist-upgrade/* as promised.

Also note: The very first time I attempted the upgrade it got past this point & actually seemed to download around 1100 files then fail due to some files not being downloaded correctly. It has never made it that far again.

Running Feisty AMD64

[scarboni888 (scarboni888)]

UPDATE: I have since moved past this error. At this point it appears as though this was nothing more than timeout due to network congestion. No surprise, I suppose, on the first day of release.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. I have classified this bug as a bug in update-manager.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are closing this report because you reported this bug a while ago and there is no recent duplicate nor user mentioning having the issue on Intrepid. If this is still an issue, don't hesitate to reopen the report. Thanks again!