Comment 3 for bug 296949

Thank for the reply.
I just tried this but I keep getting bzip2 integrity errors, for example, when doing "sudo apt-get update" I get this:

[...]
Obj http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release
Des:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages [1254kB]
23% [1 Translation-es bzip2 958464] [2 Packages 1174/1254kB 0%]
bzip2: Data integrity error when decompressing.
 Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout)

It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted.
You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files.

You can use the `bzip2recover' program to attempt to recover
data from undamaged sections of corrupted files.

Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Translation-es
76% [Trabajando]
bzip2: Data integrity error when decompressing.
 Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout)

It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted.
You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files.

You can use the `bzip2recover' program to attempt to recover
data from undamaged sections of corrupted files.
[...]

and so on...
I've tried to change the repository I'm downloading from but I get the same errors (even the "Reload" option in synaptic throws errors)
I'm starting to think it's a network card failure because my other PC (intel core duo) is working fine.