On Thursday 26 June 2014 21:59:30 Maureen L Thomas wrote: > On 06/26/2014 08:13 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:16:56PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > >> On 06/25/2014 09:21 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote: > >>> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 08:18:41PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > >>>> I had an orange triangle show up where the upstate square usually > >>>> shows. I clicked on it and got the following messages. > >>>> > >>>> Error message: > >>>> > >>>> Fetch failed: W:Failed to fetch > >>>> ftp://debian.cites.illinois.edu/pub/debian/dists/wheezy/updates/main/s > >>>>ource/Sources Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file. ' > >>>> > >>>> , W:Failed to fetch > >>>> ftp://debian.cites.illinois.edu/pub/debian/dists/wheezy/updates/contri > >>>>b/source/Sources Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open > >>>> file. ' > >>>> > >>>> , E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or > >>>> old ones used instead. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I opened synaptic and received the following: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> E: The value 'stable-updates' is invalid for APT::Default-Release as > >>>> such a release is not available in the sources > >>>> > >>>> E: _cache->open() failed, please report. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I have no idea what the problem is. It doesn't matter which of the > >>>> U.S. sites I pick I get the same messages. I deleted synaptic and > >>>> re-installed it from the apt-get command line but it is still there. > >>>> Although today I did get a security update that worked just fine. > >>>> > >>>> Any thoughts on what I should do to fix this? > >>> > >>> The errors tell us what the problem is. > >>> stable-updates is an invalid value for APT::Default-Release > >>> Probably somewhere in our /etc/apt/source.list you have > >>> "stable-updates" where you should really have > >>> "wheezy-updates". > >>> > >>> Do us a favour and paste in the content of your /etc/apt/source.list > >>> > >>> Tony > >>> https://tonybaldwin.info > >> > >> Here is the content of sources.list.save > >> > >> > >> deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib > >> deb-src http://debian.cc.lehigh.edu/debian/ wheezy/updates main contrib > >> > >> # wheezy-updates, previously known as 'volatile' > >> # A network mirror was not selected during install. The following > >> entries # are provided as examples, but you should amend them as > >> appropriate # for your mirror of choice. > >> # > >> # deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib > >> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy contrib non-free main > >> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian wheezy-backports main non-free > >> deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian wheezy-backports main non-free > >> deb http://debian.cc.lehigh.edu/debian/ wheezy-updates main > >> deb-src http://debian.cc.lehigh.edu/debian/ wheezy-updates main > >> # deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib > > > > You replied directly to me, and not the list. > > I do not see "stable-updates" in here, but this is a back-up file from > > when the sources.list was last edited. It's still possible that it was > > edited and somewhere has "stable-updates" in it. > > > > Tony > > How do I find out what is suppose to be there or how do I fix it? I > have basic knowledge of the command line so if someone would tell me how > to fix it I will attempt to do so.
First, send us the output of: $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list so that we can see that what we think is the problem is indeed the problem. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201406262240.13386.lisi.re...@gmail.com
