On Friday 27 June 2014 08:35:14 rob wrote: > On 27/06/14 04:53, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > > On 06/26/2014 08:56 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 04:59:30PM -0400, 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/mai > >>>>>>>n/source/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/con > >>>>>>>trib/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 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. > >> > >> Just anywhere you see "stable-updates", change it to "wheezy-updates". > >> > >> If you use vim, you can just do > >> > >> :%s/stable-updates/wheezy-updates/g > >> > >> Tony > > > > I did as you said in vim and got this back > > E486: Pattern not found: stable-updates > > > > So I am really confused now. Any other solutions to try. > > Maureen > > Do you have on your system /etc/apt/sources.list.d ? > If so are there any files in that directory?
Do you not think that getting her sources.list in a bit less of a mess might be a good place to start? I find that once my sources.list is right, everything else falls into place. 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/201406270843.36689.lisi.re...@gmail.com