Public bug report changed: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/29832
Comment: Thanks for the quick replies. I have used Ubuntu since April 2005 (I waited for 5.04) on my notebook. I am now using 5.10 and, as Synaptic works fine at home, all packages are up to date. Synaptic V0.57.4. At home I have a simple direct broadband connection. CORRECTION: Synaptic now does not work at home! After trying to change proxy settings yesterday at work, and getting messages such as "Could not download all repository indexes", I am now getting these messages at home for the first time! I have changed the Proxy Server setting in Synaptic back to "Direct connection to the Internet" which has always worked at home, and I get the following messages: When I click "Reload": ---------------------- Could not download all repository indexes The repository might be no longer available or could not be contacted because of network problems. If available an older version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network connection and the correct writing of the repository address in the preferences. http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz: MD5Sum mismatch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy-updates/main/source/Sources.gz: MD5Sum mismatch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz: Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) Then when I click close ----------------------- The following problems were found on your system: W: Couldn't stat source package list http://au.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/restricted Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/au.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy_restricted_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://au.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/au.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) HELP! I am not a Linux guru, just a Linux user. I really need a computer that works, so that I can get on with my teaching and research. The place where I work is a committed Microsoft shop, very Linux-phobic. Whenever I contact the help desk, they tell me that I should not be using Linux, even if I ask simple questions about proxy settings. To answer the other questions, the proxy settings I used were the proxy URL at work with port numbers 8080 and 3128. All other applications, such as Firefox, work though the proxy. Firefox auto-detects the proxy so I do not have to change settings at home. Sorry if I sound stressed, but I am This problem is a real killer for my use of Ubuntu at work. Many thanks, Bill Chivers -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
