OK.. found a workaround.. but not a really good one... turns out that this error was related to my using a Router... and when I disconnected the router and hooked my comp straight to the modem, the problem of "-5 - No address associated with hostname" was resolved. Probably others can try the same too to see if it helps...
On looking further, I found that someone else has stumbled upon this too... (though the workaround proposed there looks to be more complete.. but I have not yet tried it).. see post #17 below: http://ubuntu-ky.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1475399&page=2 Happy debugging :) .. finally can get some sleep -- Apt has strange network errors when updating indexes. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574886 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs