On 3/5/07, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> hi,
> i need some help. I accidentaly deleted some repositories and now im getting 
> this error message.. and a constant little red box on the top toolbar ( 
> informing me of an error). here is the error message:
>
> E: Type '/etc/apt/sources.list' is not known on line 30 in source list 
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> E: The list of sources could not be read.
> Go to the repository dialogue to correct the problem.
> E: Type '/etc/apt/sources.list' is not known on line 30 in source list 
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> E: Unable to lock the list directory
>
> I have no idea what this means..i got this after putting 
> "/etc/apt/sources.list" in repostories, add , custom. I put in there...no 
> idea what it means! Please help!!!

No problem, just go back into repositories and take out that
"/etc/apt/sources.list" item. That's not a repository, it's the *list
of your repositories.* If that's the worst you do to Linux, you'll be
fine. :-)

-Eamonn

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