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[David Wilson]

I keep getting this when i click on the check for updates. I am sorry if i have put this in the wrong place. right now i am running the Gnome side of Ubuntu 11.10 and in the bottom right side i have an icon that keeps telling me i have updates but there seams to be none or i get this message any one have any ideas ?? big time noob by the way. thanks for any help i can get.
Dave

W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found
, W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found
, W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/sevenmachines/flash/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found
, E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

 

[Rob]

That error is basicly telling you that it can't find the files it needs..

By clicking on the links, I can not find the files either

Can you list out your sources list?

cat /etc/apt/sources.list -n

Then paste the results here..

 

[David Wilson]

david@TV:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list -n
1 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012)]/ oneiric main restricted
2
3 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
4 # newer versions of the distribution.
5 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric main restricted
6 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric main restricted
7
8 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
9 ## distribution.
10 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-updates main restricted
11 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-updates main restricted
12
13 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
14 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
15 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
16 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric universe
17 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric universe
18 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-updates universe
19 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-updates universe
20
21 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
22 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
23 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
24 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
25 ## security team.
26 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric multiverse
27 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric multiverse
28 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-updates multiverse
29 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-updates multiverse
30
31 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
32 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
33 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
34 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
35 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
36 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-backports main restricted universe multiverse
37 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-backports main restricted universe multiverse
38
39 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-security main restricted
40 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-security main restricted
41 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-security universe
42 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-security universe
43 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-security multiverse
44 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-security multiverse
45
46 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
47 ## 'partner' repository.
48 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
49 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
50 deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu oneiric partner
51 deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu oneiric partner
52
53 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
54 ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
55 deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric main
56 deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric main
57 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-proposed restricted main multiverse universe
Thanks again for the help
Dave

 

[Rob]

Ok - open up your update manager... then click on 'settings'..

do you see any PPAs listed there?

 

[Jamsers]

It seems to me that your sources are all wrong - I'm no expert so my way of fixing that would be to reinstall Ubuntu, but I'm sure there's an easier way that involves editing your list of sources.

 

[Victor Leigh]

Sounds like you have a bad internet connection. I have seen that kind of error when my internet connection goes up and down like a yo-yo.

 

[mrnothersan]

That probably means that the URL of the sources is down or has been deleted. That is what that error would mean usually anyway.