how can i change my mirror

Thanks for the question.

This looks like a problem with the mirror you use. Try another mirror.

Hope this helps.

Thank you Ralph for the response.

I tried your suggestions with many mirrors. The problem remains.

MG

After further scrutiny on your sources file, I notice that you have a section called "web" in there. This does not exist in Ubuntu repos.

Example:

deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted web

delete web from all those lines =>

deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted

and try it again.

Hope this helps.

Nice try. Problem remains.

If you still get the error "Unable to find expected entry web", then you did not remove all "web" from all source-lines like Ralf proposed. Please try again.

Thank you Markus for responding.

I triple-checked the "web" references and they are gone. My problem remains unsolved.

Thanks,

MG

I really don't see where you get the http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca server from.

When I do a "sudo apt-get update" I only get addresses with servers which occur also in my "/etc/apt/sources.list".

Maybe you should check also the configuration of the "Software Sources" in the menu: System -> Administration -> Software Sources.

Hope this brings you a bit forward.

Thank you for your response.

The server is the one recommended as "best server". When I try other mirrors I get the same error: "failed to fetch...".

Could it be a DNS issue. In Windows xp, the address is different. When I try that address in ubuntu, I get no internet connection. This problem correlates with the time that I did a firmware upgrade to my router. Maybe there is some issue with the router. However, I am really not that knowledgeable about these things.

Please add the output of

1) ls /etc/apt/
2) ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

Is this what you'd like to see?

mg@mg-desktop:~$ sudo ls /etc/apt/
[sudo] password for mg:
apt.conf.d sources.list sources.list.d sources.list.save~ trusted.gpg
secring.gpg sources.list~ sources.list.save trustdb.gpg trusted.gpg~

mg@mg-desktop:~$ ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
medibuntu.list medibuntu.list.save
mg@mg-desktop:~$

Yes I really think as well that's what Markus asked for.

As you really say this could be indeed also a problem with your internet connection on your Ubuntu. Can you give the output of:

ping -c 5 gulus.usherbrooke.ca

Please run it from your Ubuntu. I just tried it now and got:

PING gulus.usherbrooke.ca (206.167.141.10) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from gulus.usherbrooke.ca (206.167.141.10): icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 time=123 ms
64 bytes from gulus.usherbrooke.ca (206.167.141.10): icmp_seq=2 ttl=47 time=124 ms
64 bytes from gulus.usherbrooke.ca (206.167.141.10): icmp_seq=3 ttl=47 time=123 ms
64 bytes from gulus.usherbrooke.ca (206.167.141.10): icmp_seq=4 ttl=47 time=124 ms
64 bytes from gulus.usherbrooke.ca (206.167.141.10): icmp_seq=5 ttl=47 time=125 ms

--- gulus.usherbrooke.ca ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 7133ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 123.039/124.296/125.548/0.927 ms

If you don't get something similar, try as well

ping -c 5 www.google.com

if this fails as well then you really have a problem with the network connection. Maybe your router does not automatically assign a IP address to your Ubuntu and tells it what DNS it should use.

If it is really such a problem we can focus first on that.

Thank you for your response.

My network connection is ok.

I solved my problem by removing all references to "web" in the etc/apt/sources.list file a few days ago. I had, after previous recommendations, removed these references from the etc/apt/sources.list.save file because I did not know how to edit the sources.list file, and that did not work. Now that I figured out how to access and edit the right file, all is fine.

I better check this problem off as solved.

I just started having the same problem a few days ago. Removing "web" references in my sources.list file fixed this issue for me too. My question is how did these references get there in the first place (I know for certain that I didn't put them there) and is this a bug in one of the update packages that should be resolved (I assume it is)? If this is a bug, which I don't know how it couldn't be, I would like to make sure there is an issues in the bug tracker system for it.

supercompman wrote:
> Your question #32752 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/32752
>
> supercompman posted a new comment:
> I just started having the same problem a few days ago. Removing "web"
> references in my sources.list file fixed this issue for me too. My
> question is how did these references get there in the first place (I
> know for certain that I didn't put them there) and is this a bug in one
> of the update packages that should be resolved (I assume it is)? If this
> is a bug, which I don't know how it couldn't be, I would like to make
> sure there is an issues in the bug tracker system for it.
>
>
This is a very good point. I hope someone has an answer.

Install a plugin with Firefox and he asks you something like « Do you want to enable the following component: 'web'? »

Hi Don,

To change the mirror simply go to System>Administration>Software
Sources. After entering your password a dialogue box will appear.
Select your mirror from the item "Download from". It is usually
recommended to select "Other" and then "Select best server" and wait for
the system to choose a mirror for you, but you can play it as you wish.

M

don tubor wrote:
> Your question #32752 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/32752
>
> Summary changed to:
> how can i change my mirror
>
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