Software Update issue

Can you give the output of:

sudo apt-get update; lsb_release -a

Thanks

The GUI apps are nice but they give nearly zero information when things aren't right.

I got this error:

"W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric-updates/Release.gpg Unable to connect to 192.168.3.254:8080:

W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Codename: oneiric "

Hi Mohammed,

please check if you have connected your computer to internet or if you might have some issues with connection. Also make sure, that you have all ppa's for your packages allowed.

If that helps you solve your question, please mark thread as solved.

Regards,
Miha

I've checked the internet connection, it's working properly. I am able to browse,download,etc. on the internet to which I am connected to.

Can you please tell me, how to check whether all ppa's are allowed for packages ?

Do you use a proxy for web access?

No, I don't use proxy for web access.

As you can see from #2 you have had one defined. I suggest you check in /etc/apt/apt.conf as well as run:

echo http_proxy
echo ftp_proxy

Do they output anything?

I'm sorry, I was unaware. I just checked and I think that I'm using proxy.

The output when I run the above are:

http_proxy
ftp_proxy

sorry, try:

echo $http_proxy
echo $ftp_proxy

Also what is the output of:

drep -R -i proxy /etc/apt/*

Thanks

After running the commands from #9, I got the following output for first 2 commands:

http://192.168.3.254:8080/
ftp://192.168.3.254:8080/

When I run "drep -R -i proxy /etc/apt/*", it says that the:

drep: command is not found

Sorry:

grep -R -i proxy /etc/apt/*

you should also run:

grep http ~/.bashrc

What is output?

You have added a proxy (or someone has) now we need to carve it out.

I have run both the commands but there was no output until I pressed "ctrl+c".

After running:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/apt.conf

apt.conf gedit was opened in which there were four lines, each ending with a semi-colon(;), I've commented all the lines by adding hash(#) at the beginning of each line.

Then I run the commands:

unset http_proxy
unset ftp_proxy

After this I again tried to run:

grep -R -i proxy /etc/apt/*
grep http ~/.bashrc

But still there was no output until I pressed "ctrl+c".

ok then run:

sudo apt-get update

Is it smooth?

Yeah. It worked, all of the updates have been installed.

Thank you very much.

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.