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update-manager package

Update manager 'Failed to Download Repository'

Asked by Jbun

I have the same problem!

Karmic Koala Beta, Kernel Linux 2.6.31-11-generic

Trying upgrade Karmic Koala Beta, last 2 mornings I have an error message (pasted below). It says to check internet connection but I have 2 alternate web connections and can surf so don't think it is the internet connection. At the last successful upgrade I was asked something about 'Grub' - I choose to view differences side by side...it completed successfully and the PC was working fine but since then I have not been able to successfully update. Error message is:

W:Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/source/Sources.bz2 Hash Sum mismatch
, W:Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/universe/binary-i386/Packages.bz2 Hash Sum mismatch
, E:Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 9 07:59:54 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
Package: yelp 2.28.0-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.38-generic
SourcePackage: yelp
Tags: ubuntu-unr
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686

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This question was originally filed as bug #446757.

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Jbun (jason-marsh) said : 		#1
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) said : 		#2

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#When%20not%20to%20file%20a%20bug.

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Best Luky Winarto (luckyborneo) said : 		#3

Hi Jbun,

How about using another repository, such as:
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu

This site will tell you, how to add repository:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu

Have a nice try. Cheers..
-Luky-

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Jbun (jason-marsh) said : 		#4

Thanks Luky Winarto, that solved my question.

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Jbun (jason-marsh) said : 		#5

Hey

If anyone else comes across this, see what speed you are getting on your web connection. After the problem reoccurred, I switched from my 3G and onto a fast wifi and it worked ok. For smaller updates (14mb or so) it seems fine, but I suspect (and this is based purely on my experience) that on the larger ones (say 150mb), with a slower connection there may be a time out of sorts. Please don't take as gospel but something to consider.

Cheers