Kubuntu installation problems

[Alastair Preston]

On Thursday 24 August 2006 05:58, Bill wrote:
> Many thanks to Alistair Preston and Jonathan Jesse.
>
>  I started again and installed the live version only.  The modem was active
> and connected, Konqueror connected and did a google search without any
> problem.
>
> I tried your suggested command in the terminal, it did not work, but
> produced lots of text.  Essentially, connections could not be made or files
> found.  I tried to save the messages as a text file and as a .doc file, but
> the live CD version does not appear to have access to either the floppy
> drive or my Windows FAT32 partitions.  I have found that even my incomplete
> installations do that.
> However, I found my way to the sources.list file and verified that the
> links to dapper main restricted are uncommented.  The only other references
> to repositories are to dapper universe, these are commented.
>
> As you may guess, I am now back in Windows XP.
>
> Regards
>
> Bill

Hmmm.. My sources.list had several other commented out entries; here's my 
sources.list after uncommenting them and adding one other (I'm in Canada, and 
noticing the ca, prefix, am now wondering if the mirror may have been 
configured during install, possibly dependant on locale selection)

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deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted 
universe multiverse
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted 
universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe

deb http://www.getautomatix.com/apt kubuntu main
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alastair Preston" <aprestn5 at telus.net>
> To: "Kubuntu Help and User Discussions" <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 6:47 AM
> Subject: Re: Kubuntu installation problems
>
> > On Wednesday 23 August 2006 07:45, Bill wrote:
> >> I have tried, several times to install Kubuntu v 6.06 LTS from a live
> >> CD, alongside Windows XP in a dual boot setup.  Each time the result is
> >> the same.  When the installation reaches the "searching for mirror"
> >> stage, my always on ethernet connected ADSL2 modem shows no activity. 
> >> Also, the security update connection also fails.  When the installation
> >> is "complete"
> >> it runs and I can connect to the web via Konqueror, but Adept does not
> >> connect to the web to Add New Programs.
> >
> > After booting from the live CD, but before starting the install, use
> > System
> > Settings > Network to verify the correct set up your network, then run
> > the command "sudo kate /etc/apt/sources.list" and uncomment the lines
> > listing the
> > various deb repositories, at least those that have "dapper main"
> > and "dapper-updates main" in them.
> >
> > Al Preston
> >
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