"automatic" updates not working?

[Karl Goetz]

Jeff wrote:
>> Jeff wrote the following on 18.09.2006 00:01:
>>     
>>> Hi.
>>> I have been playing around with Ubuntu (one box has the desktop, the
>>> other
>>> the server) for a couple of weeks.
>>>
>>> I have LOTS of questions, but generally have gotten the system to work
>>> well and am impressed.
>>>
>>> One question I want to ask now is regarding the system updates.  When I
>>> log in, it tells me that there are updates.  When I try to go through
>>> installing them, it tells me that it can't connect to the server to
>>> install them.  I have the same problem trying to populate the list of
>>> possible program updates.
>>>
>>> I am running broadband with a router (and firewall).  I disabled the
>>> firewall and exposed the Ubuntu machine to the internet without a
>>> firewall.  That did not help.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>> Jeff
>>>       
>> please post your /etc/apt/sources.list so we can check.
>>
>> bye Thilo
>> --
>> i am on Ubuntu 2.6 KDE
>> - some friend of mine
>>
>> gpg key: Ox4A411E09
>>     
> OK. Here it is.  I have not modified it since install.  I did try to add
> "WINE" install to it, but have since taken those lines out since they
> didn't work either.   I still would like to install WINE.
>
>
>
> --------file begin------------
> deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted
>
> ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
> ## distribution.
> deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted
> deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted
>   
The US archives are prone to 'breaking'.

-- 
Karl Goetz
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