Help needed urgently please: Couldn't solve "400 Bad Request" during sytem update

[arshad]

On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 07:26 -0500, Nathan Bahn wrote:
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>         On Wed, 2009-12-16 at 11:27 -0800, NoOp wrote: 
>         > On 12/16/2009 01:31 AM, arshad wrote:
>         > > hi all,
>         > > please help me to solve this problem, i still couldn't figure it out.
>         > > whenever i try to update or install, i get this error:
>         > > 
>         > 
>         > So, now you start a new thread? Why don't you answer the questions asked
>         > in your original thread: "Re: 400 bad request (cant update or install)"?
>         > 
>         > > On 12/13/2009 09:45 PM, arshad wrote:
>         > >> > 400 Bad Request
>         > > This sounds like a dns issue. Please check your /etc/resolv.conf and see
>         > > if your isp's dns servers are listed correctly, or listed at all.
>         > > 
>         > > From a terminal post the output of:
>         > > 
>         > > $ cat etc/resolv.conf
>         > > and
>         > > $ host archive.ubuntu.com
>         > > 
>         > > 
>         > > 
>         > 
>         > Also, please post the responses back in your original thread so that
>         > others don't have to look at both.
>         > 
>         > 
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> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 3:33 AM, arshad <arshad3m at gmail.com> wrote:
> thanks buddy for replying.
> i actually overlooked the reply there. since im still getting used to
> evolution.
> here is what the output:
> $ cat /etc/resolv.conf
> # Generated by NetworkManager
> nameserver 203.115.24.221
> nameserver 172.19.10.25
> 
> $ host archive.ubuntu.com
> archive.ubuntu.com has address 91.189.88.45
> archive.ubuntu.com has address 91.189.88.46
> archive.ubuntu.com has address 91.189.88.30
> archive.ubuntu.com has address 91.189.88.31
> archive.ubuntu.com has address 91.189.88.40
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> thank you again. :)
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thanks for the advice.
and please forgive me for the silly method i had been replying.