Ubuntu update manager fails. help!!!!

[sdavmor]

On 07/23/2010 10:41 AM, sdavmor wrote:
> On 07/23/2010 10:27 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
>> When I try the update manager, it tells me I have 102 packages
>> to upgrade, and then presents a popup window that says Failed to
>> fetch
>>
>> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libu/libusb/libusb-0.1-4_0.1.12-14ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
>>
>>
>>404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
>>
>> And it goes no farther.
>>
>> Something is borked in my configuration, I guess, but I'm have
>> no idea where to look for it.
>>
>> Help!!!
>
> Are you having other network-related problems? Can you can go
> online for email, can browse the web, etc.? It could perhaps be a
> glitch at us.archive.ubuntu.com. Start with something simple like a
> reboot to see if the problem persits. If it does, try changing your
> "Software Sources" to use another mirrored repository. Find one
> close to you, reload the packages info and see what happens.

There's another thread where the OP is having similar issues. The
range of IPs starting 91.189.88.xx are used for "factory" d/l of
Ubuntu. He is having trouble with 91.189.88.31 on port 80. You are
having trouble with 91.189.88.45 on port 80. Get the picture? Your
problem is almost certainly something going on there, not at your end.
So either change repo to a local mirror (i.e. one of the unis) or wait
until they get it sorted at their end. HTH.
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