Failed update

[Jim Byrnes]

On 06/15/2011 11:08 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 06/15/2011 09:03 PM, NoOp wrote:
>> On 06/15/2011 05:09 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>>> Three days ago I turned on a Ubuntu 10.04 system that hadn't been run
>>> for over a month.  Update manager reported 90 updates to download.  When
>>> it was all done it reported 13 files it could not download. I waited a
>>> couple of hours and tried again with the same result.  This time I let
>>> it apply the updates that it could.
>>>
>>> Today I tried again and it still could not download those files.  Here's
>>> a snippet of what it could not get:
>>>
>>> W: Failed to fetch
>>> http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/c/chromium-browser/chromium-browser-l10n_11.0.696.68~r84545-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_all.deb
>>>     404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.166 80]
>>>
>>> W: Failed to fetch
>>> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-meta/linux-generic_2.6.32.31.37_i386.deb
>>>     404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.30 80]
>>>
>>> In the past when this happened it was usually some type of server issue
>>> that cleared up rather quickly.  What would you suggest I do to fix this?
>>>
>>> Thanks,  Jim
>>>
>>
>> Well, I found an easy way to bork a Netgear WRGR614 v8 router:
>>
>> $ ping 91.189.92.166 80
>>
>> (note the 'space 80' on the end)
>> Screws it up royally&  the router needs a restart to get going again -
>> really bizaro.
>>
>> Anyway:
>> $ host us.archive.ubuntu.com
>> us.archive.ubuntu.com has address 91.189.88.31
>> us.archive.ubuntu.com has address 91.189.88.40
>> us.archive.ubuntu.com has address 91.189.88.45
>> us.archive.ubuntu.com has address 91.189.88.46
>> us.archive.ubuntu.com has address 91.189.92.169
>> us.archive.ubuntu.com has address 91.189.92.170
>> us.archive.ubuntu.com has address 91.189.92.171
>> us.archive.ubuntu.com has address 91.189.88.30
>>
>> Seems to be working and pingable:
>> $ ping us.archive.ubuntu.com
>> PING us.archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.92.170) 56(84) bytes of data.
>> 64 bytes from cassabanana.canonical.com (91.189.92.170): icmp_req=1
>> ttl=43 time=154 ms

I just fired up that machine and it is pingable from it also, but update 
manager still lists the same errors.

>> And:
>> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-meta/
>> seems to be OK. However there is no linux-generic_2.6.32.31.37_i386.deb
>> there. Nor any 2.6.32.31. So not sure where you are getting that from.
>
> Sorry, forgot to add that maybe you can find a mirror here:
> <http://www.google.com/search?&q=packages.ubuntu+%2Blinux-generic_2.6.32.31.37_i386.deb&btnG=Search>
>
> But...
> <https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+sourcepub/1560231/+listing-archive-extra>
>

I probably don't fully understand the numbering system, but aren't those 
old and outdated?  If so I wonder why it is trying to fetch them.

Is there a way to reset what it is looking for and try again or will it 
sort of self correct the next time an update comes out?

Thanks,  Jim