update manager fails

[Colin Law]

On 5 May 2012 14:45, Jake Maier <j.m at jmforestry.com> wrote:
> Thanks Mika
> The first line in the file was a CDRom entry, and getting rid of it fixed the problem

Just for anyone else that finds this it is possibly easier to click
Settings in the Update Manager and then the CD will likely appear on
the Ubuntu Software tab, just disable it there.

Colin

> Thanks again
> Jake
>
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>  Hi,
>
> 05.05.2012 16:18, Jake Maier kirjoitti:
>> Hi
>>
>> I installed Ubuntu 12.04 and now tried the first time to up-date.
>> I’m still very new to Ubuntu and still learning the ins and outs
>>
>> But now trying to update I get the following message
>>
>> W:Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release
>> i386 (20111012)/dists/oneiric/main/binary-i386/Packages Please use
>> apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot
>> be used to add new CD-ROMs
>>
>> , W:Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release
>> i386 (20111012)/dists/oneiric/restricted/binary-i386/Packages
>> Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get
>> update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
>>
>> , E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or
>> old ones used instead.
>>
>>
>>
>> I issued the command apt-cdrom but still get the same error when
>> updating. The funny thing is it wants update Ubuntu 11.10 and I have
>> 12.04
>>
>>
>>
>> What am I missing. Thanks for any help on this.
>>
>> Jake
>>
>>
>>
>
>  It seems that you have cdrom entries in /etc/apt/sources.list or some file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d.
>
> If you want to get up-to-date using network mirrors instead of CDs, try removing those lines. Press ALT+F2 and give command "gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list and remove lines which include CDROM.
> If you are unsure what to remove, feel free to attach that file to this list :).
>
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