[xubuntu-users] Update-Manager package error message (WAS: Network Issue)

[J. Anthony Limon]

Mischa Falkenburg wrote:
 > Steve wrote:
 >> On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:33:59 -0000, Mischa Falkenburg
 >> <because_productions at myfairpoint.net> wrote:
 >>
 >>
 >>> 'E:Malformed line 59 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (absolute
 >>> dist), E:The list of sources could not be read.'
 >>>
 >>> This is the message that showed-up after trying to purge bacula. On the
 >>> top panel next to the Time is a read cirlce with a white "negative" in
 >>> the middle. Trying to run U M results in the above message.
 >>>
 >>> Help obviously needed...and appreciated.
 >>>
 >>> Mischa
 >>>
 >>>
 >> Not having much luck are you :-(
 >>
 >> Try
 >>
 >> cat /etc/apt/sources.list
 >>
 >> and post the results
 >>
 >>
 >  cat /etc/apt/sources.list
 > #
 > # deb cdrom:[Xubuntu 8.04.1 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080701)]/
 > hardy main multiverse restricted universe
 >
 > # deb cdrom:[Xubuntu 8.04.1 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080701)]/
 > hardy main multiverse restricted universe
 > # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
 > # newer versions of the distribution.
 >
 > deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
 > deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
 >
 > ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
 > ## distribution.
 > deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted
 > deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main 
restricted
 >
 > ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the 
Ubuntu
 > ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself 
as to
 > ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
 > ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu 
security
 > ## team.
 > deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
 > deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
 > deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe
 > deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe
 >
 > ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the 
Ubuntu
 > ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself 
as to
 > ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
 > ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
 > ## security team.
 > deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
 > deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
 > deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse
 > deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse
 >
 > ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
 > ## repository.
 > ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
 > ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it 
includes
 > ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
 > ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any 
review
 > ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
 > # deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main
 > restricted universe multiverse
 > # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main
 > restricted universe multiverse
 >
 > ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
 > ## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
 > ## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
 > ## users.
 > # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
 > # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
 >
 > deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
 > deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
 > deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
 > deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
 > deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
 > deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
 > deb http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~knuta/xmms/hardy ./ deb-src
 > http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~knuta/xmms/hardy ./
 >
 >

deb http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~knuta/xmms/hardy ./ deb-src 
http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~knuta/xmms/hardy ./

This last line seems to be the problem. You should replace it with..

deb http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~knuta/xmms/hardy
deb-src http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~knuta/xmms/hardy

(Sorry if this gets seen twice, I had SMTP issues.)