Can't download or add new codecs/packages to system

Please open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install vlc amarok
sudo apt-get install restricted-extras

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Please give us some feedback

Thank you

This is what I got when I did each task:
tracy@tracy-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get clean
[sudo] password for tracy:
tracy@tracy-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy/main
Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016)
gutsy/restricted Translation-en_US
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Packages
Fetched 1B in 0s (1B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
tracy@tracy-laptop:~$ audo apt-get upgrade
bash: audo: command not found
tracy@tracy-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
tracy@tracy-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
tracy@tracy-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
ubuntu-desktop is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
tracy@tracy-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install vlc amarok
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package amarok is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package amarok has no installation candidate
tracy@tracy-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install restricted-extras
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package restricted-extras
tracy@tracy-laptop:~$

I tried downloading the plugin GStreamer, and this time it told me that I
couldn't do it because it conflicted with another program. I tried
downloading a podcast and it still failed. It looks like the above tasks
did something, but I'm not sure what yet.

Tracy

On 22/11/2007, marcobra <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Your question #18458 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/18458
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> marcobra proposed the following answer:
> Please open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal
> and type:
>
> sudo apt-get clean
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get upgrade
> sudo apt-get -f install
> sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
> sudo apt-get install vlc amarok
> sudo apt-get install restricted-extras
>
> give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you
> type it, then press enter.
>
> Please give us some feedback
>
> Thank you
>
> --
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I believe he meant "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras", try that.

It still could not find the package.

Tracy

On 23/11/2007, Vadim Peretokin <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Your question #18458 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/18458
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Vadim Peretokin proposed the following answer:
> I believe he meant "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras", try
> that.
>
> --
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""Buffer I/0 error on device fdo logical block 0"" <- that worries me somewhat, I suspect something is wrong with your harddrive.

But, go to System - Administration - Software Sources, and on the first tab (Ubuntu Software), check off everything except the source code.

Then in the terminal do:

sudo apt-cache search ubuntu-restricted-extras

And you should get three packages like I did:

vadi@vadi-laptop:~$ sudo apt-cache search ubuntu-restricted-extras
[sudo] password for vadi:
kubuntu-restricted-extras - Commonly used restricted packages
ubuntu-restricted-extras - Commonly used restricted packages
xubuntu-restricted-extras - Commonly used restricted packages

If you do, try sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras once again.

Vadim "Buffer I/0 error on device fd0 logical block 0"
i hope is something wrong with the fd0 floppy-drive...

Best regards

Vadim,

You are my new favorite person. Podcasts work, and I haven't been getting
codec messages, so I can't try that, but I've been able to install some
other programs.

Thank you so much!

Now about my harddrive, is there any way to find out if something is wrong
with it? It's a five year old laptop, so I realize that it's totally
possible, and that's okay. I just want to make sure that it's either going
to make it or that it's going to konk out in X amount of time so I can be
ready.

The laptop originally came with a floppy drive, but it is now a DVD drive.
Does that offer any light on the situation?

Again, thank you both for your help!
Tracy

On 23/11/2007, marcobra <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Your question #18458 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/18458
>
> marcobra proposed the following answer:
> Vadim "Buffer I/0 error on device fd0 logical block 0"
> i hope is something wrong with the fd0 floppy-drive...
>
> Best regards
>
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> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/18458/+confirm?answer_id=5
>
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> following page to enter your feedback:
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Yes is something configuration issue related to a previous existent floppy disk "(fd0"

"Buffer I/0 error on device fd0 logical block 0"
Can you show me your /etc/fstab

Please open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo gedit /etc/fstab

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Copy and paste the result here

Thank you

Thanks Vadim Peretokin, that solved my question.