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Problem with : sudo apt-get update

Asked by Peter Stenbäck

Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe TranslationIndex
Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages
  504 Connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages
  504 Connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages
  504 Connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe TranslationIndex
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources
  504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources
  504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources
  504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
  504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages
  504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages
  504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources
  504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources
  504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources
  504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Sources
  504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources
  504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Sources
  504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages
  504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages
  504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
  504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe i386 Packages
  504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main i386 Packages
  504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
  504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Translation-en
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/main/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/universe/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/source/Sources 504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/universe/source/Sources 504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/multiverse/source/Sources 504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/universe/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/main/source/Sources 504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/universe/source/Sources 504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/multiverse/source/Sources 504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/main/source/Sources 504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/universe/source/Sources 504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/multiverse/source/Sources 504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/main/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Switch from the main server to another, you can do this in software centre.

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Peter Stenbäck (peter-stenback) said : 		#2

W:Failed to fetch http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise/main/source/Sources 504 Connect to www.nic.funet.fi:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise/universe/source/Sources 504 Connect to www.nic.funet.fi:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise/multiverse/source/Sources 504 Connect to www.nic.funet.fi:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise/main/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to www.nic.funet.fi:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise/universe/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to www.nic.funet.fi:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to www.nic.funet.fi:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise-security/main/source/Sources 504 Connect to www.nic.funet.fi:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise-security/universe/source/Sources 504 Connect to www.nic.funet.fi:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise-security/multiverse/source/Sources 504 Connect to www.nic.funet.fi:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise-updates/main/source/Sources 504 Connect to www.nic.funet.fi:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise-updates/universe/source/Sources 504 Connect to www.nic.funet.fi:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise-updates/multiverse/source/Sources 504 Connect to www.nic.funet.fi:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to www.nic.funet.fi:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to www.nic.funet.fi:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise-updates/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to www.nic.funet.fi:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to www.nic.funet.fi:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise-backports/main/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to www.nic.funet.fi:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to www.nic.funet.fi:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise-proposed/universe/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to www.nic.funet.fi:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise-proposed/main/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to www.nic.funet.fi:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/dists/precise-proposed/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to www.nic.funet.fi:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/main/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/universe/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files
, W:Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 504 Connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 failed: Too many open files

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Have you tried a reboot?

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Peter Stenbäck (peter-stenback) said : 		#4

No changes , as usual I get System problem notification
something like apt xapian crash...

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Try:

wget https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8850924/fixpackage
chmod +x ./fixpackage
sudo ./fixpackage

May help

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#6

please provide the output of the terminal command

find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

Are you using a proxy server to reach the internet?

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Peter Stenbäck (peter-stenback) said : 		#7

No proxy , here's the output of " find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \; " :

/etc/apt/sources.list

     1 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
     2 # newer versions of the distribution.
     3
     4
     5 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
     6 ## distribution.
     7
     8 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
     9 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
    10 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    11
    12 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    13 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    14 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    15 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    16 ## security team.
    17
    18 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
    19 ## repository.
    20 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    21 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    22 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    23 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    24 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    25
    26 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
    27 ## 'partner' repository.
    28 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
    29 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
    30
    31 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
    32 ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
    33 deb http://mirrors.nic.funet.fi/ubuntu/ precise main universe multiverse restricted
    34 deb-src http://mirrors.nic.funet.fi/ubuntu/ precise main universe multiverse restricted #Added by software-properties
    35 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security main universe multiverse restricted
    36 deb-src http://mirrors.nic.funet.fi/ubuntu/ precise-security main universe multiverse restricted #Added by software-properties
    37 deb http://mirrors.nic.funet.fi/ubuntu/ precise-updates main universe multiverse restricted
    38 deb-src http://mirrors.nic.funet.fi/ubuntu/ precise-updates main universe multiverse restricted #Added by software-properties
    39 deb http://mirrors.nic.funet.fi/ubuntu/ precise-backports universe main multiverse restricted
    40 deb http://mirrors.nic.funet.fi/ubuntu/ precise-proposed universe main multiverse restricted
    41 deb http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/qapt-deb-installer/ubuntu precise main
    42 deb-src http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/qapt-deb-installer/ubuntu precise main
    43

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#8

Disable the apt.ubuntu.com... entry and try again to check whether it is this entry, or if it is something else.

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