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W:Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick/Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'extras.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname) , E:Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or

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W:Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick/Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'extras.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
, E:Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

this problem keeps coming back Says my drivers are 18 days old but it will not let me update them

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Hilario J. Montoliu (hjmf) (hmontoliu) said : 		#1

Hi Lee Charlaland,

can you run the following command:

sudo grep -R 'extras.ubuntu.com' /etc/apt/

it seems that there is a malformed line somewhere

HTH

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Lee Charlaland (wheelieking-88x) said : 		#2

lee@lee-laptop:~$ sudo grep -R 'extras.ubuntu.com' /etc/apt/
[sudo] password for lee:
/etc/apt/sources.list.save:deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick main #Third party developers repository
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick main #Third party developers repository
lee@lee-laptop:~$

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