Upgrade via Update manager failed

Indeed, you seem to have Ubuntu 7.04 installed. It reached its end of life in October 2008, so the software repositories have been moved to a different place. To continue with upgrade, you need to correct your sources.list file. To do this, start a terminal (Apllications -> Accessories -> Terminal) and enter:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

An editor window will open. Throughout this file, release archive.ubuntu.com with old-releases.ubuntu.com . Save and exit. Synaptic and update manager should be functional after this.

Sorry, a typo: you should _replace_ archive.ubuntu.com with old-releases.ubuntu.com .

Id say just back up your data and do a fresh install of a newer version of ubuntu.
It would be a lot easier and it will save you some time.
7.04 is already obsolete and 7.10 is now obsolete also.
So if you upgrade to 8.10 or 9.04 (when it comes out) you will get all the bug fixes and newer software.

Yeah, I want to install 8.04 LTS, but I've read that it's recommended to
go through all the releases, one after the other instead of jumping to
the latest... Thanks , Allan

On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 10:52 +0000, shane fagan wrote:
> Your question #67522 on firefox in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+question/67522
>
> shane fagan proposed the following answer:
> Id say just back up your data and do a fresh install of a newer version of ubuntu.
> It would be a lot easier and it will save you some time.
> 7.04 is already obsolete and 7.10 is now obsolete also.
> So if you upgrade to 8.10 or 9.04 (when it comes out) you will get all the bug fixes and newer software.
>

Yes, the safest way is to do an incremental upgrade, first to 7.10, then to 8.04.
The suggestion Ilya gave is part of the solution, but it will fail, since it is not complete. Please follow these instructions here closely, the important part besides modifying your sources.list (and adding the debian-installer line) is step #6 described there.

Hehe, forgot the link: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GutsyUpgrades

Still not working. You mentioned "adding the debian-installer line". How is this done?

It is described in the link I gave you. The line is part of the stuff you need to add to your sources.list, as described there. Be sure to follow the instructions precisely, or you may run into trouble.
You should also do this upgrade before April 18th, because then 7.10/Gutsy will become an "old" release as well, and things might change.

OK, I saw the line in the sources.list, thanks. I must still be doing something wrong, the Update manager still haven't enough repositories for the upgrade.

Never again will I work with unsupported releases.. I will try some more before giving up and instead install 8.10 from scratch. But then I will have to worry about loosing data when I have to do the partitioning..

Did that, but Update Manager still misses a lot of repositories and the upgrade cannot be completed.l Q:should I still replace archive.ubuntu.com with old-releases.ubuntu.com ? This is not mentioned in the instructions on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GutsyUpgrades.

Update manager displays: Error during update

A problem occured during the update. This is usually some sort of network problem, please check your network connection and retry. Failed to fetch http://ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-backports/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-backports/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-backports/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-backports/universe/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-backports/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-backports/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Could not resolve 'ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-backports/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz Could not resolve 'ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz Could not resolve 'ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz Could not resolve 'ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-backports/main/source/Sources.gz Could not resolve 'ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-backports/restricted/source/Sources.gz Could not resolve 'ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-backports/universe/source/Sources.gz Could not resolve 'ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-backports/multiverse/source/Sources.gz Could not resolve 'ch.old-releases.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/restricted/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/multiverse/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/universe/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/restricted/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/restricted/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/multiverse/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/universe/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-backports/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-backports/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-backports/restricted/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-backports/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-backports/multiverse/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-backports/universe/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found

I must have messed up my sources.list. Is it possible to start all over and create one from scratch?

I found this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/153980/comments/81

and will try that now

It worked. Emptying /etc/apt/sources.list.d and using a significantly shorter source.list seems to have done the trick. However, now's the /etc/apt/sources.list.d empty, should I be concerned?

Hm, for some reason the entries in your sources.list you posted already referred to Gutsy, which is 7.10...
But if it worked now and the problem is solved, it's fine.

The sources.list.d ist just a directory for additional, external repositories, it's quite OK if it is empty.

Thanks for your input and support, I'm running 8.04 now, everything works fine. I will upgrade to 8.10 and later 9.04 when possible/stable

Glad it worked out!
If you upgrade to 8.10 or 9.04, it is best to upgrade your system about twice a year (which is the release cycle), so you won't run into the problem of upgrading from unsupported systems anymore.
If you stick with 8.04, which is a Long Term Support release, you don't *need* to upgrade until April 2011, but the advantages of regular updates are newer software versions of all applications etc.

Thanks Cruncher, that solved my question.