Cannot uptade. Error causes Gnome and other utilities to crash

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list will let you edit the file.

HooHAH!It worked! Now I'll see if I can begin updates

More later

Thanks for the education Bruce, and the rest

yodar

NOW I get:
when I try to edit sources list

yodar@yodar-desktop:~$ gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

(gedit:10036): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.

========and strill canot use Gnome

getting this before it crashes:
Fatal error opening the package cache file which describes the available package lists.

NOW the emended sources list appears [below] after being told authentication failed in TERMINAL (I notice WGET in line 37 isint there)

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
##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

======================

and I still get this from update icon

"AN error occurred.Please run package manager from the ri9ght click menue or Apt-get on a terminal to see what is wrong. The error message was: Error:opening cache (E:type 'wget' is not known on line 37 in sorce list /etc/apt/sources list E:the list of sources could not be read)

## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
  deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy universe
  deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy universe

## 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/ edgy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
 deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-security main restricted
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-security universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-security universe

deb http://www.getautomatix.com/apt edgy main
 http://www.getautomatix.com/apt/key.gpg.asc
gpg --import key.gpg.asc
gpg --export --armor 521A9C7C | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install automatix2
echo "deb http://www.getautomatix.com/apt edgy main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/amarok-latest edgy main
deb http://www.getautomatix.com/apt edgy main

VICTOIRE!

 HOSANNNAH!

STARTED NULLIFYING lines that I got complaints about and one by one all relevant updates are now installed

I could not have done it without your guidance

Many thanks!

Now i wonder if I dare try Feisty Fawn beta ;>)

Best regards to all you pioneers!
You have led an unknowing pilgrim from the wilderness.

Yodar

Bruce Cowan <email address hidden> wrote: Your question #4639 on kdebase in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdebase/+ticket/4639

    Status: Open => Answered

Bruce Cowan proposed the following answer:
gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list will let you edit the file.

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thank everybody for their help again

Yodar