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Hi.

Could you open up a terminal and copy/paste (control-shift-c/v) the output of this command? It will open a new window:

gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Hi Chauncellor,
The output of that command was: bash: gedit/etc/apt/sources.list: No such file or directory
joe@joe-desktop:~$

Hope this helps but I'm tempted to just re-install Karmic from the CD but was wondering if there was a quick fix.

J

There is:

I am assuming you are from the U.S. PLEASE don't follow these steps if you are not, instead tell me what country you are from!

Please follow these steps exactly if you are:

1) In a terminal, type in 'gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list'
2) type in your password
3) Copy and paste the following block of text into the text editor that pops up (starting with the # symbol and ending with 'multiverse'. Do not include the separation marks I made):

-------------------------------

## This sources.list was manually created as the old one was somehow deleted

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

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

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe

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

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

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security multiverse

---------------------------------

4) Save the document and exit.
5) paste this command in your terminal:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

6) type in your password (you won't be able to see what you type, the cursor will not move)

This should bring your computer back to normal. It might take a while for step 5 to finish as the system is upgrading all your software (like firefox).

Let me know how it works out!

Hi Chauncellor,
Sorry to put you through the wringer here, but I got antsy and formatted my HD and am in the process of re-installing Win XP (I was dual-boot) and will try to re-install 9.10 (from the CD) after I've got Windows settled down. I appreciate your efforts here and thank you very much!
J.
PS-I'm actually located in Canada so I don't know if that would have made any difference to the solution.

That's too bad. This would have fixed you right up.

Oh, well, glad to be of service anyway :)