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Could not download all repository indexes

Asked by fresnobob

I just dusted off an three-year-old Dell Inspiron 1420 running Ubuntu, and I can't get it to update. Instead, I get the error message "Could not download all repository indexes."

Based on searches, it appears I may have to update to a newer version of Ubuntu. My concern is that by doing that, I will no longer have the drivers that Dell shipped with this laptop. Does anyone know if that's correct?

If there's any way I can simply change the /etc/apt/sources.list file so I can update, that would be great. Does anyone know? Just in case, I'm posting the contents of that file below

#
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.04 _Feisty Fawn_ - Release i386 (20070415)]/ feisty main restricted

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.04 _Feisty Fawn_ - Release i386 (20070415)]/ feisty main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted

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

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

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security multiverse

Thanks for any help you can provide.

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George Standish (george-standish-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

From Ubottu the bot in #ubuntu on FreeNode IRC

!7.04
Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) was the sixth release of Ubuntu. End Of Life: October 19th, 2008. See !eol and !upgrade for more details.

!eol
End-Of-Life is the time when security updates for an Ubuntu release stop, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases for more information. Looking to upgrade from an EOL release? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades

!upgrade
For upgrading, see the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes - see also http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading

   I have no idea regarding the drivers that Dell shipped with the unit, but if I was to guess, updating should be fine.

   Best of Luck,
   George

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fresnobob (sfdang) said : 		#2

Thanks for the reply, George.

The first link you provided says updates should only be done from one release to the next release. Since my laptop is running Ubuntu 7.04, it appears I need to upgrade to 7.10, then to 8.04, then to 9.04 and then, finally to 9.10. Can someone here please confirm that my understanding is correct?

I'd hate to do all that work and then find out I was wrong.

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fresnobob (sfdang) said : 		#3

OK, I went ahead and tried installing 7.10 and appear to have gotten most of the way there.

But after I reboot, the Ubuntu logo shows up briefly, and then I lose the graphical user interface and get regular text. It says:

Starting up ...
Loading, please wait...
kinit: name_to_dev_t(/dev/disk/by-uuid/[additional text deleted]

it shows Ubuntu 7.10 dell tty1

It then prompts me for login and password. It accepted them, but there's no GUI at all.

Any clue what's going on and how I fix this?

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George Standish (george-standish-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#4

fresnobob,

You seem to have run into some pretty major road bumps on you first of four updates (to get to Karmic 9.10).

As an alternative, perhaps downloading a Karmic 9.10 ISO and trying it in LiveCD mode to verify that all hardware works correctly. Then backing up your personal files from you current install only some other media and performing a fresh Karmic install then replacing your files would be an easier route?

I'm sorry but I don't have an answer for your uuid error, perhaps someone else does? But the title of question no longer reflects the issue that you are having (and I am lead to believe changing titles is discouraged), perhaps a new question specifying your upgrade error is in order?

Best of luck,
George

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fresnobob (sfdang) said : 		#5

I managed to get it to boot properly, so I'm all set. Thanks for your help!