Problem with Updates Repo (6.06LTS)

Could you please attach your /etc/apt/sources.list file?

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

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-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
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper 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://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-security universe main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
deb http://idefix.eup.uva.es/paquetes/gaim2.0/ ./

you are missing deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted add that repo and update your list again. thank you. If this fixes your problem please concider closing this support request.

Scratch that please use the repos found at http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/6666/ and refresh the list. your list is kind of messy but it does look like you are missing the main as stated about and in the error.

I'm still having error, even after only using the sources list you specified:

saquib@7900GTX-LINUX:~$ sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release.gpg [189B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/multiverse Packages
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg [189B]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release.gpg [189B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/multiverse Packages
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/universe Packages [16.8kB]
99% [4 Packages gzip 0] 10.9kB/s 0s
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/universe Packages
  Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
Fetched 192B in 24s (8B/s)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-updates/universe/binary-i386 /Packages.gz Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
Reading package lists... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

That looks like a dodgy internet connection to me. Are you on dialup by any chance?

The file you are downloading is:-

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz

And it does exist.

Does it eventually work if you run it repeatedly?

If you test downloading that file manually by doing the following, what speed download do you get?

wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz

Is there anything else using the line that you could stop to give more bandwidth to apt-get?

15 kBps ... everything else works, including MOST other repositories! Something else is wrong here! I aint the only one, please see this: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-9944.html

So the wget worked? That implies there's no problem on the server end or you wouldn't get the file.

Once you wget can you try unzipping it with gzip -d Packages.gz ?

Does it unzip okay with no errors?

Does the apt-get update eventually work if you try again and again or does it fail repeatedly *every* time?

not yet tried with wget, I changed all the repo's links from "http" to "ftp" (using the list u gave, but with FTP) and apt-get update showed no errors. now im doing system upgrade, see if all files can be fetched and downloaded. im sure there is no poblem with my PC or settings, cuz many other stuffs work just fine. I'll confirm you if this solution (chaging from http to ftp) really solves this. The explanation is given on the link i referred to before!

"Luckily, on account of their Incredible Firewall Setup, the simple fix was to switch to ftp:// URLs in the /etc/apt/sources.list file - bingo, no more silly proxy content filter. Thanks for the suggestion. I was just getting a similar error on one of the US repositories and changing it from http:// to ftp:// in sources.list fixed the problem for me. I really wish people would stop breaking the server configs!"

ill confirm if the problem is 100% solved, within a next few hours, when everything finishes downloading....

Everything works fine when I change "http" to "ftp". Downloaded and install without any hassle.still confused about repositories that dont have any ftp links, and gives trouble with http. But for now this issue's 90% solved.

Details here:
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-9944.html