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apt passed wrong info in ubuntu 9.04

Asked by dalepace

I am using an ASUS 1000H that I removed Windoze from. Itt\ has been working fine for me with Ubuntu.

Whenever I try to install anything with either synaptic or apt-get I get various versions of
"W: Failed to fetch http://packages.ubuntu-eee.com/dists/intrepid/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'jeeperswifi'". Usually several lines worth and then the action fails. The fetch XXXX is always different.

I have changed, /etc/apt/sources.list several times. I even took a complete new file from a user on the Internet.

The only constant between every instance is the 'jeeperswifi'. I have no idea where the word comes from. I have looked through files, I have searched the Internet. I have looked through several books. I just upgraded to 9.04, but the word was apparently carried forward from EasyPeasy, aka 8.10.

I do not know where to look for more options.

Thanks, in advance.
Dale

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Steven Danna (ssd7) said : 		#1

Please do the following:

1) Open a terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal).
2) Run the following commands at the terminal and post all of the ouput here:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list
ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*

The output might be long, so you might want to copy and past the output of each command one at a time.

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Best Dmitry Tantsur (divius) said : 		#2

At least you use wrong package source. It is for 8.10, your source should look like
http://packages.ubuntu-eee.com/dists/jaunty/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2

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dalepace (dale-pace) said : 		#3

Hello,
Thanks for the quick response. I think I know where the strange word "jeeperswifi" came from though I do not know how it got introduced into the process. It is the node name of a wifi I had tried to connect to long before--a week or more--I started having this problem.

My problem is that I don't know enough about the files apt-get and synaptic might be using other than sources.list. I think one of them must have gotten corrupted and the info is being passed along.

The files that you requested:

My current 9.04 sources.list
cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# Salimane Adjao Moustapha's Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 Sources list
#
# Repository List based on standard Jaunty with many extra packages
#
# If you get errors about missing keys, lookup the key in this file
# and run these commands (replace KEY with the key number):
#
# gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv KEY
# gpg --export --armor KEY | sudo apt-key add -
#
# If you have a gpg key URL use (replace URL with the key address):
#
# wget -q http://lut1n.ifrance.com/repo_key.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
#
# If you have a gpg key file use (replace FILE with the key file):
#
# sudo apt-key add FILE
# Ubuntu supported packages
deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted multiverse universe
deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main restricted multiverse universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted multiverse universe
deb-src http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main restricted multiverse universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse

#Canonical Commercial Repository
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty-backports partner
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty-updates partner
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty-security partner
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty-proposed partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty-backports partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty-updates partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty-security partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty-proposed partner

#gnome-globalmenu
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/globalmenu-team/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

#opera
deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ lenny non-free

#skype
deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian stable non-free

#firefox
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/fta/ubuntu jaunty main #gnome-do
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ubuntu jaunty main

#compiz-fusion
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/compiz/ubuntu jaunty main

#google
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free

#medibuntu
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jaunty free non-free

# MySQL Workbench
deb ftp://ftp.mysql.com/pub/mysql/download/gui-tools/ubuntu/ binary/
deb-src ftp://ftp.mysql.com/pub/mysql/download/gui-tools/ubuntu/ source/

# Depot PlayOnLinux
deb http://deb.playonlinux.com/ jaunty main # Ubuntu tweak
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ubuntu jaunty main

##Themes du ZgegBlog: Project Bisigi
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/bisigi/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/bisigi/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

# Remix
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/netbook-remix-team/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/netbook-remix-team/ubuntu intrepid main

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

ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
easypeasy.list
easypeasy.list.save
getdeb.list
getdeb.list.save
medibuntu.list
medibuntu.list.save

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

cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
deb http://packages.ubuntu-eee.com intrepid main #Easy Peasy
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main #OpenOffice 3
deb http://www.array.org/ubuntu intrepid eeepc #Netbook kernel
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/netbook-remix-team/ubuntu intrepid main #Netbook remix
deb http://packages.ubuntu-eee.com intrepid main #Easy Peasy
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main #OpenOffice 3
deb http://www.array.org/ubuntu intrepid eeepc #Netbook kernel
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/netbook-remix-team/ubuntu intrepid main #Netbook remix
deb http://getdeb.masio.com.mx/ jaunty/
deb http://getdeb.masio.com.mx/ jaunty/
## Please report any bug on https://bugs.launchpad.net/medibuntu/
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jaunty free non-free #Medibuntu - Ubuntu 9.04 "jaunty jackalope"
# deb-src http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jaunty free non-free #Medibuntu (source) - Ubuntu 9.04 "jaunty jackalope"
## Please report any bug on https://bugs.launchpad.net/medibuntu/
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jaunty free non-free #Medibuntu - Ubuntu 9.04 "jaunty jackalope"
# deb-src http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jaunty free non-free #Medibuntu (source) - Ubuntu 9.04 "jaunty jackalope"

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

---------- Additional info

The sources.list before I started making changes.

## deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release i386 (20081029.5)]/ intrepid main restricted
## See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
## newer versions of the distribution.

deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 9.04 _Jaunty Jackalope_ - Release i386 (20090421.3)]/ jaunty main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-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://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-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://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-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/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
## deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-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 intrepid partner
## deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/netbook-remix-team/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/netbook-remix-team/ubuntu intrepid main

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe
dale@dale-laptop:~$

Thanks again,
Dale

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dalepace (dale-pace) said : 		#4

I have just installed Ubuntu 9.04 from scratch, no upgrade. It generally works fine. This of course fixed my problem. Thanks to anyone who might have spent any time on this. It also shows that the Asus Eeepc netbook does not need any special handling. Mine is the 1000H.

I only have, so far, a small problem with workspaces more than two. I have four and they occasionally disappear if I don't have a bottom panel defined. I'm working around it okay.

Thanks again,

Dale

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dalepace (dale-pace) said : 		#5

Thanks Дмитрий "Divius" Танцур, that solved my question.