After changing the sourcelist by the following: ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_lenny_main_binary-i386_Packages) http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sarge_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sarge_main_binary-i386_Packages) http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sarge_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) security.debian.org_dists_etch_updates_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) security.debian.org_dists_etch_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages)
and run the command "apt-get dist-upgrade " i get the following error (gedit:7434): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed. client:/home/student# apt-get dist-upgrade E: Type 'ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages)' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list E: The list of sources could not be read. please help. Best Regards, Joysankar Sengupta On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 3:04 AM, Christofer C. Bell < [email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 7:20 AM, Brian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > You could also post the contents of your /etc/apt/sources.list. > > >From reading the errors, his sources.list points to sarge, etch, *and* > lenny, none of which are provided on the main servers these days. > >From parsing the output he's pointing to the following: > > etch main contrib non-free (with security for main and contrib, and > main from the US and Germany) > sarge main contrib non-free (all from the US, no security) > lenny main (from the US, no security) > (no sources are apparent) > > So his /etc/apt/sources.list is probably a little something like this > (based on parsing through the errors provided): > > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free > > deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ etch main > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free > deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib > > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main > > > This is constructed from the entire error list he posted: > > cbell@circe:~$ grep debian.org huh | grep var | sort -u | cut -f6 -d/ > ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) > ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) > ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) > ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) > ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_lenny_main_binary-i386_Packages) > http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) > http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) > http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) > http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sarge_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) > http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sarge_main_binary-i386_Packages) > http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sarge_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) > security.debian.org_dists_etch_updates_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) > security.debian.org_dists_etch_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) > cbell@circe:~$ > > Joysankar, > > You need to clean your /etc/apt/sources.list file and pick one > distribution to track. The recommended option, of course, is squeeze, > the next release after lenny. If you decide to stick with one of the > releases you're using here, pick lenny and point to archive.debian.org > rather than ftp.us.debian.org. > > Then run the usual apt-get update. You should probably do an apt-get > dist-ugprade as well. I suspect this system is a little screwed up if > this the apparent state of /etc/apt/sources.list is as indicated by > the errors you posted. > > -- > Chris > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/caoevnyvhytqdmfd400pzwxjukoeabt2anqw+ctbtpgqrfwr...@mail.gmail.com > >
