Thanks all for the replies.

Pinging works:

ubuntu@arm:~$ ping ports.ubuntu.com
PING ports.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.140) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from sawo.canonical.com (91.189.88.140): icmp_seq=1 ttl=49 time=
19.5 ms
64 bytes from sawo.canonical.com (91.189.88.140): icmp_seq=2 ttl=49 time=
17.5 ms
64 bytes from sawo.canonical.com (91.189.88.140): icmp_seq=3 ttl=49 time=
18.7 ms


Similar problems with update:

sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for ubuntu: 
Ign http://repos.rcn-ee.net trusty InRelease                        
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease                        
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease
Err http://repos.rcn-ee.net trusty Release.gpg
  Something wicked happened resolving 'repos.rcn-ee.net:http' (-5 - No 
address associated with hostname)
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty Release          
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release                    
Hit http://repos.rcn-ee.net trusty Release                            
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty/main armhf Packages                
Ign http://repos.rcn-ee.net trusty/main armhf Packages/DiffIndex      
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty/universe armhf Packages
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse armhf Packages               
    
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en                     
    
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en       
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en         
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main armhf Packages     
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe armhf Packages 
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse armhf Packages
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Translation-en     
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Translation-en 
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US          
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_US    
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_US      
Hit http://repos.rcn-ee.net trusty/main armhf Packages             
Ign http://repos.rcn-ee.net trusty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://repos.rcn-ee.net trusty/main Translation-en
W: Failed to fetch http://repos.rcn-ee.net/ubuntu/dists/trusty/Release.gpg 
 Something wicked happened resolving 'repos.rcn-ee.net:http' (-5 - No 
address associated with hostname)

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones 
used instead.


A clean seems to temporary fix the issue:

ubuntu@arm:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign http://repos.rcn-ee.net trusty InRelease
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg      
Get:1 http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release.gpg [933 B]
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty Release                                 
    
Get:2 http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release [62.0 kB]         
Get:3 http://repos.rcn-ee.net trusty Release.gpg [819 B]                  
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty/main armhf Packages                     
    
Hit http://repos.rcn-ee.net trusty Release                               
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty/universe armhf Packages             
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse armhf Packages           
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en               
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en         
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en           
Get:4 http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main armhf Packages [327 kB]
Hit http://repos.rcn-ee.net trusty/main armhf Packages                  
Get:5 http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe armhf Packages [218 
kB]
Get:6 http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse armhf Packages 
[7,721 B]
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Translation-en             
    
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Translation-en       
    
Hit http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Translation-en         
    
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US                   
   
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_US             
   
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_US               
   
Ign http://repos.rcn-ee.net trusty/main Translation-en_US                   
   
Ign http://repos.rcn-ee.net trusty/main Translation-en               
Fetched 616 kB in 18s (33.8 kB/s)                                           
   
Reading package lists... Done


But trying to install LXDE brings me back to same issue:

sudo apt-get install lxde && lxde-core && lxde-icon-theme

displays loads of packages.....

0 upgraded, 365 newly installed, 0 to remove and 21 not upgraded.
Need to get 125 MB of archives.
After this operation, 428 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Err http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ trusty/main libcap-ng0 armhf 
0.7.3-1ubuntu2
  Something wicked happened resolving 'ports.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No 
address associated with hostname)
Get:1 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ trusty-updates/main 
libglib2.0-0 armhf 2.40.2-0ubuntu1 [919 kB]
Get:2 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ trusty/main libdbus-glib-1-2 
armhf 0.100.2-1 [58.7 kB]
Get:3 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ trusty-updates/main libelf1 
armhf 0.158-0ubuntu5.1 [38.1 kB]
Get:4 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ trusty/main libfuse2 armhf 
2.9.2-4ubuntu4 [76.8 kB]
Get:5 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ trusty/main libgck-1-0 armhf 
3.10.1-1 [65.8 kB]
Get:6 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ trusty/main libgcr-3-common all 
3.10.1-1 [8,482 B]
Get:7 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ trusty/main libgcr-base-3-1 
armhf 3.10.1-1 [151 kB]
Get:8 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ trusty-updates/main 
libsystemd-daemon0 armhf 204-5ubuntu20.9 [8,840 B]
Get:9 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ trusty/main systemd-shim armhf 
6-2bzr1 [10.2 kB]



My interfaces file:

ubuntu@arm:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
# Example to keep MAC address between reboots
#hwaddress ether DE:AD:BE:EF:CA:FE

# The secondary network interface
#auto eth1
#iface eth1 inet dhcp

# WiFi Example
#auto wlan0
#iface wlan0 inet dhcp
#    wpa-ssid "essid"
#    wpa-psk  "password"

# Ethernet/RNDIS gadget (g_ether)
# ... or on host side, usbnet and random hwaddr
# Note on some boards, usb0 is automaticly setup with an init script
iface usb0 inet static
    address 192.168.7.2
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    network 192.168.7.0
    gateway 192.168.7.1


Thanks for suggestions but stumped!

Leo

On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 10:31:02 UTC, William Hermans wrote:
>
> Come to think of it I did run into this problem once a long time ago, and 
> for me 
>
>
> *$ sudo apt-get update*
> fixed the problem for me personally. A rookie mistake I made in a hurry 
> while trying to install packages without updating after a fresh install as 
> I recall.
>
> I'd hesitate deleting the apt-lock file as this may be in place 
> intentionally to avoid problematic packages. In this case I'd wait for 
> input from Robert first.
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 3:17 AM, William Hermans <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *It looks a bit odd to me that 'ports.ubuntu.com:http', it shouldn't 
>>> have the http on the end though that *might* simply be an error in the 
>>> error message.* 
>>>
>>> * Can you 'ping ports.ubuntu.com <http://ports.ubuntu.com>' ?*
>>
>>
>> cl, that just a standard apt message with *:http' indicating protocol.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 2:52 AM, <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:
>>
>>> Leo738 <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:
>>> > [-- multipart/alternative, encoding 7bit, 111 lines --]
>>> >
>>> >     [-- text/plain, encoding 7bit, charset: UTF-8, 34 lines --]
>>> >
>>> > Hello All,
>>> >
>>> > Just setup Ubuntu 14.04 console on my BB-XM. I'm trying to install 
>>> LXDE but
>>> > problem is I keep seeing errors such as:
>>> >
>>> > Err http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ trusty/main libcap-ng0 armhf
>>> > 0.7.3-1ubuntu2
>>> >   Something wicked happened resolving 'ports.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No
>>> > address associated with hostname)
>>> >
>>> It means that there's some sort of DNS problem.
>>>
>>> It looks a bit odd to me that 'ports.ubuntu.com:http', it shouldn't
>>> have the http on the end though that *might* simply be an error in the
>>> error message.
>>>
>>> Can you 'ping ports.ubuntu.com' ?
>>> >
>>>
>>> --
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>>> ยท
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