Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-07-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 25 iun 14, 20:18:41, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I had an orange triangle show up where the upstate square usually shows. I clicked on it and got the following messages. Error message: Fetch failed: W:Failed to fetch

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-29 Thread Stephen Allen
On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 04:19:08PM +0100, Tom Furie wrote: On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 07:42:33AM -0400, Stephen Allen wrote: Well then, you probably have gvim installed. Anyway editing the sources list is easy. On your command line simply enter 'apt edit-sources' and your default editor

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-29 Thread Stephen Allen
On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 09:48:30PM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 21:40:32 +0100 Tom Furie t...@furie.org.uk wrote: On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 03:57:36PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/28/2014 11:19 AM, Tom Furie wrote: Are you sure the apt command is available in

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-28 Thread Stephen Allen
On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 07:57:03PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/27/2014 03:18 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: That needs sorting! I should have asked: What GUI/DE (Graphical User Interface/Desktop Environment) are you using? (So I know what editors you are likely to have. Yes, this can be

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-28 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 28 June 2014 00:57:03 Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/27/2014 03:18 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Thursday 26 June 2014 23:55:55 Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/26/2014 05:40 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: # wheezy-updates, previously known as 'volatile' # A network mirror was not selected

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-28 Thread Tom Furie
On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 07:42:33AM -0400, Stephen Allen wrote: Well then, you probably have gvim installed. Anyway editing the sources list is easy. On your command line simply enter 'apt edit-sources' and your default editor should pop up with your sources list already entered. Are you sure

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-28 Thread Maureen L Thomas
On 06/28/2014 11:19 AM, Tom Furie wrote: On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 07:42:33AM -0400, Stephen Allen wrote: Well then, you probably have gvim installed. Anyway editing the sources list is easy. On your command line simply enter 'apt edit-sources' and your default editor should pop up with your

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-28 Thread Tom Furie
On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 03:57:36PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/28/2014 11:19 AM, Tom Furie wrote: Are you sure the apt command is available in Wheezy? Yes it is as I have already used it. What package is it in? I can't find it. Cheers, Tom -- BOFH excuse #68: only available on a

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-28 Thread Darac Marjal
On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 21:40:32 +0100 Tom Furie t...@furie.org.uk wrote: On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 03:57:36PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/28/2014 11:19 AM, Tom Furie wrote: Are you sure the apt command is available in Wheezy? Yes it is as I have already used it. What package is

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-28 Thread Maureen L Thomas
On 06/28/2014 04:40 PM, Tom Furie wrote: On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 03:57:36PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/28/2014 11:19 AM, Tom Furie wrote: Are you sure the apt command is available in Wheezy? Yes it is as I have already used it. What package is it in? I can't find it. Cheers, Tom

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-28 Thread Tom Furie
On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 05:00:52PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I go to xterm and su and the apt commands work or at least they appear to. I haven't gotten any errors or weird stuff from it. I wasn't referring to the apt-* commands, but to the apt command, as mentioned by Stephen, which

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-28 Thread Maureen L Thomas
On 06/28/2014 05:17 PM, Tom Furie wrote: On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 05:00:52PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I go to xterm and su and the apt commands work or at least they appear to. I haven't gotten any errors or weird stuff from it. I wasn't referring to the apt-* commands, but to the apt

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-27 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 26 June 2014 23:55:55 Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/26/2014 05:40 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: # wheezy-updates, previously known as 'volatile' # A network mirror was not selected during install. The following entries # are provided as examples, but you should amend them as

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-27 Thread rob
On 27/06/14 04:53, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/26/2014 08:56 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote: On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 04:59:30PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/26/2014 08:13 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:16:56PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/25/2014 09:21 PM, Tony

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-27 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 27 June 2014 08:35:14 rob wrote: On 27/06/14 04:53, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/26/2014 08:56 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote: On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 04:59:30PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/26/2014 08:13 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:16:56PM -0400, Maureen

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-27 Thread Diogene Laerce
On 06/27/2014 12:55 AM, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/26/2014 05:40 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: # wheezy-updates, previously known as 'volatile' # A network mirror was not selected during install. The following entries # are provided as examples, but you should amend them as appropriate #

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-27 Thread Diogene Laerce
On 06/27/2014 12:55 AM, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/26/2014 05:40 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: # wheezy-updates, previously known as 'volatile' # A network mirror was not selected during install. The following entries # are provided as examples, but you should amend them as appropriate #

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-27 Thread Curt
On 2014-06-27, Maureen L Thomas mthomas9...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: If you use vim, you can just do :%s/stable-updates/wheezy-updates/g Tony I did as you said in vim and got this back E486: Pattern not found: stable-updates You forgot the to put the '%' before the 's' in my opinion. --

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-27 Thread Maureen L Thomas
On 06/27/2014 03:18 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Thursday 26 June 2014 23:55:55 Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/26/2014 05:40 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: # wheezy-updates, previously known as 'volatile' # A network mirror was not selected during install. The following entries # are provided as

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-27 Thread Maureen L Thomas
On 06/27/2014 01:13 PM, Curt wrote: On 2014-06-27, Maureen L Thomas mthomas9...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: If you use vim, you can just do :%s/stable-updates/wheezy-updates/g Tony I did as you said in vim and got this back E486: Pattern not found: stable-updates You forgot the to put the '%'

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-26 Thread Tony Baldwin
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:16:56PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/25/2014 09:21 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 08:18:41PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I had an orange triangle show up where the upstate square usually shows. I clicked on it and got the following

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-26 Thread Maureen L Thomas
On 06/26/2014 08:13 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:16:56PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/25/2014 09:21 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 08:18:41PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I had an orange triangle show up where the upstate square usually shows.

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-26 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 26 June 2014 21:59:30 Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/26/2014 08:13 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:16:56PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/25/2014 09:21 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 08:18:41PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I had an

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-26 Thread Maureen L Thomas
On 06/26/2014 05:40 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: # wheezy-updates, previously known as 'volatile' # A network mirror was not selected during install. The following entries # are provided as examples, but you should amend them as appropriate # for your mirror of choice. # #

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-26 Thread Tony Baldwin
On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 04:59:30PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/26/2014 08:13 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:16:56PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/25/2014 09:21 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 08:18:41PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I had

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-26 Thread Maureen L Thomas
On 06/26/2014 08:56 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote: On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 04:59:30PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/26/2014 08:13 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:16:56PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/25/2014 09:21 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at

Synaptic messed up

2014-06-25 Thread Maureen L Thomas
I had an orange triangle show up where the upstate square usually shows. I clicked on it and got the following messages. Error message: Fetch failed: W:Failed to fetch ftp://debian.cites.illinois.edu/pub/debian/dists/wheezy/updates/main/source/Sources Unable to fetch file, server said

Re: Synaptic messed up

2014-06-25 Thread Tony Baldwin
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 08:18:41PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I had an orange triangle show up where the upstate square usually shows. I clicked on it and got the following messages. Error message: Fetch failed: W:Failed to fetch