/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2012/05/15/#ubuntu-ie.txt

Piazyhi04:46
tdr112morning08:34
slashbelgood morning08:35
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czajkowskislashbel: hows ye08:56
slashbelgrand, how's you? back in the englands now?08:57
czajkowskiyup09:00
czajkowskiback since sunday09:01
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JEFFfrazerWITHthanyone awake?10:50
JEFFfrazerWITHthim having a problem with the Canonical partners repository10:50
JEFFfrazerWITHththe IP for it is listed as in ireland so i though id ask here if anyone else has had the same problem10:51
JEFFfrazerWITHthjust trying to install flash on my liveUSB copy of Backbox210:52
JEFFfrazerWITHth(dont ask)10:52
JEFFfrazerWITHthFailed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flash-properties-gtk_11.1.102.55-0natty1_i386.deb 404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.191 80]10:52
JEFFfrazerWITHthBeen like that since yesterday, so im guessing its not so much a common problem, as maybe the OS is out of date, and has a bad link to the repository... should i, how do i point it to the right server?10:53
JEFFfrazerWITHthappreciate any help if anyone comes back to the keyboard10:54
ebelJEFFfrazerWITHth: how are you trying to install it?11:10
ebelHave you done an "aptitude update"?11:10
JEFFfrazerWITHthaptitude? as in upt-get update?11:11
JEFFfrazerWITHth*apt11:11
JEFFfrazerWITHthyes, i tried that but it relies on the same server ultimately11:11
ebelThose packages/files might have been removed (if there's a newer version), and your system might think that those files are still there11:12
ebelyes "apt-get update" aswell11:12
ebelthat will download the new and up to date file list11:12
JEFFfrazerWITHthis there a way to reconfigure the server it asks for? i have tried it with an IP in the UK (neighbouring the irish canonical server) but i have also tried it with a south american IP and it still went for the same server, so its not auto...11:13
JEFFfrazerWITHthrunning sudo apt-get update now...11:13
JEFFfrazerWITHthok, that completed successufly11:14
ebelwhat makes you think that's an irish server?11:14
JEFFfrazerWITHthi who-is'd the IP its in ireland11:14
JEFFfrazerWITHthoh, damn11:14
JEFFfrazerWITHthsorry no its in isle of man11:15
JEFFfrazerWITHthcompletely slipped my mind as i did it yesterday\11:15
ebelNo, that's just the company's address11:15
ebelnot where the server is11:15
ebelfrom a traceroute my guess is that that server is physically in london11:15
ebelthat's a canonical block11:15
JEFFfrazerWITHthok maybe i should try just to check if i get the same result11:16
JEFFfrazerWITHthbut then again i probably will as im getting the same IP wherever i try from11:16
JEFFfrazerWITHth(using vidalia and firefox)11:16
ebelin general, ubuntu/debian apt repositories are mirrored to provide load balancing, however it's unlikely that the canonical partner one is11:17
JEFFfrazerWITHthso, would you consider trying to install something random from the canonical list and see if you share the same problem? maybe list the IP it connects to to download../11:17
JEFFfrazerWITHth> provide load balancing  ... yeah i thought it would11:18
ebelit's (legally) very easy to run an mirror of FLOSS software, since there is no copyright concerns11:18
ebelnot so with non-FLOSS stuff in there11:18
ebeldid you get the same result after the "apt-get update" ?11:19
JEFFfrazerWITHthi will try11:19
JEFFfrazerWITHthwow, i think it worked but i will just have to check with youtube or something brb11:20
ebel11:21
ebelI've seen that problem happen before.11:21
JEFFfrazerWITHthi know you must hear this a million times, but thanks it worked11:21
JEFFfrazerWITHthi have no idea why it failed to help yesterday, maybe i did things in the wrong order... meh11:22
ebelBasically your computer thought there was a file/package available for download that wasn't there11:22
JEFFfrazerWITHththanks a lot buddy11:22
ebelso if you do the update it'll update the list of available software, and the URLs and the filenames, versions etc.11:22
ebelthey don't usually keep all the old versions of software available for download on all the servers11:22
ebelHappy to help11:23
JEFFfrazerWITHthso with this OS i just have to apt-get update and then i can use the package manager, brilliant. you've really helped out a noob, i will learn linux properly one day, but in the meantime there are nice folk like you muddling us noobs through11:23
ebelIf you use the Ubuntu Software Centre it should do that automatically11:23
JEFFfrazerWITHthit didn't though11:24
JEFFfrazerWITHthnever done it with any other OS and i've tried about a dozen different flavours about 4 of them ubuntu based11:24
JEFFfrazerWITHthi tried submitting a bug report to the backbox team but i had to register to do so, i didn't, i might go back and register and contribute11:25
JEFFfrazerWITHthanyway. have a nice day ebel thanks again11:26
JEFFfrazerWITHtho/11:26
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