Re: synaptic has lost its mind -- 2

[spartacus]

I think I've finally found the right forum, after searching around for awhile now.
I'm relatively inexperienced with Linux and particularly with KDE--but I like KDE much better than Gnome.  The problem that's been menacing me is closely related to the topic at hand: synaptic and  the updater have been giving me grief for weeks now.  I can't receive updates - always an error message that tells me to use synaptic or try later...

I'm directed to the repository to try and set things straight but always hit the same bumps:


• 
  Synaptic error upon starting:
  
  E: Vendor block FingerPrint is invalid
  E: Vendor block Name is invalid
  E: The list of sources could not be read.
  Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.
  
  settings>repositories:
  
  E: Vendor block FingerPrint is invalid
  E: Vendor block Name is invalid
  E: Cannot read vendors.list file
  
  Could not download all repository indexes
  
  The repository might be no longer available or could not be contacted because of network problems. If available an older version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network connection and the correct writing of the repository address in the preferences.
  
  E: Vendor block FingerPrint is invalid
  E: Vendor block Name is invalid
  E: Unable to lock the list directory
  

Any suggestions?

Toshiba Satellite u400 (Canada only version); intel Pentium dual core 1.87 GHz; 3 GB DDR2,      pcLos 2010 kde 4.4

[uncleV]

First of all - are you speaking about PCLinuxOS repository?

[uncleV]

At first glance it seems to me the application had a problem reaching the repository on the net.

[wedgetail]

spartacus

Welcome to Forum, a wealth of information, have look around and get the feel of the community. 

Regarding your problem have a look here and see what you think:

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,77452.0.html#lastPost

But do a search on forum, 3rd tab from the left on the top line, you will find more about problems with Synaptic 

[skyhawk]

Looks to me like:

/etc/apt/sources.list

is not written correctly. A post of what is displayed when:

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cat /etc/apt/sources.list
is entered in terminal-mode would be helpful. Only one online repository must be enabled and the syntax of the line enabling the repository must be correct.

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[rg@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# Package repository URL's

# Signed repositories have a [<key>] where <key> is the name of the key
# as it appears in vendors.list. If you remove it, no digital signature check
# will be made.

rpm file:/media/disk/Repository/ pclinuxos/2010 kde4 nonfree
rpm file:/media/.22.0-16pcl/Repository/ pclinuxos/2010 main special
rpm file:/home/rg/Repository/ pclinuxos/2010 extras updates
# rpm http://pclosusers.com/pclosfiles/ pclinuxos/2010 main updates nonfree kde4 games
# rpm http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/pclinuxos/apt/ pclinuxos/2010 main updates nonfree kde4 games

The last two lines above (my /etc/apt/sources.list) are for online repositories, which are disabled. Note the spaces in the lines of code. I am using three local repositories presently, explaining why my sources.list looks different from most.

An enabled repository will lack the # character at the beginning of the line.

If Synaptic is unable to detect a usable online repository, as in your case, it will also report problems downloading package lists.