[Bug 682753] Re: update manager prints error message at startup and closes

2011-05-26 Thread Jean-Baptiste Lallement
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 346386 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346386 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 346386 Update fails with invalid package files with "Encountered a section with no Package: header" -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 682753] Re: update manager prints error message at startup and closes

2011-01-14 Thread Harald Stendal
I confirm this bug. I got a very similar error message when running update-manager or Synaptic. Ubuntu 10.10. On inspecting the list mentioned in the error message, I found an html-page with a wireless hostspot login page. Thanks Sascha! When I removed the contents of /var/lib/apt/lists, the error

[Bug 682753] Re: update manager prints error message at startup and closes

2010-12-03 Thread Sascha Steffen
I just found out what the problem was. My University has rrestricted wifi access. The network itself is not encrypted but when you try to open a webpage the first time after connection you get redirected to e page on which jou need to fill in your password first. I must have tried to update my p