[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu repository problem

[Stephen Worthington]

On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 19:55:03 +0100, you wrote:

>On 05/04/2016 18:38, Stephen Worthington wrote:
>> On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 13:38:35 +0100, you wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 05/04/2016 12:42, Stephen Worthington wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 11:40:45 +0100, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 04/04/2016 00:10, Damian wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Both of my Mythbuntu boxes are having trouble with the Mythbutu
>>>>>> updates repository. Here's what Synaptic Package Manager outputs ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Failed to fetch
>>>>>> http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/testing/ubuntu/dists/wily/main/binary-amd64/Packages
>>>>>> 404  Not Found
>>>>>> Failed to fetch
>>>>>> http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/testing/ubuntu/dists/wily/main/binary-i386/Packages
>>>>>> 404  Not Found
>>>>>> Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old
>>>>>> ones used instead.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One of my frontend's seems to have had this going on for a while now.
>>>>>> I've only just checked the backend, and the problem is the same.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there a problem with the repository?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Damian
>>>>> Anyone got any idea what's going on with this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Mythbuntu used to get updates almost weekly. Now the fixes repository
>>>>> doesn't even seem to be set up for the latest version of Xbuntu. Is it
>>>>> still being maintained?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Damian
>>>> You are using a testing repository - I am not sure why that is, but I
>>>> think you should be using the main repositories.  Try going to the
>>>> main page and seeing where your version really is now:
>>>>
>>>>     https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu
>>>>
>>>> It looks like 0.28 is just about to be formally released, as there are
>>>> now 0.29 repositories.
>>> Hi Stephen,
>>>
>>> Thanks for responding.
>>>
>>> The repositories are from the 'Mythbuntu Control Centre'. The one that
>>> doesn't seem to be working is the "Activate Mythbuntu Updates repository".
>>>
>>> I'm using Xbuntu 15.10 (clean install from a couple of days ago).
>>>
>>> Damian
>> There should be a button "Refresh available repositories" next to
>> where you select the MythTV version on the Repositories tab.  Click
>> that.  When the download completes, re-select the settings you want
>> and Apply them.  Then do:
>>
>>    sudo apt-get update
>>    sudo apt-get upgrade
>>
>> If that does not fix it, then try deselecting all the updates
>> repositories options, Applying that, the re-selecting the updates
>> repositories and Applying again, then do the apt-get commands again.
>Hi Stephen,
>
>Thanks again for reply. I really appreciated it.
>
>Unfortunately, I did all of those steps before I posted the question. 
>I've done it on both of my Myth boxes, and the problem remains.
>
>??

OK, back to basics then.  I don't think you have said yet which
version of MythTV you are running.  So please post that, and copies of
your /etc/apt files for the MythTV and Mythbuntu repositories.  You
can find which files by doing "grep -ir myth" from the /etc/apt
directory.