new jessie install....updating error

[ayarrington73]

Howdy all.....
I am new to debian, but not brand new to linux. I have used mint 17 in the past and successfully worked through problems with that, so I am optimistic still. I recently bought a used/refurb netbook off ebay on which the owner had done(my understanding) a fresh install of debian8.0 When I first got the thing, it had problems. Specifically, although I could connect to wifi and bring up the router by its ip, I could not browse the internet. Fortunately, I am a disabled it pro and was in networking specifically, so I found my way to the network tools and saw the lan nic had a specified address on it, causing a faulty entry in the routing table. This didn't show up in the gui config tool, so I kept digging and found reference to a text configuration file in the /etc/network folder I think it was, which I renamed .bak, rebooted, and all was well again there. One other problem soon became apparent though. When I try to run 'package updater' to update linux, etc., it consistently returns an error that it "failed to process". Clicking the more details option says "E: http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main base-files i386 8+deb8u6 is not (yet) available (404 Not Found [IP: 128.61.240.89 80])". Do I need to somehow point it at another repository or what do you think? Thanks in advance for your help...I really want to get this updated before I use it too much....
-Al
btw it's telling me there are 98 updates selected and I've tried just doing them one by one, with generally no success (I think I was able to get a few only)

[stevepusser]

It might have an outdated package database. Try

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apt-get update

as sysadmin to see if that fixes the problem. If errors show up with the command, something else also needs fixing in your sources.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

I recently bought a used/refurb netbook off ebay on which the owner had done(my understanding) a fresh install of debian8.0

I strongly recommend reinstalling Debian (now up to 8.7) on that device rather than attempting to fix another user's broken system.

If you post the output of `lspci -nn` here (using code tags), we can tell you if any special measures need to be taken for that hardware

[ayarrington73]

It might have an outdated package database. Try

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apt-get update

as sysadmin to see if that fixes the problem. If errors show up with the command, something else also needs fixing in your sources.

good call....I actually tried that just before reading your post, and it appears to have fixed the issue, or at least now the pkg updater shows 0 updates available instead of the 94 before....
cheers!

[ayarrington73]

I recently bought a used/refurb netbook off ebay on which the owner had done(my understanding) a fresh install of debian8.0

I strongly recommend reinstalling Debian (now up to 8.7) on that device rather than attempting to fix another user's broken system.

If you post the output of `lspci -nn` here (using code tags), we can tell you if any special measures need to be taken for that hardware

output:
dad@eeepc-netbook:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx DMI Bridge [8086:a010]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a011]
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a012]
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 4 [8086:27d6] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation NM10 Family LPC Controller [8086:27bc] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:27c1] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet [1969:2062] (rev c1)
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01)
dad@eeepc-netbook:~$

....thanks in advance!
-Al

[ayarrington73]

btw I just ran the cmd 'cat /etc/debian_version' and it returned 8.7, so unless I'm mistaken, I'm up to date, no?
Tks!
-Al

[Bulkley]

There is no telling what the previous owner did to mess things up. I agree with Head_on_a_Stick's suggestion that a fresh install might be a good idea.

Check /etc/apt/sources.list. Better still, post it here.

[ayarrington73]

There is no telling what the previous owner did to mess things up. I agree with Head_on_a_Stick's suggestion that a fresh install might be a good idea.

Check /etc/apt/sources.list. Better still, post it here.

Ordinarily, I would concur on doing a fresh install, but this is a netbook without a cd drive and I've been thus far unable to get it to boot to a usb stick to do a fresh install.
As for the other sources.lst, here it is:

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main

deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main

# jessie-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main

deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian squeeze main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free

[sunrat]

There's one thing the previous owner messed up. You should not have those Squeeze sources in Jessie.