New to Ubuntu.

[chansenola]

I recently gave Ubuntu a try, mainlybecause my woman bought a new laptop with Vista and it's dog slow for something so expensive. I'm trying to talk her into Linux, or at least downgrading to XP. Anyway, I installed Ubuntu after resizing my NTFS partition, and it, and XP are working fine. However, when I try to run Synaptic Package Manager, I get " An Error Occured
E: Type '--18:10:24--' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mediabuntu.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report."

When I first boot up, I get "Network Manager applet could not find some required resources. It cannot continue." And i have missing icons. Not sure if there is a relation or not.

XP has treated me so well, I haven't been on here for so long, I forgot my logon and had to create a new one. ANY aissistance would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Skeeedunt]

Sounds like just a funky entry in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mediabuntu.list, try opening that file and deleting the offending line. More info (well, the same info) here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5146141

Not sure about the Network Manager/missing icons thing. Almost makes me wonder if you downloaded a corrupt iso or just had a messed up install.

 

[SleepWalkerX]

Did you try to add the medibuntu repository yourself? What its saying is that the string '--18:10:24--' should not be in your apt sources file, which is right. Your /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mediabuntu.list contains incorrect repository information.

Delete the file. You can do this by opening up the terminal and typing "sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mediabuntu.list" (are you sure its spelled right?) Then you can add the correct one. In my link below there are two commands you can copy and paste in the terminal to get that set up.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu