Hi please see below output of sources list ref. the problems involved. Its difficult to understand why a line referring to a print driver could cause so many problems. Any help would be appreciated.
cat /etc/apt/sources.list
Line 129 deb http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/op/stable/debian/ lsb3
Malformed entry 129 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (Component)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
E: Malformed entry 129 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (Component)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Then: Failed to load the package list This is a serious problem. Try again later. If this problem appears again, please report an error to the develop
uncommented: I read on forums to uncomment delete #
This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
52 deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu wily partner deleted #
53 deb http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/op/stable/debian/ xenial main deleted #
Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
83 deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner deleted #
84 -src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner deleted #
Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
122 deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu wily partner deleted #
123 deb http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/op/stable/debian/ xenial main deleted #
MORE ERRORS
gedit:6705): Gtk-WARNING **: Calling Inhibit failed: GDBus.Errorrg.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files
(gedit:6874): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to read the recently used resources file at '/home/margaret/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but the parser failed: Failed to open file '/home/margaret/.local/share/recently-used.xbel': Permission denied.
im not sure if the amendments I made were saved as when clicking "save" there were no options for a destination to save to. Is it possible to rebuild the repositories please. If so how?
similar things are all over the forums due to being told to install lsd dependents when they are not yet ready for 16.04
I have some understanding of how this happened but it is also tied up with being unable to install the epson driver which kept freezing. eventually installed by downloading from epson and installed by cups but still did not work even after installing lbs dependants. Also from day 1 of the installation the software d/l centre keep saying "software out of date - reload now. click reload, starts then stops asking to check the internet connection which was absolutley fine.
thanks I have since learned that the driver for wily should be used. ??? I give up
Edited by lacey16, 30 April 2016 - 08:01 PM.