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I flashed the new firmware without any trouble and my N800 seems better behaved than before. The only problem I'm having is I haven't been able to update the apps manager. I keep getting all sorts of errors. I checked the repository info and I have what's on Maemo. Today, I've been getting the same error consistently, "Malformed line 9 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)." I don't speak Unix/Linux, so any advise has to be very basic. I have the N800 pretty much the way I want it, so I can live without the app manager.

Thanks,

Bill
 
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Assuming you haven't manually edited the file: Go through the repositories in the application manager, look at details of each one and try to figure out where you have added something wrong (like e.g. putting the http:// part into Components or some such). You could also try to disable them one by one and retry the update
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Originally Posted by jcherepy View Post
I flashed the new firmware without any trouble and my N800 seems better behaved than before. The only problem I'm having is I haven't been able to update the apps manager. I keep getting all sorts of errors. I checked the repository info and I have what's on Maemo. Today, I've been getting the same error consistently, "Malformed line 9 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)." I don't speak Unix/Linux, so any advise has to be very basic. I have the N800 pretty much the way I want it, so I can live without the app manager.

Thanks,

Bill
Sometimes if you look at the error message from the log, it will tell you which repository is giving the trouble, Menu>Tools>Appl manager>Tools>Log. If not clear, then you would have to do it one by one as suggested by TA-t3.

Hope this helps,

bun
 
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I have very carefully checked each repository entry, and all are correct. Also, the message quoted above, "Malformed line 9 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)" is the only message in the log. Oh well, maybe I'll reflash the new OS.

Thanks for taking the time to reply,

Bill
 
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If all fails you could always paste your /etc/apt/sources.list file here and we'll take a look at that line 9.
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Reflashed the OS, restored the data, and still had same problem So, I reflashed again and didn't do a restore and App Manager works just fine. So, something I installed is the cause. I'm going to install them back one at a time and check after each install to see if I can isolate the culprit.

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I have slowly added back the apps and restored all EXCEPT Settings and the Application Manager still works as it should, so I don't know what caused the original problem.

Cheers,

Bill
 
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