problem with reloading package info in synaptic (jaunty 64bit)
 

recently installed jaunty 64 bit along side intrepid 32 bit (32 bit version works fine, very happy bunny), but have some problems with synaptic. When I do a reload of package info it doesn't provide a window showing the updates .. but there is a very great deal of network activity, (this is my problem as the isp i use has a download limit.... don't ask!!), doing apt-get update produces the following output, I stop it because it takes a long time and Internet traffic is large

root@james-ubuntu-64:/home/james# apt-get update
apt-get: update
Get: http://ftp.debian.org sid/main Sources
Get: http://ftp.debian.org sid/contrib Sources
Get: http://ftp.debian.org sid/non-free Sources
Convert: acl 2.2.47-3
Convert: alsa-lib 1.0.20-3
Convert: arts 1.5.9-3
Convert: atk1.0 1.26.0-1
Convert: at-spi 1.26.0-1
Convert: attr 1:2.4.43-3
Error: Binary / source version mismatch, skipping.
Convert: audiofile 0.2.6-7


why is it doing this and how do i make it stop? intrepid works fine as does jaunty 32 bit on my asus 4G netbook.

before you say reinstall ..... I did it .. twice..

These aren't Ubuntu repositories they're Debian. Don't mix and match.

Can you Copy and Paste the contents of your sources list here? Open a Terminal and issue the command:

yes i know they are debian... why are they?
 

i didn't change any repositories this is the default install state it is 3 days old, i have changed nothing!


this is /etc/apt/sources.list

it doesn't mention debian

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 9.04 _Jaunty Jackalope_ - Release amd64 (20090420.1)]/ jaunty main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted
deb-src http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main restricted
deb-src http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe
deb-src http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe
deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates universe
deb-src http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty multiverse
deb-src http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty multiverse
deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates multiverse
deb-src http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## 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.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security multiverse


### ia32-apt-get entries ###

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 9.04 _Jaunty Jackalope_ - Release amd64 (20090420.1)]/ jaunty main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

# deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-i386 main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
# deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates-i386 main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-i386 universe
# deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates-i386 universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
# deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-i386 multiverse
# deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates-i386 multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## 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.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty-i386 partner

# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security-i386 main restricted
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security-i386 universe
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security-i386 multiverse

after much thinking.......
 

I may have resolved the problem..

I reviewed the exact steps I took setting up the system ...
one thing I have needed in the past is real-player... the deb is 32 bit

to install requires 1a32-lib-tools... this requires ia32-apt-get, i guessed that this was the problem... removed it .. and it worked!!!

so i'm happy, but what happened?

my guess is that the 32 bit apt environment has its own sources.list I noted in process list a lot of apt updates thought that odd led me to think it was because more than one system was involved, but frankly i have no idea.

can anybody enlighten me?