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I get this after the Update Manager said "Check your Internet Connection"

W:Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/source/Sources  502  Bad Request [IP: 91.189.92.152 80]
, W:Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/binary-i386/Packages  502  Bad Request [IP: 91.189.92.152 80]
, E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
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  • I can now access the Update Manager, thanks for the answer anyway(didn't try it!)--I do not know the reason but it got fixed. How can I mark this as CLOSE
    – tepheno
    Oct 22, 2012 at 10:45

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Try the following:

sudo apt-get clean
cd /var/lib/apt
sudo mv lists lists.backup
sudo mkdir -p lists/partial
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
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    Do you know what you are suggesting?
    – jokerdino
    Oct 21, 2012 at 9:36
  • i am suggesting him to take a backup of his existing repo list and, remove orignal one and then take an update. was I wrong somewhere ? Nov 2, 2012 at 13:22
  • You should explain your answer instead of just leaving a lump of commands.
    – jokerdino
    Nov 2, 2012 at 13:29
  • oooh, really sorry for that, i thought person asking question is expecting a solution so made it quick, thanks for your suggestion. Nov 3, 2012 at 10:20

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