Update manager reported the following error:
W:Failed to fetchhttp://cn.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found
, W:Failed to fetchhttp://cn.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/restricted/source/Sources 404 Not Found
, W:Failed to fetchhttp://cn.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found
, W:Failed to fetchhttp://cn.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/multiverse/source/Sources 404 Not Found
, W:Failed to fetchhttp://cn.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found
, W:Failed to fetchhttp://cn.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found
, W:Failed to fetchhttp://cn.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found
, W:Failed to fetchhttp://cn.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found
, E:Some index files failed todownload. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
solution: gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
#deb http://cn.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
#deb-src http://cn.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse