That did it! What is the recommended sources.list now?
This is what is in it presently:

deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ nadia main upstream import
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ quantal partner
# deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu quantal-getdeb apps
# deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu quantal-getdeb games

/etc/apt/sources.list.d says:

dhor-myway-quantal.list
dhor-myway-quantal.list.save
google-talkplugin.list
google-talkplugin.list.save
libreoffice-libreoffice-4-0-quantal.list
libreoffice-libreoffice-4-0-quantal.list.save
libreoffice-libreoffice-4-1-quantal.list
libreoffice-libreoffice-4-1-quantal.list.save
libreoffice-ppa-quantal.list
libreoffice-ppa-quantal.list.save
local-repository.list
local-repository.list.save
otto-kesselgulasch-gimp-quantal.list
otto-kesselgulasch-gimp-quantal.list.save
team-xbmc-ppa-quantal.list
team-xbmc-ppa-quantal.list.save

what if I were to move the lines in sources.list.d into sources.list? one final question for tonight:  what is the purpose of sources.list.save

:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com> wrote:
It doesn't matter what the file names are, it's what's inside that counts.

grep -ri medibuntu /etc/apt/

If the above spits out anything, you'll know what file to edit.

Brian


On 12/18/2013 09:51 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
Good plan. Unfortunately 'medibuntu' is not to be found
in /etc/apt/sources.list.d . Further, when looked in /var/lib/apt/lists/
some of the medibuntus I had deleted were back.

bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ ls  /var/lib/apt/lists/ |grep medibuntu
packages.medibuntu.org_dists_quantal_free_i18n_Translation-en
packages.medibuntu.org_dists_quantal_non-free_i18n_Translation-en
bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d
bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ ls
dhor-myway-quantal.list
dhor-myway-quantal.list.save
google-talkplugin.list
google-talkplugin.list.save
libreoffice-libreoffice-4-0-quantal.list
libreoffice-libreoffice-4-0-quantal.list.save
libreoffice-libreoffice-4-1-quantal.list
libreoffice-libreoffice-4-1-quantal.list.save
libreoffice-ppa-quantal.list
libreoffice-ppa-quantal.list.save
local-repository.list
local-repository.list.save
otto-kesselgulasch-gimp-quantal.list
otto-kesselgulasch-gimp-quantal.list.save
team-xbmc-ppa-quantal.list
team-xbmc-ppa-quantal.list.save
bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ ls  /var/lib/apt/lists/
|grep medibuntu
packages.medibuntu.org_dists_quantal_free_i18n_Translation-en
packages.medibuntu.org_dists_quantal_non-free_i18n_Translation-en


:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com
<mailto:brian@snaptek.com>> wrote:

    Looks like you removed the package database that apt creates from a
    package repository entry.  All you need to do to get rid of a
    repository is to delete the config file for it out of the apt config
    at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/<a___file_in_here.list> or to remove the

    line from the config file at /etc/apt/sources.list.

    After you've done that, just run "apt-get update" and it will clean
    out all the repositories that don't exist anymore as well as update
    all the ones that still do.

    After that, symantic should start working again.

    Brian


    On 12/18/2013 02:53 PM, Michael Havens wrote:

        oops.... what am I doing wrong? I remove the files:

        bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ ls  /var/lib/apt/lists/ |grep medibuntu
        packages.medibuntu.org_dists___quantal_free_binary-i386___Packages
        packages.medibuntu.org_dists___quantal_free_i18n_Translation-__en
        packages.medibuntu.org_dists___quantal_free_i18n_Translation-__en%5fUS
        packages.medibuntu.org_dists___quantal_non-free_binary-i386___Packages
        packages.medibuntu.org_dists___quantal_non-free_i18n___Translation-en
        packages.medibuntu.org_dists___quantal_non-free_i18n___Translation-en%5fUS
        bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ cd  /var/lib/apt/lists/
        bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/var/__lib/apt/lists$ sudo rm -rf *medibuntu*
        bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/var/__lib/apt/lists$ ls
          /var/lib/apt/lists/ |grep
        medibuntu
        bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/var/__lib/apt/lists$ sudo synaptic


        (synaptic:7475): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set_data:
        assertion
        `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

        (synaptic:7475): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer
        instance

        (synaptic:7475): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_data:
        assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

        and synaptic opens, then ubuntu's update manager is run to
        update the
        system and it tells me:

        Failed to fetch
        http://packages.medibuntu.org/__dists/quantal/Release.gpg

        <http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/Release.gpg>
           Something wicked happened resolving
        'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5
        - No address associated with hostname)
        Failed to fetch
        http://packages.medibuntu.org/__dists/quantal/free/binary-__i386/Packages

        <http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/free/binary-i386/Packages>
           Something wicked happened resolving
        'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5
        - No address associated with hostname)
        Failed to fetch
        http://packages.medibuntu.org/__dists/quantal/non-free/binary-__i386/Packages

        <http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/non-free/binary-i386/Packages>
          Something
        wicked happened resolving 'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5 - No
        address
        associated with hostname)
        Failed to fetch
        http://packages.medibuntu.org/__dists/quantal/free/i18n/__Translation-en_US

        <http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/free/i18n/Translation-en_US>
           Something wicked happened resolving
        'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5
        - No address associated with hostname)
        Failed to fetch
        http://packages.medibuntu.org/__dists/quantal/free/i18n/__Translation-en

        <http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/free/i18n/Translation-en>
           Something wicked happened resolving
        'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5
        - No address associated with hostname)
        Failed to fetch
        http://packages.medibuntu.org/__dists/quantal/non-free/i18n/__Translation-en_US

        <http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US>
           Something wicked happened resolving
        'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5
        - No address associated with hostname)
        Failed to fetch
        http://packages.medibuntu.org/__dists/quantal/non-free/i18n/__Translation-en

        <http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/quantal/non-free/i18n/Translation-en>
           Something wicked happened resolving
        'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5
        - No address associated with hostname)
        Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or
        old ones
        used instead.

           I then clicked update and now it says my system is up to date
        but when
        'refresh' is clicked I still get the medibuntu error?

        :-)~MIKE~(-:


        On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Michael Havens
        <bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>
        <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>>> wrote:

             thanks

             :-)~MIKE~(-:


             On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 1:34 PM, sean ritzler
             <sean.a.ritzler@gmail.com <mailto:sean.a.ritzler@gmail.com>
        <mailto:sean.a.ritzler@gmail.__com

        <mailto:sean.a.ritzler@gmail.com>>> wrote:

                 The medibuntu repo has been shut down. You'll want to
        remove any
                 mention of it from your list of repositories.

                 On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Michael Havens
                 <bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>
        <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>>> wrote:
                  > I can't get my packaage managers to work. For
        instance: I
                 open synaptic and
                  > after it loads an info window appears that says:
                  >
                  > E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
                  > E: Problem with MergeList
                  >

        /var/lib/apt/lists/packages.__medibuntu.org_dists_quantal___free_i18n_Translation-en

                  > E: The package lists or status file could not be
        parsed or
                 opened.
                  > E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
                  >
                  > Please, how do I fix this?
                  > :-)~MIKE~(-:
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