On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 10:05:32AM -0700, justsimplequestions wrote: > On Oct 31, 4:00 pm, Andrew Sackville-West > <and...@farwestbilliards.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 03:17:24AM -0700, justsimplequestions wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > I am trying to install some new software as well as updating my > > > packages but apt-get install and apt-get update both fail. apt-get > > > update fails with: > > > > > Errhttp://security.debian.orgetch/updates Release.gpg > > > Temporary failure resolving âsecurity.debian.orgâ ...apt errors > > > > > My /apt/sources.list file is as follows: > > > > > debhttp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/etch main > > > deb-srchttp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/etch main > > > debhttp://security.debian.org/etch/updates main > > > deb-srchttp://security.debian.org/etch/updates main > > > debhttp://download.webmin.com/download/repositorysarge contrib > > > debhttp://packages.dotdeb.orgstable all > > > deb-srchttp://packages.dotdeb.orgstable all > > > > > I am able to ping external websites using both ip and name, The > > > > great that you can ping external websites, but can you ping the debian > > servers? those are the ones that count here ;) Also there are some > > funky characters and missing characters in your apt output above. Is > > that transcription error? or something else? > > Thanks very much for replying. Could not ping the debian servers! I've > entered the ip address for the debian sites in the hosts an voila! > However, those are funky characters above... they worried me as well > and am not sure how and why they appear like that. > > so you've got a name resolution problem. I'm betting that your sources.list is not properly encoded somehow. try creating a new one from scratch and see what happens. no copy and paste! retype it in a basic text editor like vim, or in a small operating system like emacs. The funky characters are the clue I'm looking at there... A
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