Re: apt-get problem
On 1/14/08, Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 07:02:45PM -0600, Jaime Ochoa Malag?n wrote:
> > On 1/14/08, Don Montgomery <donm@methodbydesign.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 05:39:04PM -0600, Don Montgomery wrote:
> > > >> On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> > > >>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 11:50:58AM -0600, Don Montgomery wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> For discontinuing the proxy, I guess I can go into
> > > >>>> /etc/rc*.d/* and comment out all the lines mentioning port
> > > >>>> 4001; would reboot be necessary after that? Otherwise,
> > > >>>> how would one go about fixing the proxy so that it does
> > > >>>> work?
> > > >>
> > > >>> Debian doesn't proxy by default so you must have a proxy package
> > > >>> installed. If you don't want it, remove it.
> > > >>>
> > > >> that sounds like a good idea; perhaps I could google up
> > > >> "proxy package" and find out what might be there?
> >
> > > > Use whatever package management tools you usually use and see what proxy
> > > > packages you have installed. Then delete it.
> > > >
> > > KDE Control Center lists "Proxy" as "connect to the
> > > Internet directly"
> > >
> > > Is there another way to find out what I need to know?
> >
> > 1.- did you install this machine by yourself?
> >
> > let me explain, the proxy configuration and app (just a guess
> > anon-proxy see http://packages.debian.org/anon-proxy)
> >
> > don't appear by himself in your machine...
> >
> > but if you don't install it then you mustn't remove the package
> > beacuse could be really well configured...
> >
> > 2.- did you could be able to use any other net tool (e.j. iceweasel)
> >
> > 3.- could you simply reinstall to avoid the problem?
> >
>
> If he is the system admin, he should know if he installed or set up the
> machine. If he isn't, then he shouldn't reinstall or install packages.
Thats the point...
> If he didn't install the system but is now the sysadmin, then he needs
> to learn to use a package manager sooner or later.
I hope sooner...
>
> Reinstalling to avoid removing a proxy seems overkill. This is debian.
I agree, but he should learn to use it, or perhaps all the
configuration need to be ajusted to the new sysadmin (in a laptop
scenario primarily)
> You should only need to reinstall for a failed disk in a non-raid
> system.
Isn't it beautifull?
>
> Doug.
>
>
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