Re: apt-get issue(s)
> is ftp2.sourceforge.net a debian mirror?
I got it off the mirrors list, and it looked like everything was sensible
from checking with lynx.
> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
> and an "apt-get update"
> what´s the exact output?
First, note that 'lynx http://ftp.de.debian.org' works fine. Here's
the output:
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages
Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Release
Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free Packages
Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free Release
Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Packages
Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Release
Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/binary-i386/Packages
Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/binary-i386/Release
Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/non-free/binary-i386/Packages
Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/non-free/binary-i386/Release
Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/contrib/binary-i386/Packages
Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/contrib/binary-i386/Release
Could not connect to ftp.de.debian.org (141.76.2.4).
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these missing files
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
> Do you use an "apt.conf"? is the syntax correct (man apt.conf)
I don't believe I've ever modified this file. Here it is:
// Pre-configure all packages before they are installed.
// (Automatically added by debconf.)
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
> p.p.s: try debian-user mailing list. the better place for your problem. and
> definitely better guys to help you!
I did cross-post to debian-user... but you were the only one who answered. ;-)
The main reason I posted on security was my question about the ftp URL for
security.debian.org... I was expecting help on most of the rest from the
user list. If you don't have any other ideas after this round, that's fine...
since I have a workaround, there's no need for you to continue spending time
on this. Thanks for all of the help, though!
KEN
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Kenneth J. Pronovici <pronovic@ieee.org>
Personal Homepage: http://www.skyjammer.com/~pronovic/
"I have zero tolerance for zero-tolerance policies."
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