Re: ftp upgrade problem
I have a similar problem on one of mey machine. I have two Linux
machines networked. The strange thing is that my gateway machine
works fine but not for the other one. When I try to ftp from that
machine, I can log to the ftp site but when I do ls, it just waits
forever. ^^
On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, Britton wrote:
>
> I have a problem using the ftp upgrade method for 1.2 to 1.3. I have
> manually retrieved the new software refered to in the ftp information. I
> use the default options. I can connect manually to ftp.debian.org, but
> when dselect tried to do it I get:
>
> Using FTP to check directories...(stop with ^C)
>
> Connecting to ftp.debian.org...
> Login as anonymous...
>
> Where things hang indefinately.
>
> A possibly related problem I have is with ftp in general: it doesn't work
> with some sites. With sunsite.unc.edu, for example, I get
>
> $ ftp sunsite.unc.edu
> Connected to sunsite.unc.edu.
> 220- Welcome to the SunSITE USA ftp archives!
>
> where it then hangs indefinately every time. I have tried -p but it
> doesn't help. It doesn't do this with all sites. I suspect the '-'
> character may be involved one way or another, but that is a complete guess
> really and I still don't know how to fix the problem. I have to kill ftp
> with ^\. Lynx also hangs on startup (^C will kill this one), so mayby
> this is a more general type of problem.
>
> If anyone has a guess as to what is going on, what to look for, or what
> packages I should try re-installing to make things work I would greatly
> appreciate it.
>
>
>
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