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Hello, I have just installed Linux for the
first time and am having a few slight difficulties...At present I am running the
stable distribution, or slink, and I can't seem to get dselect's asp package
selection method working with my home network. My machine is a an i586 166
connected via RJ-45 to a hub (inactive or "stupid") and then to my home's proxy
server, a 486DX4 100 running Windows 95 (fully updated) which is in turn running
WinProxy version 2.1R2h (I want to set up a linux server but my parents won't
let me until I can provide a valid reason; a rather difficult task as I can't
even manage to get my machine to install packages...). I can FTP out
manually by FTPing to my proxyserver, which then provides me with a prompt for
user@site...Example:
Munin/~/ftp 10.10.10.2
10.10.10.2 ready: anonymous@ftp.debian.org afterwhich it connects and acts normally...My sole
question is how may I get dselect to function with this? Here are a few
things which may, in some way help:
HTTP Port: 10.10.10.2:80
FTP Port: 10.10.10.2:21
Socks5 Port: 1080
Here is an example screen dselect gives me when I
try to update package lists (are there any redirection operators similar to
those in DOS ([command]>>[path/filename]) in Linux? I Have a great
distaste for retyping what I see on screen...)
Get ftp://ftp.debian.org stable/contrib
Packages
ftp_connect:Could not connect
Get ftp://ftp.debian.org stable/main
Packages
ftp_connect:Could not connect
Get ftp://ftp.debian.org stable/non-free
Packages
ftp_connect:Could not connect
ftp_connect: Could not connect
ftp_connect: Could not connect
ftp_connect: Could not connect
update available list script returned error exit status 1
Press RETURN to continue
Between each connection attept the message "0% [Packages 'Connecting to ftp.debain.org' 0]" appears and stays
onscreen for 3-5 minutes until being replaced by an error message.
I thank evryone ahead of time for whatever help they may offer and as a
sort of disclaimer (and I suppose another problem) the man command doesn't work
for some reason (although I read dselects page with vi--I didnt see anything of
use)...everytime I try to use it Debian just return what I assume is the
equivalent of a bad command or filename response...if someone could also help me
with this problem I would be doubly grateful...
If you are responding to this please forward your response directly to my
e-mail account...Thanks again.
Jonathan
The Moving Finger writes; and, having
writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it. -Omar Khayyám (I am, by the way, writing this in Outlook Express 5 from Windows NT
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