On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 04:19:11PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 02:18:52PM -0700, Brett Neely wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 01:59:51PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: Synopsis: apt-get fails with: [root@lists:karsten]$ apt-get update 0% [Connecting to localhost] [Connecting to localhost] ... [root@lists:karsten]$ apt-get update Err http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Packages Could not create a socket - socket (93 Protocol not supported) ...on a pair of potato boxes > > Could you show us your /etc/apt/sources.list file? > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US/main\ > non-US/contrib non-US/non-free Solved. Damn I'm dumb. More data: I remembered that I'd changed apt-get methods from whatever Slink uses by default (ftp?) to http. Grabbing the lynx .deb (I *can* ftp out), I've confirmed I cannot connect to remote sites with lynx. Changing the /etc/apt/sources.list resource type to "ftp" from "http" allows me to run an "apt-get update". So I run 'strace' on both lynx and apt-get but don't know if this is telling me something or not -- anything I should be looking for? Hmmm...: write(1, "\rLooking up localhost:5865\33[m\17\33["..., 43^MLooking up localhost:5865ESC[m^OESC[37mESC[40mESC[K) = 43 Gee, that port looks familiar. Funny, I don't remember installing Junkbuster on this box....oooooooh.... Word to the wise: when promulgating .bashrc files among machines, delete the environment stuff specific to a given box. I'd left the 'http_proxy' environment variable which *is* appropriate for my workstation, but not the mailing list server. Sorry for the interruption. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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