Re: connection timed out errors

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Lance W. Haverkamp wrote:

> What's causing all these connection timed out errors?
>
> root@0[lance]# apt-get update
> Hit ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org stable/non-US/main Packages
> Hit ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org stable/non-US/main Release
> Hit ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Packages
> Hit ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Release
> Hit ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Packages
> Hit ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Release
> Hit ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org testing/non-US/main Packages
> Hit ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org testing/non-US/main Release
> Hit ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org testing/non-US/contrib Packages
> Hit ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org testing/non-US/contrib Release
> Hit ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org testing/non-US/non-free Packages
> Hit ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org testing/non-US/non-free Release
> Hit ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org unstable/non-US/main Packages
> Hit ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org unstable/non-US/main Release
> Hit ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org unstable/non-US/contrib Packages
> Hit ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org unstable/non-US/contrib Release
> Hit ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org unstable/non-US/non-free Packages
> Hit ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org unstable/non-US/non-free Release
> Err http://deb.mepis.org unstable/contrib Packages
>  Could not connect to deb.mepis.org:80 (32.1.7.112), connection timed out
> Err http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages

I can't imagine that there's any way for a connection attempt to disable 
your network; still, I'd comment the mepis line from sources.list and 
see what effect that might have on the problem.

--
Kent