shatam bhattacharya wrote: > > > 2) I still cant apt-get update (the same problem i.e. (1.0.0.0) > hang persists.) > the sources.list is > deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main > Notice mine does not have a slash after ".org". Perhaps it'll make a difference? deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free -- Kent