Re: etch repository problems ? - apt-get, aptitude, synaptic

[Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com>]

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 04:08:41 -0600
"Russell L. Harris" <rlharris@oplink.net> wrote:

> Liam O'Toole wrote:
> > On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 02:33:46 -0600
> > "Russell L. Harris" <rlharris@oplink.net> wrote:
> > 
> >> Is there a problem with the Debian etch repository?  With the
> >> following "/etc/apt/sources.list", synaptic stops with the error
> >> message: "Could not download all repository indexes"
> >>
> >>    deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main non-free contrib
> >>    deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main non-free
> >> contrib
> >>
> >>    deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ etch main non-free contrib
> >>    deb-src http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ etch main non-free
> >> contrib
> >>
> >>    deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
> >> non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main
> >> contrib non-free
> >>
> >>
> > 
> > The mirrors.kernel.org sources appear to be a Debian mirror, and so
> > are not needed in addition to the ftp.us.debian.org sources. Other
> > than that, I can't see a problem.
> 
> "aptitude update" hangs with the message "[waiting for headers]".

Try a different Debian mirror. Choose one from the list at
http://www.debian.org/mirror/list

> 
> And with synaptic, I get a very strange message:
> 
> http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/Release.gpg: Could not
> connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection
> refused)
> 
> http://security.debian.org/dists/etch/updates/Release.gpg: Could not
> connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection
> refused)

Is Synaptic configured to use a proxy server? Look under Preferences,
Network.

> 
> But I am able to send email with Thunderbird (this message) and to
> browse normally.  Is something on my Debian etch i386 machine broken?
> 
> RLH
> 
> 


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Liam